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Among the coins of the post-conquest period before 1272 is one of Prince Henry, Earl of Northumberland. He was the son of David I and great grandson of the Duncan who has a prominent part in Shakespeare's tragedy, "Macbeth...
...good lawyer would, Lord Birkenhead did not at once reply to Scientist Haldane's charges, took time to make a thorough study of his adversary, ended by finding his weak point. Moreover the Earl did not see why he should not make a good thing out of answering the charge of plagiarism. He made a good thing of it last week by selling his 3,000-word answer to the Daily Express which ballyhooed it as "exclusive...
Obviously a man of that sort has no right to charge anybody with plagiarism, and the Earl of Birkenhead was at liberty to hand himself bouquets for writing a work of "pure science." Almost lost amid this sweet-smelling foliage was the passing admission that of course a number of Mr. Haldane's ideas were drawn upon. And was not the fellow handsomely rewarded? Did he not have his name mentioned in the Birkenhead book as one of those to whom the Earl is "indebted...
Born. To Mrs. Earl Edward Taylor Smith (Consuelo Vanderbilt), daughter of William Kissam Vanderbilt; a second daughter...
Musical ? EARL CARROLL'S SKETCH BOOK, FIFTY MILLION FRENCHMEN, SIMPLE SIMON, SON'S o' GUNS...