All the glamor and style that the name

"Palm Beach" evokes in the imagina

tion are captured in this beautiful book, which

is at once a history of the fabulous resort and a

guide to giving parties the modern Palm Beach

way. Ever since Henry Morrison Flagler made

the semitropical island into an exclusive

winter playground, Palm Beach has been at

tracting discriminating pleasure seekers from

all over the world and setting a high standard

for their entertaimnent. From the 1890s

through the 1920s and up to World War II, the

settings for these glamorous occasions were

most often the great hotels like the Breakers

and Royal Poinciana, clubs like Bradley s and

the Everglades, and the mansions of the mil-

lionaires, more often than not exotic multi-

roomed Spanish palaces designed by Addison