Category G (Belles lettres, biography, essays)

G01

Harold F. Hutchinson, The Hollow Crown: A Life of Richard II. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode (Publishers) Ltd., 1961. Pp. 42-47


2-185

 

Used by permission of Bolt & Watson Ltd.

 

 

2,048 words

 

 

 

 

G02

Kenneth J. Franklin, William Harvey, Englishman, 1578-1657. London: MacGibbon and Kee Ltd., 1961. Pp. 58-64

2-184

Note

17th c. quotations

 

 

2,013 words

 

 

 

 

G03

Nellie Connole, Leaven of Life: The Story of George Henry Fletcher. London: Lawrence and Wishart Ltd., 1961. Pp. 65-70


2-194

 

Used by permission of Lawrence and Wishart Ltd.

 

 

2,015 words

 

 

 

 

G04

George H. Marten, Under Six Bishops: Sixty Years in Southwark London: A. R. Mowbray and Co. Ltd., 1961. Pp. 22-28

2-174

 

Used by permission of A. R. Mowbray and Co. Ltd.

 

 

2,005 words

 

 

 

 

G05

Frederik Morgan, Peace and War: A Soldier's Life. London: Hodder and Stoughton Ltd., 1961. Pp. 208-212

2-190

 

Used by permission of A. D. Peters and Co. Ltd.

 

Note

Inaccuracies in the spelling of foreign names

 

 

2,021 words

 

 

 

 

G06

George C. H. V. Paget, One-Leg: The Life and Letters of Henry William Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey. London: Jonathan Cape Ltd., 1961. Pp. 284-289

2-190

 

Used by permission of Jonathan Cape Ltd.

 

Note

19th c. quotations

 

 

2,003 words

 

 

 

 

G07

Doris L. Moore, The Late Lord Byron: Posthumous Dramas. London: J. Murray Ltd., 1961. Pp. 80-85

2-194

 

Used by permission of John Murray (Publishers) Ltd.

 

Note

19th c. quotations

 

 

2,020 words

 

 

 

 

G08

P. L-S, Record of an Ascent: A Memoir of Sir Richard Thackeray Ritchie. London: Dillon's University Bookshop, Ltd., 1961. Pp. 22-28

2-189

 

Used by permission of Dillon's University Bookshop Ltd.

 

 

2,026 words

 

 

 

 

G09

Frederick Street. Fool's Mistress. London: Max Parrish and Co. Ltd., 1961. Pp. 44-50

2-171

 

Used by permission of Macdonald and Jane's

 

Sic

142 on [function word]

 

 

2,002 words

 

 

 

 

G10

Dorothy Black, The Foot of the Rainbow: A Writer's Biography. London: Geoffrey Bles Ltd., 1961. Pp. 197-202

2-182

Sic

29 hear [verb form]

 

 

2,019 words

 

 

 

 

G11

Mabel Kathleen Ashby, Joseph Ashby of Tysoe 1859-1919: A Study of English Village Life. London: Cambridge University Press, 1961. Pp. 120-126

2-183

 

Used by permission of Cambridge University Press

 

 

2,029 words

 

 

 

 

G12

Oswald Frewen, Sailor's Soliloquy, ed. by G. P. Griggs. London: Hutchinson Publishing Group Ltd., 1961. Pp. 89-95

2-181

Corr

15 nor [not]

 

 

2,001 words

 

 

 

 

G13

Frank Knight Chaplain, H. G. Wells: An Outline. London: P. R. M. Publishers, 1961. Pp. 82-90

2-187

Corr

94 which [with]

 

 

2,004 words

 

 

 

 

G14

Claud Cockburn, View from the West: Being the Third Volume of Autobiography. London: MacGibbon and Kee Ltd., 1961. Pp. 114-119

2-180

 

Used by permission of Curtis Brown Ltd.

 

Corr

159 asking [askng]

 

Note

Variant spelling: anti-Communists, anti-communists

 

 

2,025 words

 

 

 

 

G15

Leon Simon, Ahad Ha-Am: A Biography. London: East and West Library, 1961. Pp. 23-27

2-189

 

Used by permission of East and West Library

 

 

2,051 words

 

 

 

 

G16

Leonard A. G. Strong, Green Memory. London: Methuen and Co. Ltd., 1961. Pp. 288-293

2-184

 

Used by permission of A. D. Peters and Co. Ltd.

