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... him to God.' He partially demolishes the fetish of English oppression by his comments on a memorable saying of the late Lord Morris Unionist, Irish man and wit who put the whole problem of Ireland into a single sentence A quick-witted people cannot be ...

Published: Saturday 23 October 1915
Newspaper: The Graphic
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 1001 | Page: 28 | Tags: Review 

Good Stories from New Books

... him to God.' He partially demolishes the fetish of English oppression by his comments on a memorable saying of the late Lord Morris Unionist, Irish man and wit who put the whole problem of Ireland into a single sentence A quick-witted people cannot be ...

Published: Saturday 23 October 1915
Newspaper: Graphic
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 1001 | Page: 28 | Tags: Review 

The Literary Log: Bargains

... upon a fine story spoilt in the telling sometimes it is a poor story em broidered with taste. I have been reading Mr. Rowland Morris's first novel, When a Man's Married (Eveleigh Nash 6s.), and am puzzled what to say of it. There are some amazingly good passages ...

Published: Wednesday 18 October 1911
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1351 | Page: 26 | Tags: Review 

A LITERARY LETTER : The Big Drum

... when I did not admire William Morris's Earthly Paradise which carried us into a world of fantasy and fairy tale. As a poetical story-teller Morris had no superior in the English language. Years after I had read Mr. Morris's poems I came to know the man ...

Published: Saturday 11 September 1915
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2426 | Page: 26 | Tags: Review 

A LITERARY LETTER: A Friend of Francis Thompson

... to me Sir Richard was not the natural son either of the fourth Lord Hertford or of his father, the third lord, Thackeray's Steyne and Disraeli's Monmouth. He was brought up by the fourth Lord Hertford under the name of Monsieur Richard, not by any means ...

Published: Saturday 29 September 1917
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2268 | Page: 22 | Tags: Review 

BOOKS ABOUT THE GREAT WAR

... American Plot is one of Pearson's ovpnlmn I- u li 1 1 1 1 n rf o 11 1 1 1 1 11 g publications. Lord Curzon on the Indian Troops. The most topical of Lord Curzon's speeches forming the volume, Subjects of the Day, are those dealing with the Great War ...

Published: Saturday 07 August 1915
Newspaper: The Graphic
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 1661 | Page: 30 | Tags: Review 

A LITERARY LETTER: The Revival of Printing--An Author Aged Three--New Light on Dr. Johnson--The Story of ..

... the various private printing presses to which we owe this (J revival. ip Flie revival commenced with William Morris. Many people thought Morris to be a W crank, but those who knew him and loved him knew that he was one of the sanest of men, and his experiment ...

Published: Saturday 29 June 1912
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 2484 | Page: 24 | Tags: Review 

The Literary Log: The Perennial Omar

... Danger in Sets have purchased for myself out of my slender earnings is the magnificent edition of William Morris, edited by his daughter, Miss May Morris (Longmans 12 gns., in sets). Four volumes have been issued. I was rather afraid when I heard of the p ...

Published: Wednesday 21 December 1910
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1700 | Page: 40 | Tags: Review 

BOOKS ABOUT THE GREAT WAR

... American Plot is one of Pearson's ovpnlmn I- u li 1 1 1 1 n rf o 11 1 1 1 1 11 g publications. Lord Curzon on the Indian Troops. The most topical of Lord Curzon's speeches forming the volume, Subjects of the Day, are those dealing with the Great War ...

Published: Saturday 07 August 1915
Newspaper: Graphic
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 1661 | Page: 30 | Tags: Review 

A LITERARY LETTER: Some Newly-discovered Art Treasures

... Bolton Painted by Sir Godfrey Kneller Viscountess Molesworth Who was burnt to death Sir Richard Bolton, 1570-1648 Lord Chancellor of Ireland Lord Molesworth, 1680-1758 Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds A Poster Issued in England when Napoleon Threatened Invasion ...

Published: Saturday 10 June 1916
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1730 | Page: 24 | Tags: Review