... PRINCE ALBERT HUMANIZED A Tragedy of SemUGenius and Other Literary Matters Reviewed by CECIL ROBERTS If I were prepared to give advice, the distribu tion of which is the most cautious thing about me, I would advise the aspirant to literary honours carefully ...

... un- obtainab'e ot that. As will be seen from the photo- Prince Edward and graph reproduced on this page, Prince Albert Prince Edward and Prince Albert, sons of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, are anglers, like their father, who enjoys nothing more than a day ...

... difficulty. This is because, between you and me, I have lately had a little too much of Queen Victoria's courtship of Prince Albert. There was the Hous- man play when I was in New York, followed by the same thing when I got home. But I agree that not ...

... expressed or the fact stated. Mr. Bolitho has very skilfully set the scene. We meet the voung girl who is destined to be Prince Albert's mother. We attend her wedding to Prince Ernst of Saxe-Coburg. The rift in their union which promised such happiness is ...

... the author on the skill with which he has depicted the narrowness and tedium of such an existence. The smug, humourless, Prince Albert, on a visit to his aunt, has not paid the attention she had hoped to her daughter Alexandra. To arouse him from his lethargy ...

... anecdotes, as well as some hitherto little-known facts relative to his long and intimate acquaintance with Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Another series, of which two volumes have during the month been issued, is entitled The Popular Library of Art (Duckworth ...

... His superiors looked upon him as an earnest officer, ready to learn his duties, and always observant of dis cipline. Prince Albert realised the force of the adage, Learn to obey if you would know ho w to comm and These are keys to the King's char acter ...

... world's early doubts of the new reign, holds the stage with ease and accomplish ment. Victoria's proposal of marriage to Prince Albert, her induction into the mystery of a man's morning shave, her wilfulness and her husband's tact are all opportunities for ...

... the imitation one. Princess Beatrice, being anxious to marry her daugh ter, Princess Alexandra, to the heir-apparent, Prince Albert, invites that young gentleman to the c.astle. armoarc ...

... tale to life. It is only fair to add that both are immensely indebted to Anton Walbrook for his brilliant performance as Prince Albert. What sort of a fellow was the Prince I had always pictured him as able, but a bit of a stick. Mr. Walbrook succeeds in ...

... child's playhouse. The lovers are straight out of this tuppence-coloured world, a world which Byron has just vacated and Prince Albert has not yet reached. The flying ballet is a nice addition. The connoisseurs of Tudor masques would have doted on such ...

... mask of the old lady is wonderfully clever. In the early scenes she has such a brilliant companion in Mr. Carl Esmond's Prince Albert that she is occasionally and inevitably out shone. Why not The Prince was, for a while, the predominant partner. Mr. Esmond's ...