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Thomas Lloyd Humberstone : Coventry

'I think the article on Sir John Gorst is able & shows a sufficient grasp of the subject; the tone of it also seems to me to be right . . . . As it stands, I think little of the chances of "Coventry" . . . People don?t want to know about their own country. If Coventry was in Italy, it would be different. As the article is not finished it would not be proper for me to criticise it finally. . .'

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Arnold Bennett      Manuscript: Sheet

Thomas Lloyd Humberstone : article on Sir John Gorst

'I think the article on Sir John Gorst is able & shows a sufficient grasp of the subject; the tone of it also seems to me to be right . . . . As it stands, I think little of the chances of "Coventry" . . . People don?t want to know about their own country. If Coventry was in Italy, it would be different. As the article is not finished it would not be proper for me to criticise it finally. . .

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Arnold Bennett      Manuscript: Sheet

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