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has been thought expedient to supplement her memories by an 

 introductory memoir by Mr. Arthur Duke Coleridi^^e, who, as a young 

 amateur tenor, had the honour of singing with Clara Novello on 

 several occasions. He tells us of what oratorios were like at 

 Exeter Hall in the days of Lindley and Dragonetti ; and describes 

 the singing of Clara Novello herself for those who never had the 

 luck to hear her. A little-known poem of Lamb is included in 

 the volume, which contains also several portraits of the singer and 

 her relations. 



HUGH OAKELEY ARNOLD-FORSTER. 



B /ll^cnioir. 



By HIS WIFE. 



With Portraits and other Illustrations. Demy "ivo., cloth. 15s. net. 



It happens but rarely that the wife of a public man is in a position 

 to write a memoir of him, but if it be true that an autobiography is 

 the most interesting of all records of a career, surely that which 

 comes nearest to it is the memoir written by a wife in close sympathy 

 with the aims and ideals, the difficulties and triumphs of her 

 husband. Mr. Arnold-Forster's father, William Delafield Arnold 

 (a son of Dr. Thomas Arnold, Headmaster of Rugby), ha\ing died 

 while he was still a child, he was adopted by the Right Hon. W. E. 

 Forster, his uncle by marriage. He was educated at Rugby and 

 University College, Oxford, where he took a First-Class in Modern 

 History. He was afterwards called to the Bar, but soon became 

 immersed in political life. During the stormy years of 1880- 1882 

 he was priv^ate secretary to Mr. W. E. Forster, then Chief Secretary 

 for Ireland, and shared all the difficulties and dangers due to the 

 disturbed state of the country. Mr. Arnold- Forster entered Parlia- 

 ment as Member for West Belfast in i8y2,and represented that con- 

 stituency for thirteen years. In igo6 he was elected for Croydon, for 

 which he continued to sit until his death in 1909. His first official 

 appointment was as Chairman of the Land Settlement Commission 

 sent to South Africa in 1900. While there he received the offer of 

 the Secretaryship to the Admiralty, and held the post until 1903. 

 He then became Secretary of State for W'ar at a critical period in 

 the history of Army reorganization, and went out of office on the fall 

 of the Unionist Government in 1905. 



This memoir is extremely interesting throughout from a political 

 standpoint. It will also enable the reader to appreciate the universal 

 respect felt for Mr. Arnold-Forster's high motives and strong prin- 

 ciples in Parliament, and the warm afTection for him cherished by 

 all who had the privilege of knowing him in private life. 



