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Eight months ago Lord Apsley, eldest son of the Earl of Bathurst, set out for Australia as an "emigrant" under the alias "George Bott." Last week, returning to England, he vouchsafed the following statement: "I worked on one farm for 20 shillings a week. . . . So far as my experiences went as an emigrant, I am convinced there is no difficulty in getting a job in Australia. A man can start on his own in a comparatively shorter time than in any other part of the world and make a comfortable living. ... No one should go out there with the idea...
...sons and Prince Olaf, followed the gun carriage on foot, clad in long black overcoats and tall silk hats; while the ladies of the royal party, heavily veiled, rode in three two-horse closed carriages. The rear guard of the procession was brought up by the 77-year-old Earl of Leicester, Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk, who walked at the head of practically the entire personnel of the Queen Mother's Sandringham estates...
MICHAEL SCARLETT?James Gould Cozzens?A. & C. Boni ($2.00). Varlet and lord, playwright and swordsman, revel once more in a bold Elizabethan frolic. With wit and a rapier Michael Scarlett, young Earl of Dunbury, fought his way through stirring Elizabethan times. Marlowe, Nash, Shakespeare, Donne, Jonson, were his cronies. Essex and Southampton were his friends. Elizabeth's favor and her disfavor were his fortune. A fair lady was his love. And death was his portion, and Marlowe...
...half-brother and heir presumptive of William Huntly Drummond, 15th Earl of Perth, eleventh Viscount Strathallan, hereditary Thane of Lennox. For all that, Sir Eric has been a secretary to somebody or something, and a good one, for over a quarter century. In 1900 he joined the British Foreign Office and served successively as Confidential Secretary to Sir Edward Grey, Herbert Asquith and Arthur Balfour. From 1912 to 1915 he was one of the Private Secretaries to Premier Asquith. From then on until 1919 he was Private Secretary to Foreign Secretary Balfour. Then President Wilson secured his appointment as Secretary...
Sneered certain backbiting gossips: "The King has gone out to hunt with Edward Guinness, who made his millions out of Guinness Stout. He has been an Earl for only six years...