... autobiography, with 1914 war letters to his wife and other personal papers, edited by Herbert Read. It shows a Kensington boy hood merging into Slade School, Chelsea aspirations, and friend ship with men like Rothenstein, Tonks, Selwyn Image, Gordon Bottomley ...

... memories can read without a lump in the throat. It takes me back to my boyhood when I would leap up the gallery steps of the Chelsea Palace to adore Gertie Gitana in her white topper HAD Georgian London possessed music halls, some of the sons of George III ...