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  Wodjabet

  C.E. Montague

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  Charles Edward Montague was born in London on New Year’s Day, 1867 and educated at the City of London School and then Balliol College, Oxford. 
   
  At university, Montague, a keen writer, wrote several literary reviews for the Manchester Guardian and was then invited for a month’s trial and, after impressing, to work there.   
   
  Montague and the editor, C. P. Scott shared the same political views and between them they turned the Manchester Guardian into a vibrant and campaigning newspaper.  They were for Irish Home Rule and against both the Boer War and the First World War. 
   
  But, after the war had begun, Montague believed that it was important to give full and unequivocal support to the British government.  Despite his age, 47, he was determined to serve. 
   
  Montague was soon promoted to the rank of second lieutenant and with it a transfer to Military Intelligence. The war also brought about a crisis in his faith and it was suitable resolved by Montague temporarily putting it to one side and carrying on with the fighting. 
   
  In November 1918 the war was over and Montague could now return home to his wife and family and also to the Manchester Guardian where he would continue to work until retirement in 1925.  
   
  For Montague the war had been corrosive but it had given him much to write about, both for the paper and also for his books, which he now hoped to spend more time on.  Among those to flow from his pen are the novels A Hind Let Loose and Rough Justice as well as collections of short stories, other essays and a travel book. 
   
  He finally retired in 1925, and settled down to become a full-time writer in the last years of his life.  
   
  Charles Edward Montague died in Manchester on May 28th, 1928 at the age of 61.

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  At The Earth's Core

  Edgar Rice Burroughs

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  Convinced of the worthiness of a giant, earthboring machine, David Innes becomes a willing participant in an experiment. On the machines maiden attempt at boring through the earth, David and inventor Perry are trapped in the control room as the machine turns into a runaway. It bores steadily down toward the center of the earth until finally it penetrates into a strange, subterranean world. The two travelers are immediately welcomed by a huge bearlike creature interested solely in having them for breakfast.

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  Cambridge - The Dark Masters -...

  M R James, E F Benson, Arthur Gray

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  Cambridge University is esteemed as one of the great learning centres of the world, and has been for many centuries. 
   
  Whatever its gravitas as a seat of learning it should come as no surprise that Cambridge has a malevolent and dark side.  Within the ranks of its Academics and Alumni lurk the strange minds who have created despicable stories with heinous characters. 
   
  M R James, E F Benson, Christopher Blayre and E G Swain are but a few of these transgressors who have lurked within its glittering yet tortured walls. 
   
  1 - Cambridge - The Dark Masters - A Short Story Collection - An Introduction 
  2 - Oh Whistle and I'll Come to You My Lad by M R James 
  3 - Mrs Amworth by E F Benson 
  4 - The Man With The Roller by E G Swain 
  5 - The Necromancer by Arthur Gray 
  6 - The Closed Window by A C Benson 
  7 - A Collector's Company by R H Malden 
  8 - The Thing That Smelt by Christopher Blayre

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  Rider on the White Horse The...

  Theodor Storm

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  The Rider on the White Horse (German: Der Schimmelreiter) is a novella by German writer Theodor Storm. It is his last complete work, first published in 1888, the year of his death. The novella is Storm's best remembered and most widely read work, and considered by many to be his masterpiece.The novella tells the story of Hauke Haien, allegedly related to the author by a schoolmaster in a small town in Northern Frisia. Hauke is the son of a farmer and licensed surveyor, and does his best to learn his father's trade. He even learns Dutch so he can read a Dutch print of Euclid's work on mathematics and geometry. Over time, he becomes very familiar with the dykes along the local coast, and begins to wonder if it would not be better to make them flatter on the sea side so as to reduce their windage during floods.

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  Importance of Being Earnest The:...

  Oscar Wilde

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  Do you want to listen to The Importance of Being Earnest? If so then keep reading…A deliciously airily irresponsible comedy. Such is the "The Importance Of Being Earnest," the most personally characteristic expression of Wilde's art, and the last of the dramatic productions written under his own name. The dialogue has all the sparkle of bubbles from a gushing spring, and is brim-full of quaint conceits and diverting paradoxesWhat are you waiting for The Importance of Being Earnest is one click away, select the “Download” button in the top right corner NOW!

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  Meeting of Minds - Volume IX

  Steve Allen

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  By “             assembling”              some of the most fascinating figures in world history, Meeting of Minds provided a groundbreaking opportunity for audiences to be exposed to ideas by way of a medium not normally known for its intellectual vigor. Portrayed by actors, panelists engage in stimulating round-table discussions that were conducted like any other talk show but featured prominent influencers from bygone generations—             not just philosophers and politicians, but poets, playwrights, and presidents. From activists and artists to international leaders—             both famous and infamous—             these conversations are unfailingly witty, thought-provoking, and genuinely entertaining. An innovative series, Meeting of Minds remains one of the most delightful ways of gaining historical perspective ever devised, and these original soundtrack recordings capture the intellectual and spirited debates of the episodes hosted by Steve Allen. This installment breaks the pattern of other episodes by featuring playwright William Shakespeare surrounded not by other illustrious historical figures, but with the fruits of his own imagination. Following a brief discussion of his early life, Shakespeare is joined by the Dark Lady of the Sonnets, Hamlet, Romeo, Othello, and the Ghost of Hamlet's Father. Expounding on the theme of love, the most enigmatic and compelling of Shakespeare's characters challenge each other and their mutual creator to resolve long-standing controversies about their identities and inner conflicts.

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