 

 

2,003 words

 

 

 

 

G17

Peter Scott, The Eye of the Wind. London: Hodder and Stoughton Ltd., 1961. Pp. 93-97

2-172

 

Used by permission of Hodder and Stoughton Ltd.

 

 

2,016 words

 

 

 

 

G18

Vivian H. H. Green, The Young Mr. Wesley: A Study of John Wesley and Oxford. London: Edward Arnold (Publishers) Ltd., 1961. Pp. 130-137

2-186

Note

18th c. quotations

 

 

2,006 words

 

 

 

 

G19

Adrian Bell, My Own Master. London: Faber and Faber Ltd., 1961. Pp. 222-227

2-179

 

Used by permission of Faber and Faber Ltd.

 

Note

Occasional eccentricities in punctuation and hyphenation

 

 

2,006 words

 

 

 

 

G20

Joanna Richardson, My Dearest Uncle: A Life of Leopold, First King of the Belgians. London: Jonathan Cape Ltd., 1961. Pp. 99-106

2-193

 

Used by permission of A. D. Peters and Co. Ltd.

 

Note

19th c. quotations

 

 

2,012 words

 

 

 

 

G21

Cecil W. Cunnington, Looking Over My Shoulder. London: Faber and Faber Ltd., 1961. Pp. 15-23

2-209

 

Used by permission of Faber and Faber Ltd.

 

Corr

12 called it, [called, it]

 

Note

Poetry quotations

 

 

2,022 words

 

 

 

 

G22

Eleanor Sillar, Edinburgh's Child: Some Memories of Ninety Years. Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1961. Pp. 94-100

2-191

Corr

40 tears. [tears,]
78 stirred [tirred]
87 Theirs [Their's]

 

Note

Poetry quotations (including misquotations)

 

 

2,003 words

 

 

 

 

G23

Stephen Watts, Moonlight on a Lake in Bond Street. London: The Bodley Head Ltd., 1961. Pp. 86-91

2-176

 

Used by permission of The Bodley Head Ltd.

 

 

2,017 words

 

 

 

 

G24

Walter O. Bentley, The Cars in My Life. London: Hutchinson Publishing Group Ltd., 1961. Pp. 33-39

2-185

 

Used by permission of Curtis Brown Ltd.

 

 

2,008 words

 

 

 

 

G25

Reginald Payne, The Watershed. London: Faber and Faber Ltd., 1961. Pp. 174-179

2-179

 

Used by permission of Faber and Faber Ltd.

 

 

2,012 words

 

 

 

 

G26

Edward Wakeford, A Prize for Art. London: Macmillan Publishers Ltd., 1961. Pp. 44-49

2-176

 

Used by permission of Macmillan London and Basingstoke

 

 

2,019 words

 

 

 

 

G27

Charles G. L. Du Cann, The Love-Lives of Charles Dickens. London: Frederick Muller Ltd, 1961. Pp. 188-193

2-195

 

Used by permission of Frederick Muller Ltd.

 

Sic

52 it may that [missing word]
178 contrast [concord]

 

Note

19th c. quotations

 

 

2,041 words

 

 

 

 

G28

Neville Cardus, Sir Thomas Beecham: A Memoir. London: William Collins, Sons and Co. Ltd., 1961. Pp. 59-67

2-196

 

Used by permission of William Collins, Sons and Co. Ltd.

 

Note

Foreigner English in quotations

 

 

2,011 words

 

 

 

 

G29

William J. Smart, Miracles of Achievement. London: Peter Davies Ltd., 1961. Pp. 94-101

2-179

 

2,006 words

 

 

 

 

G30

No Alibi. The Memoirs of Captain Alastair Mackintosh. London: Frederick Muller Ltd., 1961. Pp. 120-125

2-205

 

2,008 words

 

 

 

 

G31

Lewis Broad, The Abdication: Twenty-Five Years After; A Re-Appraisal. London: Frederick Muller Ltd., 1961. Pp. 45-51

2-196

 

Used by permission of Frederick Muller Ltd.

 

Note

Shakespeare quotations. Non-standard English in quotations.

 

 

2,015 words

 

 

 

 

G32

Mildred Robertson Nicoll, "A Sketch of Rudolf Steiner", The Hibbert Journal 59 (April, 1961), 253-256

2-177

 

Used by permission of George Allen & Unwin Ltd.

