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Journal
of the T. E. Lawrence Society Vol. VI , No. 1 Autumn 1996 Edited by Philip Kerrigan James P. Ramage: 'T. E. Lawrence and the Postage Stamps Issue for the Hejaz' (6-13) The decision to issue Hejaz postage stamps in 1916 provided Lawrence with an opportunity to participate in an artistic activity which must have come as a welcome, albeit brief, respite from wartime privations. In this connection it is interesting to read Richard Yeomans' assessment of Lawrence's involvement in the visual arts. He wrote,'[Lawrence] achieved a degree of competence in drawing, photography and stone carving, but this by no means made him a creative artist. He was, however, visually literate, a connoisseur, and an acute and sensitive observer. . .' (JTELS III: I, 1993).
James
Ramage is a retired Chief Inspector of Police and lives in Lanarkshire,
Scotland.
Christophe Leclerc: 'T. E. Lawrence and Louis Massignon' (14-19) Lawrence's ambivalent attitude towards the French is well known. Leonard Woolley relates that he often spoke of the happy times he spent in France and of his acceptance of the Legion d'Honneur when he had refused other decorations. France,however, had deep-rooted colonial aspirations in Syria which Lawrence saw as an obstacle by Lawrence. This article shows that despite this source of friction, there was an affinity between Lawrence and Massignon. As part of his master's degree at the University of Paris, Christophe Leclerc wrote a thesis on the French Military Mission that served with T. E. Lawrence in the Hejaz. He subsequently won the third prize in the T. E. Lawrence Society's Essay Competition for this article on Lawrence and Massignon. Harold Orlans: 'The ways of transgressors' (20-33) It is generally accepted that Lawrence knew at an early age that he was illegitimate, though there is insufficient evidence to establish how much he really knew. 'The Ways of Transgressors' puts forward an alternative interpretation.
Harold
Orlans has written not only about Lawrence, but on a variety of social
subjects. He has a Ph.D. in anthropology from Yale, and spent a number
of years in London. His interest in Lawrence was kindled in 1936 after
reading Seven Pillars of Wisdom. Nicholas Lynch: 'In the Wilderness of Zin' (34-48) In1996
Nick Lynch completed his third journey to the Middle East, this time
through the Wilderness of Zin. As on the previous occasions, he has
written-up his desert travels. Readers will be able to compare some of
his photographs, reproduced here, with those taken by Lawrence in 1914
and published in The Wilderness of Zin. H. St. J. B. Armitage: 'Lawrence: life and legend or sense and nonsense?' (49-71)
The
complexities of Lawrence's character and of his embroilment in the Arab
Revolt have provided an open season for some of the latter-day
commentators. There has been a reluctance,
for a number of reasons, for writers to challenge some of the inaccurate
statements and false judgements that have found their way into print.
St. John Armitage provides a critical appraisal of the second edition of
Lawrence James's biography The Golden Warrior. Three Reviews
The
publication by Castle Hill Press of Lawrence's 1922 text of Seven
Pillars of Wisdom brings to mind the opinions of contemporary
critics when his 1926 abridgement was issued to subscribers and, nine
years later, published for general circulation. We have reprinted here
three articles from The Times. The first, by D.G. Hogarth,
discusses the subscriber's edition of 1926. The second reviews the
exhibition of its illustrations that took place at the Leicester
Galleries in 1927. The third article, by Liddell Hart, reviews the first
trade edition of Seven Pillars in 1935. D. G. Hogarth: 'Lawrence of Arabia: story of his book: a lavish edition' [review of Seven Pillars of Wisdom from The Times, 13 December 1926] (71-7) Anon: 'Illustrations of Colonel Lawrence's book', [review of the 1927 Leicester Galleries exhibition from The Times, 4 February 1927] (77-8) B. H. Liddell Hart: 'Seven pillars of wisdom, a worthy edition' [Review of Seven Pillars of Wisdom from The Times, 29 July 1935] (79-82) Previous: Contents of Vol. V, No. 2
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