Author: SCHOLES, PERCY A.
Title: The Life and Activities of Sir John Hawkins. Musician, Magistrate and Friend of Johnson.
Description: London: Geoffrey Cumberlege / Oxford University Press, 1953. 1st edition. Sir John Hawkins (1719-1789) seems to have been " a man of considerable public spirit and certainly a hard and conscientious worker. What he reallly lacked, perhaps, was a sense of humanity (of being a unit in the suffering human family) and a sense of humor - for it is rare to hear of Hawkins making a joke?" Pp.xiv/287, black & white portrait frontispiece + 11 further pages of black & white plates. Light blue cloth,striped decoration to spine has faint spotting. VG.

Keywords: Percy Scholes Life Activities Sir John Hawkins Musician Magistrate Samuel Johnson Biography History Music Burney Ivy Lane Club 46660 General Biography


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