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# Pompom (goldfish)

Pompom or hana fusa are a type of fancy goldfish that have bundles of loose fleshy outgrowths between the nostrils, on each side of the head.

## Description

The pompom has a similar body shape and finnage to the lionhead or Oranda but instead of supporting a headgrowth it has nasal outgrowths. The extent of the nasal outgrowths, which are enlargements of the nasal septum, vary in pompom goldfish. In some, the outgrowths hang down past the mouth. These skin outgrowths around the nostrils of pompoms are developed through selective breeding. Pompoms may have either metallic or nacreous scalation, and can occur with or without a dorsal fin. It will be best if the lionhead variety of these fishes are engaged with the same variety or other dorsal fin less fishes.
The Chinese submit this variety as the "Velvet ball". There are records for the existence of this fish being seen as far back as 1898. The first importation of these fish into the United Kingdom was in 1936 when the original fish were exported from Shanghai and others were displayed at an aquarium in Paris. It was quite popular in the early days of the fancy goldfish, but is now very rarely seen for sale or on display.

## Variants

The hana fusa or pompom oranda is an elegant pompom with a dorsal fin.
# Małe, Łódź Voivodeship

Małe is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Poddębice, within Poddębice County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) north of Poddębice and 38 km (24 mi) north-west of the regional capital Łódź.
# Brzeźnica, Łódź Voivodeship

Brzeźnica is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Burzenin, within Sieradz County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) south-west of Burzenin, 19 km (12 mi) south of Sieradz, and 63 km (39 mi) south-west of the regional capital Łódź.
# Wierzchy, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Wierzchy (German: Vierhof) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nowogard, within Goleniów County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) north of Nowogard, 31 km (19 mi) north-east of Goleniów, and 53 km (33 mi) north-east of the regional capital Szczecin.
For the history of the region, see history of Pomerania.
The village has a population of 150.
# Wierzchęcino

Wierzchęcino (German: Verchentin) is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Nowogard, within Goleniów County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland.
For the history of the region, see history of Pomerania.
# Andrei Gavrilov (ice hockey)

Andrei Gavrilov (born November 8, 1987) is a Russian professional ice hockey goaltender who currently plays for Everest Kohtla-Järve of the Estonian Hockey League (EHL). He has previously played with HC Vityaz Podolsk, Atlant Moscow Oblast, HC Sochi and Salavat Yulaev Ufa in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He joined Salavat Yulaev on a one-year contract as a free agent on July 29, 2016.
# Denis Kazionov

Denis Aleksandrovich Kazionov (Russian: Денис Александрович Казионов; born 8 December 1987) is a Russian former professional ice hockey winger. His career, which lasted from 2003 to 2020, was mainly spent in the Kontinental Hockey League. His brother Dmitri also played professionally.
He was selected by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the 7th round (198th overall) of the 2006 NHL Entry Draft.

## Career statistics

| | | | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| 2003–04 | CSKA–2 Moscow | RUS.3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2004–05 | Dynamo–2 Moscow | RUS.3 | 40 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2005–06 | HC MVD | RSL | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005–06 | HC MVD–HK Tver | RUS.3 | 31 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2006–07 | HC MVD | RSL | 24 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006–07 | HC–2 MVD | RUS.4 | 13 | 21 | 16 | 37 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2007–08 | Metallurg Novokuznetsk | RSL | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2007–08 | Metallurg–2 Novokuznetsk | RUS.3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2007–08 | Avangard Omsk | RSL | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2007–08 | Avangard–2 Omsk | RUS.3 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2008–09 | Amur Khabarovsk | KHL | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2008–09 | Amur–2 Khabarovsk | RUS.3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2008–09 | BK Mladá Boleslav | KHL | 24 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 95 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2009–10 | Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg | KHL | 51 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2010–11 | Metallurg Novokuznetsk | KHL | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 29 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2010–11 | Traktor Chelyabinsk | KHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2010–11 | Izhstal Izhevsk | VHL | 33 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 48 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2011–12 | Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg | KHL | 47 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 81 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2011–12 | Sputnik Nizhny Tagil | VHL | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2012–13 | Severstal Cherepovets | KHL | 45 | 14 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 56 |
| 2013–14 | Avangard Omsk | KHL | 38 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 41 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2014–15 | Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod | KHL | 48 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 44 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2015–16 | HC Sochi | KHL | 50 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 94 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 2016–17 | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | KHL | 57 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 90 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 16 |
| 2017–18 | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | KHL | 46 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 40 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2018–19 | Dinamo Minsk | KHL | 29 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2018–19 | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | BLR | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2018–19 | Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg | KHL | 19 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 2019–20 | Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | KHL | 41 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — |
| RSL totals | RSL totals | RSL totals | 76 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| KHL totals | KHL totals | KHL totals | 484 | 74 | 58 | 132 | 531 | 52 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 112 |
# Wieńkowo

Wieńkowo (German: Wenkendorf) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Police, within Police County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border.
It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) north-west of Police and 20 km (12 mi) north of the regional capital Szczecin.
# Claude Dampier

Claude Dampier (born Claud Conolly Cowan; 23 November 1878 – 1 January 1955) was an English film actor and character comedian in the early 20th century.

