Lanterna Rally

Author: J. R. Raynes

Publisher:

Published: 2016-06-16

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13: 9781332593019

Excerpt from The Pageant of England 1900-1920: A Journalist's Log of Twenty Remarkable Years It is usual, I think, for an author to dedicate his first book to some dose friend who has had a conspicuous influence upon his life. This book I dedicate to all my friends, beginning with my parents, to whom I owe an overwhelming debt; to my devoted wife, to whom my debt is not a whit less; to my schoolmasters, and to a wide circle of kindly and helpful friends in several towns of England. This is their book, and of their fashioning. I gladly acknowledge my vast indebtedness to the goodness of those whom I have known intimately. They have embraced all classes, all parties and all creeds, and in all these I have found good intent and great earnestness. In this Pageant of England, told as I have seen it unfold during these twenty very remarkable years, I have sought to keep as dose to recognized truth as possible. That is to say, I have omitted expressions of view which I hold to be true, but which others would oppose as fallacy. Where it has been essential to express views, they are mine, and of no party creed. The truth may be tame, but it is eternal. It is out of exaggeration that contradiction springs and sectional animosity is aroused by rival camps indulging in extremities. Something is wrong with England, and its social grievances need righting. Thousands of young men who fought for England are leaving England, and we need them all. In a pastoral chapter a description of rural England is attempted, and in such fair regions, which I have ventured to call Colonial England, there is room for new towns and new developments. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.