THE ORDER OF MERIT
The Order of Merit, instituted by King. Edward VII in 1902 as a special distinction for eminent men and women, has a membership limited to twenty-four. A library of illustrated biographies of those who have been admitted to the order is announced by Blackie, under the title of the "Order of Merit Series."
The first two biographies are those of Thomas Hardy, by Mr. W. R. Rutland, a study based on all the available evidence and including one or two letters now published for the first time, and Sir Edward Elgar, by Mr. T. F. Dunhill. Later volumes will include "J. M. Barrie," by Mr. W. A. Darlington; "Lord Kelvin," by Mr. Alexander Russell; "Lord Roberts," by Colonel H. de Watteville; and "Jellicoe," by Captain E. Altham.
Routledge has published an unusual book of quotations. "The Little Torch" consists of extracts —one for every day of the year—selected from entries made on that very date by diarists writing in the sixteenth, and later centuries. The compiler is that expert on British diaries, Lord Ponsonby.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 17, 21 January 1939, Page 23
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178THE ORDER OF MERIT Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 17, 21 January 1939, Page 23
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