PUBLICATION DELAYED.
LATE T. E. LAWRENCE’S BOOK. LONDON, Dec. 17. M Raymond Savage, holder of the English copyright of the late T. E. Lawrence’s book “The Mjnt,” when it is published in the United States, says there is no prospect of publication in Britain for a quarter of a century. Manmvsript < r.-'is are at present locked in a bank’s strongroom. , , . Lawrence told his brother before his death that he did not want the book published during the lifetime of anvone mentioned in it. “I read the book carefully several times,” said Mr'Savage. “It is as near genius as ‘The Eeven Pillars of Wisdom.’ Few of Lawrence’s friends were allowed to read the book during Lawrence’s lifetime. It is said a number of charges were made in the Air Force training routine due to a high Air Ministry official persuing it.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 18, 19 December 1936, Page 9
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