ROYAL EDITION

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 14, 1 October 1929, Page 2

ROYAL EDITION

PRINCE'S LEGION BOOK. FAMOUS AUTHORS. LONDON. “The Legion Hook”, to bo published shortly in London, represents a literature venture by the Prince of Wales, all the material in it having been collected by invitation from St. James'' Palace. The Prince showed his Majesty a copy in a binding designed by Charles Ricketts, It.A., whereupon the King expressed a wish that the proceeds of the sales should be given to the British. Legion as a. thanks-offoring for his recovery. Mr. Winston Churchill, the noted statesman, has written an appreciation op the late Earl Haig. Other contributions include John 'Galsworthy, Arnold Bennett, R.udyard Kipling, G\ K. Chesterton, Sir Hen- ! ry Newholt, Hugh Walpole, and P.G, Wodehouse. The artistic material is probably unique, and is representative of the most famous British artiste, including Sir Arthur Cope,, Sir William Llewellyn, President of the Royal ’Academy, Willian Rothenstein, Principal of the Royal College of Art, Jacob Epstein, Augustus John, Sir John Lavery and Sir William Orpen. Max Beerhohn contributes studies °f “Prime Ministers in my time; tremendous luminaries in theirs.”-