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Aside from his naval and diplomatic achievements, King-Hall has managed to gain a considerable reputation as an author. As a historian and traveler his books on the war from the seaman's viewpoint, and on the far east have been well received. With Ian Hay, he wrote "The Middle Watch", and he has written fiction under the assumed name of Etienne. "B. J. One" shows the influence of the author's experience in the navy and in the field of writing...
...square one at that, through whose uneven peregrinations up and down the cribbage board of pre-War Russia you are made aware of the extent of the scene, the background vastness of Russian life. Clim never wanders far from Moscow nor from his self-interested, skeptical observer's viewpoint, but the scores of characters that throng the story come from many outskirts, are of every tinge of political conviction, agnosticism or despair. Clim's history winds through real events, from the coronation of the late Tsar through the Russo-Japanese War to the Bloody Sunday...
...Reno's mayoralty election. Campaign refrain of the chief candidate: "A broad and tolerant viewpoint...
...Federal Council's committee divided on the question of how Birth Control should be practiced, whether by the use of contraceptives or by abstinence. On this subject, apart from the Catholic viewpoint, Christian opinion is not united. The "Scriptures and the ecumenical councils of the Christian Church are silent." Even the medical profession is not unanimous. "Guidance should be sought from the Holy Spirit, the Lord and Giver of Life," said the Federal Councillors. But, "whatever the final conclusion may be," the Councillors were "strongly of the opinion that the Church should not seek to impose its point of view...
...write about human beings from any non-human viewpoint is to rob human affairs rather terribly of their importance and security. Important and terrible enough from mankind's viewpoint, the overturning of the social order in Russia becomes truly horrible when considered as the dogs of Russia may have viewed it. That is what Author Nazhivin does, with tremendous effects of comedy and insane tragedy. He sharpens his point by endowing the dog-characters with the traits of the human animal as variously found in Russia. Also he uses this psychological trick in reverse, and the book...