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“Baseless Biography,” by E. C. Bentley. pictures by Nicolas Bentley (London: Constable).
When Mr. E. C. Bentley in pre-war days published in collaboration with G. K. Chesterton a book called “Biography for Beginners,” he gave to the English language a new word. His peculiar four-line verses became so popular that they gained the name of Clerihew (Mr, Bentley’s middle name). It is a little strange that Mr. Bentley should have waited 30 years and more before following up the great success of “Biography for Beginners,” but now that he has done so the new volume should quickly gain the classic rank held by its predecessor. Its contents are quite up to the original standard, and though G. K. Chesterton is no longer alive to supply the drawings, his place is more than adequately taken by Mr. Bentley’s son Nicolas, whose already well-estab-lished reputation as a humorous illustrator will be enhanced by his work in. this book. In case there be anyone who does not know what a Clerihew is, a sample from the new collection (there are 50 of them) is given:— Rupert of the Rhine Thought Cromwell was a swine. And he felt quite sure After Marston Moor.
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Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 264, 5 August 1939, Page 5 (Supplement)
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