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Journal
of the T. E. Lawrence Society Vol. III , No. 2, Spring 1994 Edited by Jeremy Wilson T. E. Lawrence: 'Sherif Feisal' (6-8) Lawrence's notes on Sherif Feisal were written early in1919. They form a preface here to the two important essays by D.G. Hogarth that follow. D. G. Hogarth: 'Great Britain and the Arabs up to the armistice of 30 October 1918' (9-24) This essay is drawn from the six-volume History of the Peace Conference of Paris which was assembled in the 1920s under the auspices of the Royal Institute of International Affairs.
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G. Hogarth, drawn by Augustus John D. G. Hogarth: 'Two views of T. E. Lawrence' (25-28) Hogarth's anonymous profile of Lawrence, written for William Rothenstein's Twenty-four Portraits, is often quoted as a remarkably perceptive essay. It is reprinted here together with the longer biographical sketch that he later wrote for the Supplement to the Encyclopaedia Britannica published in 1926. This was the first Britannica profile of Lawrence. Raymond Savage (Lawrence's literary agent): 'Lawrence of Arabia in a new disguise', (29-34) Contrast Hogarth's essay with 'Lawrence of Arabia in a New Disguise', also published in America in 1926. This was by Raymond Savage, who had known Lawrence slightly at university and afterwards became his literary agent. Savage had served for a time under Allenby, of whom he had published a biography in 1925. His article shows what a thoroughly commercial writer felt were the 'selling points' of the Lawrence Legend in the mid-twenties. Jeremy Wilson: 'T. E. Lawrence and the Translating of the Odyssey' (35-66) This history of Lawrence's Odyssey translation was originally drafted for the edition published by the Limited Editions Club in 1981. When it was submitted, the Club's editor, who had placed no restriction on length, decided that it was too long. Jeremy Wilson therefore wrote a much shorter essay which was published in the book. The original version is printed here for the first time. Jeremy Wilson: 'Life-story of a book: T. E. Lawrence's Odyssey' (67-75) Bibliographical notes about editions of Lawrence's Odyssey translation. Anon: 'Motor-boats for the R.A.F.' from The Times, 31 March 1932 (76-79) Anon: 'Voyage of an R.A.F. motor-boat', from The Times, 16 April 1932 (80-83) These two articles about the British Power Boat Co. were published in The Times in 1932. They form part of Lawrence's least-known press campaign. It was he who invited The Times to cover the new high-speed RAF craft, while the content of the articles clearly owes more than a little to his hand Previous: Contents of Vol. III, No. 1 Next: Contents of Vol. IV, No. 1 You can buy issues of the Journal from the online shop. It is not necessary to be a member of the T. E. Lawrence Society. |
