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...inhibitions and morality, the study for psychologists and professors of literature, the butt of disillusioned liberalism. But with the advent of this book into the world the dying years of the Nineteenth Century became an intensely human period peopled by men and women of flesh and blood. Lytton Strachey with his sardonlc pen had traced in a handful of fascinating actors upon a stage where before there had been only a dingy backdrop. But his contribution to literature was even greater than his kindness to a misused epoch, for he blazed a trail along which other men might follow...
...eight carefully documented volumes. While such biography yielded much rich material to scholars it was a tedious task for the laymen. The average reader cared little for the diplomatic achievements of a Disraeli, but he was most anxious to know what manner of man he might be. This desire Strachey was able to fulfill. He employed sufficient facts to block in his background and enough psychology to sketch in the personality. His first work was followed by a life of Queen Victoria and later by "Elizabeth and Essex." All were delightful to read and relatively informative...
...been frequently argued that these men do more harm than good, that they create false impressions, misuse the facts of history, draw largely upon fluent imaginations. In part these accusations are doubtless true, but much can be said in opposition. Strachey has brought to life many men and women that hitherto have passed unnoticed save by academicians. He has given many people an idea of a time other than their own. He has made of Elizabeth more than a Queen who smiled vaguely down upon the youth Shakespeare. And he has given many happy, instructive hours...
...severe injuries suffered in an auto crash; Cinemactress Pola Negri, in Santa Monica, Calif., following a critical operation for an intestinal obstruction; Senator Tasker Lowndes Oddie of Nevada, of a broken collarbone suffered during his morning canter, when his mount stumbled and fell on him; Biographer Giles Lytton Strachey, of paratyphoid fever; Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, British statesman, of bruises and a slight case of pleurisy contracted after he was struck by an automobile last fortnight (TIME, Dec. 21). His nose and forehead bandaged, Statesman Churchill left the hospital in a wheelchair after having received Mario Contasino, unemployed youth...
Died. Patrick Francis Murphy, 72, president of Mark Cross Co. (leather goods), father-in-law of Evelyn John St. Loe Strachey (British journalist, cousin to Author Lytton Strachey) ; famed after-dinner speaker; of pneumonia; in Manhattan. Tall, elegantly dressed, Speaker Murphy was featured at dinners of The Lambs and Manhattan Clubs, at July 4 meetings of U. S. residents in Paris and London. Some Murphyisms...