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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, JULY 25TH, 1925

SCOTTISH SPORT.

FIRST GOOD CRICKET WEEK.

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EDINBURGH, June 10th.

Real cricket weather was enjoyed in Scotland for the first time, this season, ITH And the change was welcome; but the ground was heavy and favoured the bowlers, Though scoring, as a D quence, was extremely low, get there were many large aggregates. Forfarshire, Fergusic, Poloe, and West of Scotlanul each hitting more than 130 runa, tribute' to their enterprising batting under dit ficult conditions. Notable performaners with the hall included the taking of eight wickets for 10 runs by Preston, the Grange professional, a similar number of wickets for 3 runs more by Megion, of Ferguslie, and seven for 17 by the Rev. HF. T. Heath, the South Australian who was assisting Forturshire in their Scottish Counties Championship match against Clackmannan County, Clack mannan laat season's county champions. were badly beaten by Forfarshire. In every department of the 'gan*th win- The ners showed marked superiority, value of good helding was exemplified in the match at Mannofield, where Porth- shire in grim struggle got the better of Aberdeenshire by only 23 ans. J. A. Ferguson again played a big part in thei innings at a critical stage in the game giving the tentu a winning chance.

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Boswell was the first biographer, but he Sir Charles agreed with Macaulay that did not agree with Macaulay that Bos- well was a fool. He thought Boswell' was a genius possessed of that rare guality reverence and of the bump of hero worship. But the test must surely. bewhere would Johnson'stand if Boswell bad pot lived? Johnson's unique posi tion in the world was firmly established, He was the literary dietitor of Eng- land. He was the best type of John

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Despite the professed fears of Mr. Augustine Birrell, K.C., "there were no broken bones or anavenly, scenes, at the London School of Economics, Aldwych, London, W.C., on May 19th, when Sir Charles Russell and Mr.-Edward Shanks debated Did Koswell make Jahnson?" Mr. Birrell, who presided, said the sub- ject was one which was likely to indi animosity, and already he was

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with passion. Anyhow, whatever might be and that night would not matter very afuck, for he doubted if anyone would as

INVENTED BY” BOSWELL.

Mr. Shanks said he considered that Boswell's Life was one of the greatest books in the English language; no hook by Johnson himself came anywhere near to it in popular estimation, He con- tended that Boswell actually invented the character of Johnson:

Boswell, was, I think, lucky in one thing. Johnson was the typical Eng- lishman, and the whole of Boswell's Life of Johnson was in a sense a panegyric upon the typical English.

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Sir Charles Russell repelled the sus gestion that Boswell made Johnson. pointing out that the most careful.com- putation showed that the two men only met on 270 occasions. The real, title of the Lafé should be The Life of Johnson by Johnson, assisted by“ Bós- well.

LEST TYPE UP JOHN BULL. There were other books from which Johnson's life could be built up, said Sir Charles, and mentioned the writings of Hannah More." He added

I regret to inform you that your chairman confesses to a most outrage Bus assault on this lady. He took her in 19 calf-bound volumes and buried them in the garden of his house by the "seaside. And not only that, ho is re- ported to have jumped on them when he had 'luried them and said, "Out of aight out of mind." I don't know what there is in the seaside air which makes gentlemen take ladies and bury them in sections in the gardens of their bungalows, but it seems to me, in the

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That Business transacted. way Boswell wanted him to go. was Boswell's artistry, and by so doing 673*1# ACOGunes opened and FIXED he saw in and created in bis "Life" periods si ester which will be quoted ev Daronze received for ene year or shorter greater figure than Johnson himself.

Mr. Birrell admonished Mr. Bhanke application.. as a brother Bent for describing Jobsson as a typical Englishman. Personally said Mr. Birrell, have never thought sufficiently well of Englishmen to do that.” Mr. Shanks bad not been able to point to a single thing and any, There, Johnson could not have said that "¦ na a matter of fact there was nothing anyone could say Johnson could not say Sir Charles Russell had pointed out that Boswell only met Johnson 270 times." Was. that sufficient for any man to give a cor

rect idea of the character of Johnson would even a husband venture to give the character of his wife! He had no doubt Boswell very often doctored the doctor. (Laughter.) He was afraid they must go away leaving unsolved the quee tion: what Johnson would be without Boswell

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