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Premier. Before the Premier had stepped into the House of Commons, a general election was almost certain. At Queen's Hall he had declared: "We will surrender nothing of the rights of Government. If there is to be an election, the responsibility is not ours...
...LIFE AND TIMES OF CLEOPATRA, QUEEN OF EGYPT-Arthur Weigall-Putnam ($5.00). The story of Anthony and Cleopatra, immortalized by Shakespeare, would seem so well known as to make repetitions unnecessary. Yet Egyptologist Weigall has created a book that all will delight in reading. His characters live again in the pageant of the past. He has entered the spirit of Egypt and has portrayed with consummate skill and a sympathetic pen the great characters that entered into the life of the proud Ptolemy Queen. It is a fine example of interpretive history, in which events are made the creations...
Died. Lord Knollys, 87, onetime confidant to Queen Victoria; in London. He served the late King Edward as private secretary and filled the same office for King George, until age forced his retirement. He was a lifelong friend of the Queen Mother, Alexandra, now going on 80. Possessor of innumerable court secrets, he was mum as a headstone. A publisher sent him a blank check so that he could fix his own price for a book of reminiscences ; he tore up the check. In the days when Edward VII was a rollicking Prince of Wales, Knollys was often the butt...
...England who have never before preached in the University Chapel. His Grace, the Bishop of Gloucester, of Gloucester, England, will preach on Sunday, November 23, The Rev. Richard Roberts, The American Presbyterian Church, Montreal, Canada, will preach on Sunday, November 30, and The Rev. R. Bruce Taylor, Principal of Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, will occupy the pulpit on December 21. There follows a list of the ministers for Harvard University Chapel...
December 21.--The Rev. B. Bruce Taylor, Principal of Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada...