THE BIRDS OF THE 
BRITISH ISLANDS. 
By Cuarzes Stonuam, C.M.G., FRCS. 
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‘DEATH 0 wi GUY THORNE.” ae 
Mr: ©. A.’ Eiinger Gull, the novelist. 
‘who was better known as “ Guy 
Thorne,” died at. Hampstead at the 
house of friends, with whom he had been 
jeeepaine Christmas, at eight o’clock last 
inight. o ppyenpiis and heart failure. 
| He was 47. 
| Before he took the name . Guy 
| Thorne’ Mr. Ranger Gull had written 
several novels which attracted favour- 
able attention under his own name. 
Among them were “ The Hypocrite,” 
“Back to Lilac Land,” and “ Port 
Alone.” 
But early in this century he began 
under the’ second name to write in a 
totally different fashion. “ When It Was 
Dark ’’ established for “‘ Guy Thorne ” 
la reputation for a kind of moral melo- 
drama, and he followed it with other 
| books in the same vein—‘ First It Was 
Ordained ” and “The Drunkard.” 
