A New Medley of MemoriesHunter Blair, David Oswald, Sir
Religion
A New Medley of Memories
Hunter Blair, David Oswald, Sir
Hunter Blair, David Oswald, Sir, 1853-1939
It will be remembered that the Author's first "Medley" published in
1919 only brought his reminiscences to the year 1903. He has now
continued them for another decade, and the contents of the new volume
are as full of variety and anecdote as ever. Many a notable personage
figures in these pages; many a good story is told and many interesting
fragments of antiquarian and ecclesiastical lore are quoted.
It was the Author's privilege to spend some time in the service of his
Order in Brazil, and his account of monastic life in the tropical
surroundings is full of interest. At Rome, again, he describes in
vivid phrases several picturesque religious functions which he
attended, and wherever he goes he finds fresh material for shrewd and
kindly comment.
IS GERMANY PROSPEROUS?
By SIR HENRY PENSON, K.B.E., M.A.,
FORMERLY CHAIRMAN OF THE WAR TRADE INTELLIGENCE DEPARTMENT AND
DIRECTOR OF THE INTELLIGENCE SECTION OF THE BRITISH DELEGATION
TO THE PEACE CONFERENCE, PARIS, 1919.
AUTHOR OF "THE ECONOMICS OF EVERYDAY LIFE."
Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d. net.
This is a question which every intelligent person is asking, and to
which the answers supplied through the ordinary channels of information
are widely divergent and confusing. Sir Henry Penson is a very shrewd
observer well-qualified by training and experience to sift evidence and
form an impartial judgment on facts and arguments. In addition, he is
a very lucid economic writer and explains clearly the influence of the
exchange position upon the situation in Germany at the present day.
The Author visited Germany only a few weeks ago, and was helped in his
investigations not only by British officials in the Rhineland, but by
Germans of high position in industrial and commercial circles whose
statements he checked carefully. One has only to read his chapters on
Prices in Germany, or on Incomes and Standard of Living in order to
appreciate the value of his evidence, and of the conclusions at which
he arrived. They have, of course, an important bearing upon the vital
question "Can Germany Pay?"
RECENTLY PUBLISHED.
MEMORIES AND NOTES OF PERSONS AND PLACES.
By SIR SIDNEY COLVIN, M.A., D.Litt.,
FORMERLY SLADE PROFESSOR OF FINE ART IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
AND KEEPER OF THE PRINTS AND DRAWINGS AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM.
With Portrait. Second Impression. 18s. net.
"Readers of this book will be visited by only one regret--that Sir
Sidney Colvin was compelled to abandon his larger plan of writing his
personal recollections in several volumes. Such dreams, such memories
as these are treasures. Sir Sidney, for all his modesty, does not
persuade us that they can be enjoyed so richly without some equivalent
virtue. That there are special aptitudes for reaching Corinth is
proved by these delightful pages."--_Times Literary Supplement_.
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