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Dr. Cronin's Homily

... medicine comes first, and (in their amazingly different ways) this is true alike of Conan Doyle, Mr. Somerset Maugham and Mr. Cronin. One of the chapters, indeed, in Mr. Cronin's book has precisely the same theme as a story in Conan Doyle's Round the Red Lamp ...

Published: Wednesday 02 April 1952
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1559 | Page: 39 | Tags: Review 

The Blindfold King

... in the impressive opening chapter of THE KING'S PEACE (Collins 25s.). This was the realm over which Charles I. reigned and reigned, for years, in apparent sunshine. He believed himself to be the happiest King in Christendom. And indeed, said as much ...

Published: Wednesday 09 February 1955
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1792 | Page: 48 | Tags: Review 

ALL THE KING'S MESSENGERS

... ALL THE KING'S MESSENGERS A Prisoner-of-war in Siam; Earth quake in India; Memories of a Cockney and a Poet; and this Week's Fiction When you were young (and for all I know you still are!) didn't you ever imagine King's Messengers as rather other-worldly ...

Published: Saturday 11 June 1960
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1511 | Page: 29 | Tags: Review 

A REFUGE IN KASHMIR IN 1947: Mr. H. E. Bates' new novel, The Scarlet Sword; Dr. A. J. Cronin's The Spanish Gardener

... A REFUGE IN KASHMIR IN 1947 Mr. H. E. Bates'1 new novel, The Scarlet Sword; Br. A. J. Cronins The Spanish Gardener -By VERNON FANE A NEW novel by Mr. H. E. Bates is an event to be taken seriously, for Mr. Bates is a serious writer, a craftsman who knows ...

Published: Saturday 18 November 1950
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1891 | Page: 36 | Tags: Review 

MORE PLAY REVIEWS: OF KINGS AND SEALING WAX

... OF KINGS AND SEALING WAX OF Kings And Sealing Wax is the title of a new, highly original one- woman show about 18th century authoress/diarist Fanny Burney, devised by and starring Karin Fernald as Fanny Burney. Produced by David Rush, it was performed ...

Published: Thursday 02 February 1978
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 288 | Page: 21 | Tags: review 

A FOREIGN MINISTER SPEAKS OUT: Dr. Karl Gruber Writes of Austria in the Post-War World; My First Seventy-Six ..

... A Foreign Minister Speaks Out Dr. Karl G ruber Writes of Austria in the Post-War World; My First Seventy-Six Years, by Dr. Hjalmar Schacht and Other New Publications -By VERNON FANE DR. KARL GRUBER, who is now Austrian Ambassador in Washington, has written ...

Published: Saturday 03 September 1955
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2107 | Page: 40 | Tags: Review 

More Play Reviews: Old Vic toast to king of English theatre

... Old Vic toast to king of English theatre by SIDNEY VAUNCEZ TO COMMEMORATE the bicentenary of David Garrick's death, the Old Vic Company is mounting a Garrick exhibition devised by Iain Mackintosh and displayed in the Outer Foyer and the Dress Circle Bar ...

Published: Thursday 04 October 1979
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 458 | Page: 12 | Tags: review 

VARIETY OF EXPERIENCE: Glubb Pasha's Autobiography; Dr. Jones's last Volume on Freud; Doctoring in Distant ..

... affection. Dr. Jones writes with an admirable clarity for which the layman must be grateful. The next three biographies have an exceptional variety of experience but a common denominator of vitality. MEDICINE MY PASSPORT (Harrap. 18s.) was written by Dr. Donald ...

Published: Saturday 02 November 1957
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1621 | Page: 28 | Tags: Review 

YOUNG WILLIAM OF ORANGE: Biography of the Dutch leader before he became King of England; personal testaments; ..

... YOUNG WILLIAM OF ORANGE Biography of the Dutch leader before he became King of England; personal testaments recent fiction Dr. Nesca Robb's description of her book, WILLIAM OF ORANGE (Heinemann. 50s.), as a personal portrait is modest indeed. It is in ...

Published: Saturday 05 January 1963
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1172 | Page: 31 | Tags: Review 

THE TAMING OF THE SHARK: Dr. Hans Hass' Remarkable Experiences Off the Grecian Coast; Adventure and Escape ..

... The Taming of the Shark Dr. Hans Hass' Remarkable Experiences Off the Grecian Coast; Adventure and Escape Stories; and a Week of Kaleidoscopic Richness of Present-day Fiction -By VERNON FANE I HAVE read Dr. Hans Hass' book, studied its photographs, believe ...

Published: Saturday 04 December 1954
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1742 | Page: 40 | Tags: Review 

KARAGEORGEVITCH TESTAMENT: Ex-King Peter of Yugoslavia Tells His Story; Francis Toye's Rossini in a New Edition ..

... Karageorgevitch Testament Ex-King Peter of Yugoslavia Tells His Story Francis Toye's Rossini in a New Edition; Adventures on Sea and Land in War and Peace KING ALEXANDER OF YUGOSLAVIA was shot dead in Marseilles in 1934 during a State visit to France ...

Published: Saturday 02 April 1955
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2439 | Page: 38 | Tags: Review