Unparliamentary papers and other diversions
Alleged “interference” with the Heavenly Twins.
See “The Universal Conflict.”
BY REGINALD BERKELEY
Author of “French Leave” and “Eight O’Clock” Part Author of “The Oilskin Packet” and “Decorations and Absurdities”
With an Introduction By J. C. SQUIRE And Drawings by BOHUN LYNCH
Cecil Palmer Forty-nine Chandos Street W.C.2
FIRST EDITION 1924 COPYRIGHT
Printed in Great Britain
Friend, of all friends most prized and dear,
When times are sad, when memories smart,
When smiles hold back the scalding tear,
And laughter hides a breaking heart—
Reginald Berkeley
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UNPARLIAMENTARY PAPERS AND OTHER DIVERSIONS
INTRODUCTION
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
UNPARLIAMENTARY PAPERS
THE UNIVERSAL CONFLICT
AN EMINENT GEORGIAN
MY FIRST DERBY
ON ETERNAL LIFE
THE NEXT WAR—AND MILITARY SERVICE
FIRST PLAYS FOR BEGINNERS
HATS
SHAREHOLDERS’ BLOOD
THE PERSONAL COLUMN
SOCIETY SIDESHOWS
LATTER-DAY DRAMAS
MORALITY
ETERNITY AND POST-ETERNITY
THE ENCHANTED ISLAND
PRESIDENT WILSON
JEMIMA BLOGGS
UNDER EASTERN SKIES
THE VODKA BOTTLE
KING DAVID I
THE SLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD
IMPOLITICS
A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT
WOES OF THE WHIPS
YOUNG MEN AND “MAIDENS”
FRONT BENCHES AND BACK BENCHES
“ORDER, ORDER”
LORDS AND COMMONS
IRREVERENT INTERVIEWS AND OTHER IRRELEVANCES
WITH LORD BALFOUR AT THE WASHINGTON CONFERENCE
WITH MONSIEUR BRIAND AFTER THE WASHINGTON CONFERENCE
WITH MR. LLOYD GEORGE DURING HIS PREMIERSHIP
WITH LORD BIRKENHEAD ON THE WOOLSACK
OLD TORY
EDWARD AND EUSTACE
THE TWO WEDGWOODS
SONGS OF A DIE-HARD
NURSERY RHYME
THE OLD MEMBER
