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has been thought expedient to supplement her memories by an 
introductory memoir by Mr. Arthur Duke Coleridge, 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. 
A demote. 
By HIS WIFE. 
With Povtvatts and other Illustvations. Demy 8vo., 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), having 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 private 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 1892, and represented that con- 
stituency for thirteen years. In 1906 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 War 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 affection for him cherished by 
all who had the privilege of knowing him in private life. 
