From The Midwest Book Review, February 2007:

 "Originally published in 1989, The Cardinal’s Snuff-Box is the first of Henry Harland’s ‘Catholic’ novels after his conversion to the Roman Catholic Church in 1897. Set in Italy, this is the story of English novelist Peter Marchdale, who takes up residence in a small villa amidst the Lombard countryside. Intending to get some writing done, Marchdale finds himself distracted by his lovely young landlady, whom he discovers is actually the Duchessa di Santangiolo, an Anglo-Italian widow that he has been secretly in love with for years. The problem facing Marchdale is that she is wealthy and far above him in social station. Fortunately for him, the lady’s uncle is a Roman cardinal whose fondness for snuff is equaled by his flair for matchmaking! This new edition of The Cardinal’s Snuff-Box from Idylls Press is a true ‘time lost’ literary treasure that is once again made available to a whole new generation of readers and will serve to re-introduce Henry Harland as a gifted novelist deserving rescue from obscurity."