Telegrams: 41 and 43 Maddox Street,
'Scholarly, London.' Bond Street, London, W.,
_November, 1908_.
Mr. Edward Arnold's List of New Books.
THE REMINISCENCES OF
LADY RANDOLPH CHURCHILL.
By Mrs. GEORGE CORNWALLIS-WEST.
_Second Impression._
_Demy 8vo. With Portraits._ =15s. net.=
The title of this delightful book gains point from its contents. Mrs.
George Cornwallis-West is unable to bring her recollections down to the
immediate present, and so she brings them to a close when she ceased to
be Lady Randolph Churchill. But that was only a few years ago, and it is
doubtful whether any volume of reminiscences of Society has ever
described the life of the interesting and distinguished people so close
to our own day.
Lady Randolph Churchill's earliest experiences were in Paris during the
last gay days of the Empire and the horrors of the Franco-German War.
Then came her marriage and introduction to all that was best and highest
in English Society. In 1876 Lord and Lady Randolph accompanied the Duke
of Marlborough to Dublin, and her account of life at the Viceregal Court
is full of entertainment. Then come recollections of political society
in London, of the formation of the Primrose League, and anecdotes of
well-known politicians, such as Mr. Balfour, Sir William Harcourt, Mr.
Chamberlain, and others.
Lady Randolph visited the Royal Family both at Windsor and at
Sandringham: she has also many interesting glimpses to give of
Continental Society, including an audience of the Czar in Russia, Court
functions at Berlin, a dinner-party with Bismarck, a friendship with
General Boulanger. Such are some of the varied items that catch the eye
as one turns over the pages. They are samples from a mine of well-chosen
topics, handled with tact, courage and grace.
LONDON: EDWARD ARNOLD. 41 & 43 MADDOX STREET. W.
EIGHTEEN YEARS IN UGANDA
AND EAST AFRICA.
By the Right Rev. ALFRED R. TUCKER, D.D., LL.D.,
BISHOP OF UGANDA.
_With 60 Full-page Illustrations from the Author's Sketches, several
of them in Colour, and a Map. In Two Volumes. Demy 8vo._ =30s. net.=
This is a book of absorbing interest from various points of view,
religious, political and adventurous. It will appeal to the Churchman
and philanthropist as a wonderful record of that missionary work, of
which Mr. Winston Churchill has recently said:
'There is no spot under the British Flag, perhaps in the whole
world, where missionary enterprise can be pointed to with more
conviction and satisfaction as to its marvellous and beneficent
results than in the kingdom of Uganda.'
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