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THE EX-CROWN PRINCE SEEKS THE TRUTH.: Little Willie Speaks Out--Poincare's Pre-war Memories--The Decline of ..

... THE EX-CROWN PRINCE SEEKS THE TRUTH. Little Willie Speaks Out Poincare's Pre-war Memories The Declitie of Socialism THE WEEK'S BOOKS I Seek The Truth. By the ex-Crown Prince William of Germany. (Faber Gwyer. 21s. net.) The Memoirs of Raymond Poincare ...

Published: Saturday 26 June 1926
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 3334 | Page: 36 | Tags: Review 

HAMLET AT THE HAYMARKET

... am Richard, King of England, and don't you fergettit But Mr. Barrymore has obligingly left his native accent behind him. He speaks slowly and with welcome clearness in the best Oxford manner, and has obviously got his soul in his job. -e- I have seen one ...

Published: Wednesday 11 March 1925
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1287 | Page: 27 | Tags: Review 

The Literary Log: ROLLED

... taken on the grounds that the type in question is, psychologically speaking, doubtful, although the unfortunate youngster, who is supposed to be reverting, is, psychologically speaking, a clear case. All this, however, does not matter very much, because ...

Published: Wednesday 29 August 1923
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 687 | Page: 56 | Tags: Review 

DIMITY HALL

... moral, and morals show up best in black and white. We should like Mrs. Baillie-Saunders's work better if her people did not speak quizzingly and huffily and mutter brokenly but at the same time we suspect her public is rather pleased than otherwise with ...

Published: Wednesday 02 September 1925
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 127 | Page: 70 | Tags: Review 

NEEDLES AND PINS

... running away from her, only to fall into another woman's clutches. And so on and so on. Much fun, some emotions, and no moral to speak of. But the moral doesn't matter here. NOVEL NOTES. ...

Published: Wednesday 30 April 1924
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 143 | Page: 76 | Tags: Review 

OUR CAPTIOUS CRITIC

... something fascinating in itself. ims is where the Lourt theatre production fails. When Mr. Alfred Clark steps upon the stage and speaks his first line, you know that the performance cannot satisfy your Mjsnes. ior nere is no ripe, meiiow, intellectual, unscrupulous ...

PATRICIA LACKED A LOVER. BY JOHN NORTH. (Jarrolds; 7s. 6d.)

... eight, and husband not in before ten minutes to. Item, cigarette smoking in bed holes burned in the best linen sheets, not to speak of risks of fire and Patricia did not mention the fire, but nagged about the holes. Don't we all know it And yet it is only ...

Published: Wednesday 02 November 1927
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 176 | Page: 90 | Tags: Review 

The BROKEN WING: AT THE DUKE OF YORK'S; Produced on the 15th of August

... crash. This must be seen to be believed. -c- The Mexican of to-day -as diligent readers of Trans atlantic fiction well know- -speaks of his American neighbour as a Gringo, while with a nice appre ciation of international amenities, the American calls the ...

Published: Wednesday 11 October 1922
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1281 | Page: 29 | Tags: Review 

FAIR EXCHANGE

... was the very man to discard a worthless wife and adopt a harassed young man and his wife and family, all in a breath, so to speak. He accomplished the extraordinarily difficult feat of being a benefactor without disturb ing the self-respect or the self-help ...

Published: Wednesday 26 October 1927
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 169 | Page: 104 | Tags: Review 

IT HAPPENED IN ROME. By ISABEL C. CLARKE. (Hutchinson 7s. 6d.)

... and duennas as well as copious misunderstandings. It is very exciting perhaps it is too exciting galvanised passion, so to speak. Hearts are brittle and little bits of broken hearts are scattered over Rome. We are glad it happened in Rome. It has a fantastic ...

Published: Wednesday 11 November 1925
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 193 | Page: 86 | Tags: Review