 

 

2,001 words

 

 

 

 

G33

Robin Fedden, "The Grotto on the Vignemale", Cornhill Magazine (Autumn, 1961), 168-173

2-181

 

Used by permission of David Higham Associates Ltd.

 

Corr

150 barometric [barometic]

 

 

2,013 words

 

 

 

 

G34

S. Gorley Putt, "Technique and Culture: Three Cambridge Portraits", Essays and Studies (1961), 17-24

2-186

 

Used by permission of The English Association

 

Note

Variant spellings: judgements, judgement

 

 

2,006 words

 

 

 

 

G35

Hugh Aveling, "The Catholic Recusancy of the Yorkshire Fairfaxes, Part III (N)", Recusant History 6:1 (January, 1961), 25-30


2-197

 

Used by permission of the Catholic Record Society

 

Corr

138 nieces [neices]

 

Note

18th c. quotations

 

 

2,010 words

 

 

 

 

G36

Kingsley W. Amis, New Maps of Hell: A Survey of Science Fiction. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1961. Pp. 141-147

2-187

 

Used by permission of A. D. Peters and Co. Ltd.

 

 

2,033 words

 

 

 

 

G37

Cecil Maurice Bowra, Poetry and the First World War. London: Clarendon Press, 1961. Pp. 17-24

2-207

 

Used by permission of Clarendon Press

 

Note

Poetry quotations

 

 

2,027 words

 

 

 

 

G38

C. S. Lewis, An Experiment in Criticism. London: Cambridge University Press, 1961. Pp. 108-115

2-175

 

Used by permission of Cambridge University Press

 

Sic

111 hope [syntax]

 

 

2,043 words

 

 

 

 

G39

E. Elizabeth Coxhead, Lady Gregory: A Literary Portrait. London: Macmillan Publishers Ltd., 1961. Pp. 22-28

2-185

 

Used by permission of Curtis Brown Ltd.

 

Sic

165 well-liking [word form]

 

 

2,003 words

 

 

 

 

G40

Richard Winstedt, "Malay Literature", Asian Review 57:211 (July, 1961), 201-205

2-186

 

Used by permission of the Trustees of the Royal Society for India, Pakistan and Ceylon

 

Corr

105 verse [vrese]
157 recension [rescension]

 

 

2,003 words

 

 

 

 

G41

Jocelyn Brooke, "Proust and Joyce: The Case for the Prosecution", Adam International Review 297 (1961), 3-8

2-194

Corr

91 at last [as last]
150 may be [may by]

 

 

2,007 words

 

 

 

 

G42

Arthur J. B. Hutchings, The Baroque Concerto. London: Faber and Faber Ltd., 1961. Pp. 295-301

2-189

 

Used by permission of Faber and Faber Ltd.

 

Sic

153 as when [syntax]

 

 

2,014 words

 

 

 

 

 G43

 Dennis Arundell, The Producer Opera. London: Rolls Publishing Co. Ltd., 1961. Pp. 631-636

 2-190

 

Used by permission of Dennis Arundell

 
 

2,029 words

 
     

G44

Richard N. Coe, "The Premiere of Mozart's Don Giovanni in Paris and Its Repercussion in the French Theatre", French Studies (July, 1961), 242-246

2-218

 

Used by permission of Basil Blackwell Publisher

 
 

2,022 words

 
     

G45

The Spectator (November 24, 1961)
A. Geoffrey Grigson, "Art by Slabs", 792
B. Hugh G. Porteus, "Interlacery", 793
C. David Cairns, "Values of the Studio", 801


2-127
128-200
201-206

 

2,007 words

 
     

G46

Rev. Brocard Sewell, "George Anne Bellamy", Wiseman Review (Spring, 1961), 56-61

2-198

 

Used by permission of the Bishops' Conference of England and Wales.

