... By Alan Thomas ONE of the most imposing contribu tions to the wealth of literature that has been written on and round the Coronation is a sumptuous volume entitled, A Chronicle of Kingship: 1066 to 1937, by R. B. Mowat and T. D. Griffith Davies (Arthur ...

... importance as the crowning of King George VI. and Queen Elizabeth brings the news-reel and the documentary short into prominence. Amongst the latter, THE HOUSE OF WINDSOR. prepared for general release concurrent with Coronation celebrations by Pathé Pictures ...

... The World of Books Reviewed, by VERNON FANE OF all the direct results of this Coronation summer in publishing, the most agreeable so far has been the Coronation scrap-book, WHEN VICTORIA BEGAN TO REIGN (Faber and Faber. 12s. 6d.). Hiss Margaret Lambert ...

... called When Victoria Began to Reign (Faber and Faber, 1 2s. 6d.). The author, Miss Margaret Lambert, calls her volume A Coronation Year Scrap-book, meaning that it consists of contemporary cuttings and borrowings. The suggestion does her far less than ...

... show a boy with waving hair, an un-military, un-Prussian touch, brilliant eyes and a rather girlish chin. Soon after his coronation Ludwig's enthusiasms found a worthy focal point. Richard Wagner, who was at that time, it was 1864, poor, greatly in debt ...