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December 16. Up betimes, and put on my red stuff-suit, with a shoulder belt, according to the new style, and the bands of my vest and tunique laced with fine lace, of the color of my suit; and so, very handsome, by coach to nibble a bit at Will...
A DIARY WITHOUT DATES-Enid Bagnold-Morrow ($1.50). THE DIARY OF OUR OWN SAMUEL PEPYS-Franklin P. Adams-Simon & Schuster ($6). During the War Enid Bagnold ("National Velvet") worked in a hospital in a London suburb, kept a diary, fragments of which were published in 1919. An oblique, suggestive little...
When William the Conqueror was fighting the Battle of Hastings (1066) bearded bards in Wales were taking crwth (pronounced crowd) in hand, sawing a short bow over its strings, singing verses. When Henry VIII was dangling Anne Boleyn on his knees, he often called for his favorite virginal player, listened...
Totally invisible to laymen was the rebellion that glared out here & there from the walls. Called the "free method," it consisted of a minute variation in technique, which permitted a few brush strokes to show. Chief disciple of this revolt in an art which Samuel Pepys correctly called "painting in...
Poet Laureate John Dryden wrote pat parts for her saucy tongue; she even essayed tragic roles, much to the disgust of Gossip Samuel Pepys. Pepys was mighty proud of going behind the scenes once and meeting Actress Nell. Said he: "I kissed her, and so did my wife: and a...