 

Note

18th c. quotations

 
 

2,012 words

 
     

G47

Athene 10:2 (Autumn, 1961)
A. H. S. Broudy, "The Case for Art Education", 6-8
B. J. M. Grant, "From Myth to Fairy-Tale and Folk Lore", 9


2-182
183-191

 

2,027 words

 
     

G48

Harper's Bazaar
A. Myfanwy Piper, "On Art", 63:6 (March, 1961), 130
B. Myfanwy Piper, "On Art", 64:1 (April, 1961), 142
C. Myfanwy Piper, "The Artist in Rome", 64:2 (May, 1961), 100


2- 69
70-127
128-186

 

2,023 words

 
     

G49

Peter Baker, "The Other Side of the Curtain", Films and Filming (March, 1961), 8-9, 34

2-193

Corr

62 Petersburg [Petersberg]

 
 

2,005 words

 
     

G50

John Lanchbery and Ivor Guest "The Scores of 'La Fille Mal Gardée', II - Herold's Score", Theatre Research 3:2 (1961), 121-126


2-190

 

2,015 words

 
     

G51

R. F. Leslie, "Popular Etymology" Journal of the Lancashire Dialect Society 10 (January, 1961), 5-9


2-198

 

Used by permission of P. Wright, Dept. of Modern Languages, The University of Salford

 

Corr

56 'a field' [a field']
152 'about [about]

 

Note

The text contains a large number of "foreign"-coded words

 
 

2,032 words

 
     

G52

David Howell et al., compilers, Principles in Practice: A Series of Bow Group Essays for the 1960's. London: Bow Publications Ltd., 1961.
A. David Howell, "The Purpose of Aid", 113-114
B. James Lemkin, "Commonwealth Approaches", 115-118



2- 62
63-197

 

Used by permission of Bow Publications Ltd.

 

Corr

163 through the Commonwealth, [through, the Commonwealth]

 

Sic

3 the basic problems... is that... [concord]

 
 

2,001 words

 
     

G53

Thomas E. Utley, Occasion for Ombudsman. London: Christopher Johnson Publishers Ltd., 1961. Pp. 14-20


2-194

 

Used by permission of Johnson Publications Ltd.

 

Corr

16 that [that that]

 

Sic

20 ... financial assistance. [syntax]
23 ...embodied in law. [syntax]
28 leucotomy [lexis]

 
 

2,020 words

 
     

G54

Anthony Mann, Well Informed Circles. London: Cassell & Co. Ltd., 1961. Pp. 195-201


2-206

 

Used by permission of Anthony Mann

 
 

2,020 words

 
     

G55

Tom Hatherley Pear, The Moulding of Modern Man: A Psychologist's View of Information, Persuasion and Mental Co-ercion Today. London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd., 1961. Pp. 127-132



2-211

 

Used by permission of George Allen and Unwin Ltd.

 

Corr

171 captives. As [captives .As]

 
 

2,012 words

 
     

G56

Eric Jameson, The Natural History of Quakery. London: Michael Joseph Ltd., 1961. Pp. 127-132


2-186

Note

18th c. quotations

 
 

2,014 words

 
     

G57

D. Sherwin, "Public Morality and the Criminal Law", The Eugenics Review 52:4 (January, 1961), 201-203


2-190

 

Used by permission of the Eugenics Society

 

Sic

85 principal [spelling]
113 sexual relation [word form]

 
 

2,015 words

 
     

G58

J. S. Fulton, "The Future Pattern of University Education in the United Kingdom", Journal of the Royal Society of Arts (October, 1961), 842-845


2-174

 

Used by permission of G. Bell and Sons Ltd.

 
 

2,012 words

 

 
     

G59

Henry Fairlie, "On the Monarchy", Encounter (October, 1961), 51-53

2-185

 

Used by permission of Encounter Ltd.

 
 

2,005 words

 
     

G60

Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society (1961)

 
 

A. Dorothy Emmet, "Social Philosophy in Britain and America", 56-59

2-157

 

B. Lord Cohen of Birkenhead, "Peaks of Medical History", 20

158-186

Sic

169 presents [grammar]

 
 

2,001 words

 
     

G61

Universities Quarterly 15 (1961)

 
 

A. J. M. Mackensie, "Oxbridge Myths and Others", 338-341

2-123

 

B. A. H. Halsey, "A Pyramid of Prestige", 341-343

124-186

 

A. Used by permission of J. M. Mackensie

 
 

B. Used by permission of A. H. Halsey

 

Corr

81 Brighton [Brighon]

 

Note

Quotations from the Bible

 
 

2,007 words

 
     

G62

Anglo-Soviet Journal (Autumn, 1961)

 
 

A. Geoffrey Haworth, "A Tour of Russian Farms", 36-37

2-122

 

B. J. S. Spink, "Recent Books on Tolstoy in English", 49

123-187

 

Used by permission of the Society for Cultural Relations with the USSR.

