Word: ageing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...unrestrained play of ideas. Not partisan, except in the larger service of Truth, he loved to stand aside and give every idea its inning, while with characteristic French humor he poked fun at them all. Stimulating and suggestive to individual thought, he was a true reflection of his age, and his age in turn, of him. As he himself expressed it; "The world is the reffection of your own spirit...
...reprint in The Living Age from the Report of the British Commercial Counselor at Paris upon the present economic condition of France made the following points: "The entire population of France is in full employment...
LEVIATHAN-William Bolitho-Harp-ers ($2.00). The author has chosen the word Leviathan, meaning something formidably large, as title of a number of essays interpreting "our age"-or what the Germans call Zeitgeist. Mr. Bolitho says the saxophone is our Zeitgeist. He describes the curious cruelty of the English in Mme. Tussaud's Chamber of Horrors-the place where the effigies of famed murders are exhibited before the crime, in the act of the crime, after the crime, at the point of execution, etc. He tells of the great past, moving forward in the same 'dignified...
...Irish parents in the West Indies in 1865. He studied medicine and mathematics; chemical experiments and mathematics are still his chief amusements. He appears to know a little about almost everything. His first venture as an author was the publication of a paper, written out by hand, at the age of 13. His particular pride is his body. He boasts that he, "over 40 years old, can run nine miles with sprightliness." He sees a fundamental identity between genius and physical health. Among his novels-some 20 in number-are Prince Zaleski, Shapes in the Fire, The Purple Cloud...
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...