 
 

2,007 words

 
     

G63

O. R. Jones, "Things Known Without Observation", Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society 61 (February, 1961), 142-146


2-175

 

© 1961 The Aristotelian Society. Used by permission.

 

Corr

153 something [somethings]

 
 

2,007 words

 
     

G64

Time and Tide (August 24, 1961)

 
 

A. John Wren-Lewis, "The Gathering of C. P. Snowstorm", 1380-1381

2-163

 

B. Phyllis Graham, "The World and the Church: Learning to Be a Parent", 1382


164-201

Corr

59 robots, who [robots. who]

 
 

2,002 words

 
     

G65

P. G. Pendsay, "Economic Planning in India", British Survey, Main Series: 148 (July, 1961), 19-23


2-215

Corr

114 Community [community]

 
 

2,026 words

 
     

G66

Common Ground 15:2 (Autumn, 1961)

 
 

A. William W. Simpson, "Prague 1961", 19-23

2-177

 

B. [ANON.], "Better than Being at School", 23-24

178-198

 

Used by permission of The Council of Christians and Jews

 

Sic

104 wordly [spelling]
106 irreally [word form]

 

Note

Quotations from non-native English text

 
 

2,014 words

 
     

G67

New Left Review (March/April, 1961)

 
 

A. Norman Birbaum, "Demon of the Concrete: A Note on Max Weber and Contemporary Sociology", 35-37


2-183

 

B. Stuart Hall, "The New Frontier", 47

184-204

Corr

44 intrinsic [instinsic]
141 deficiencies [deficiences]
144 Wilmott [Wilmdt]
168 an effort [ane ffort]

 

Sic

12 hobgobblins [spelling]
106 colossues [spelling]
128 practise [spelling]
195 link [concord]

 
 

2,006 words

 
     

G68

George Bennet, "Kenya's Frustrated Election", The World Today 17:6 (June, 1961), 255-258


2-192

 

2,011 words

 
     

G69

Julian Huxley, "The New Divinity", The Twentieth Century 170:1011 (Autumn, 1961), 9-16


2-200

 

Used by permission of Anthony Huxley

 
 

2,011 words

 
     

G70

The Economist (April 22, 1961)

 
 

A. A. P. Herbert, "Free Fiction? Why Not Free Films", 298-299

2-139

 

B. [ANON.], "Revolution of Rising Expectations", 319

140-195

 

Used by permission of Economist Newspaper Ltd.

 

Note

Variant spellings: brainwashing, brain-washing

 
 

2,025 words

 
     

G71

Race 2:2 (May, 1961)

 
 

A. Arnold Toynbee, "The Ultimate Choice", 3-6

2-170

 

B. F. B. Welbourn, "Comment on Corfield", 7-8

171-195

 

Used by permission of The Institute of Race Relations

 
 

2,010 words

 
     

G72

Labour Research

 
 

A. [ANON.], "The Future of Technical Education" 50:2 (February, 1961), 32-34


2-167

 

B. [ANON.], "Polishing Up Furniture" 50: 3 (March, 1961), 42

168-197

 

Used by permission of Labour Research Department

 

Corr

74 telecommunication [telecomunication]

 
 

2,017 words

 
     

G73

The Listener

 
 

A. Ivor Jennings, "How to Transfer Authority" 64:1665 (February 23, 1961), 337-338


2-160

 

B. Ivor Jennings, "Is a Party System Possible in Africa?" 64:1664 (February 16, 1961), 293


161-185

 

2,009 words

 
     

G74

W. H. Morris-Jones, "Military Power in Politics", Durham University Journal 53:3 (New Series 22:3) (June, 1961), 107-110


2-187

 

Used by permission of the Durham University Journal

 
 

2,004 words

 
     

G75

New Statesman 62:1599 (November 3, 1961)

 
 

A. Bertrand Russell, "Thoughts on the 50-Megaton Bomb", 638

2-111

 

B. Kingsley Martin, "Assumptions of American Defence", 640

212-188

 

Used by permission of Statesman and Nation Publishing Co.

 
 

2,000 words

 
     

G76

[ANON.], "The Looker-On", Blackwood's Magazine (January, 1961), 87-93


2-194

 

Used by permission of William Blackwood and Sons Ltd.

 
 

2,027 words

 
     

G77

Geoffrey Gorer, "The Uses of Pornography", London Magazine (August, 1961), 38-43

2-197

 

2,007 words