## Life

He was born in Clapham, South London as Claud Conolly Cowan. After gaining some theatrical experience in Britain during the mid-1890s, he after toured Australia with Edward Branscombe's Dandies troupes between 1910 and 1917. He revisited the country in 1921, touring in revue shows with Hilda Attenboro, and starred in two Australian films. He also worked in South Africa.
Following an early marriage to Irene Vere, with whom he had a daughter, he married Australian actress Billie Carlyle (c1901-1991). They met whilst acting in the silent film The Adventures of Algy in 1925, and formed a double act in 1926, with Dampier billed as "The Professional Idiot". He played mostly comic roles as a dim-witted and literal-minded character. According to historian Richard Anthony Baker: "Dampier specialised in 'silly arse' characters. His face was his fortune. Chinless and with protruding teeth, it was easy to believe he was daft." Carlyle appeared as a 'straight-woman' in his act.
On one occasion while performing in New Zealand, Dampier forgot his lines and improvised by pretending to recognise an old friend, Mrs Gibson, in the audience, who then turned out not to be Mrs Gibson at all. References to the imaginary Mrs Gibson became a regular part of his performances thereafter. After Dampier returned to Britain in 1927, he featured on BBC radio, until he was temporarily banned from broadcasts after mentioning that he had "promised to squeeze Mrs Gibson's oranges."
He also appeared in more than twenty films, including Radio Parade of 1935. After the Second World War he appeared on Jewel and Warriss radio shows, where he adopted the catch-phrase "it's me-ee".
He died in 1955 and was cremated at Golders Green Crematorium in north London on 4 January 1955. His ashes lie in section 1-L of the Garden of Remembrance.
Carlyle later wrote a book, Claude Dampier, Mrs. Gibson & Me (1978). Dampier's daughter from his first marriage, Dorothy Dampier, became an actress.

## Filmography

* Hullo Marmaduke (1924)
* The Adventures of Algy (1925)
* Mr. Stringfellow Says No (1934)
* Radio Parade of 1935 (1934)
* So You Won't Talk (1935)
* The White Lilac (1935)
* No Monkey Business (1935)
* Boys Will Be Boys (1935)
* Such Is Life (1936)
* All In (1936)
* Public Nuisance No. 1 (1936)
* King of the Castle (1936)
* She Knew What She Wanted (1936)
* Sing as You Swing (1937)
* Wanted! (1937)
* She Shall Have Music (1937)
* Riding High (1937)
* The Backyard Front (1940 Dig for Victory film)
* Don't Take It to Heart (1944)
* Let's Have a Murder (1950)
* Meet Mr. Malcolm (1954)
# Gjon Mili

Gjon Mili (November 28, 1904 – February 14, 1984) was an Albanian photographer from Korçë who developed his profession in America, best known for his work published in Life, in which he photographed artists such as Pablo Picasso.

## Biography

Gjon Mili was born to Vasil Mili and Viktori Cekani in Korçë, in the Manastir Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire (present-day Albania). Mili spent his childhood in Romania, attending Gheorghe Lazăr National College in Bucharest, and migrating to the United States in 1923. In 1939, Mili started to work as a photographer for Life (a position he held until he died in 1984). Over the years his assignments took him to the Riviera (Picasso); to Prades, France (Pau Casals in exile); to Israel (Adolf Eichmann in captivity); to Florence, Athens, Dublin, Berlin, Venice, Rome, and to Hollywood to photograph celebrities and artists, sports events, concerts, sculptures and architecture.
Working with Harold Eugene Edgerton of MIT, Gjon Mili was a pioneer in the use of stroboscopic instruments to capture a sequence of actions in one photograph. Trained as an engineer and self-taught in photography, Gjon Mili was one of the first to use electronic flash and stroboscopic light to create photographs that had more than scientific interest. Many of his images revealed the intricacy and flow of movement too rapid or complex for the naked eye to discern. In the mid-1940s, he was an assistant to the photographer Edward Weston.
In 1944, he directed the short film Jammin' the Blues, which was made at Warner Bros., and features performances by Lester Young, Red Callender, Harry Edison, "Big" Sid Catlett, Illinois Jacquet, Barney Kessel, Jo Jones and Marie Bryant. Mili did not serve as cinematographer for the film (Robert Burks did) but the film used multiplied images that in many ways recall the multi-image still-frames done with the strobe. The imaginative use of the camera makes this film a minor landmark in the way that musicians have been filmed.
Over the course of more than four decades, thousands of his pictures were published by Life as well as other publications.
Mili died of pneumonia in Stamford, Connecticut, at the age of 79.
# 1787 in Russia

Events from the year 1787 in Russia

## Incumbents

* Monarch – Catherine II

## Events

* Black Sea Cossack Host formed
* Crimean journey of Catherine the Great
* Russo-Turkish War (1787–92) begins
** Battle of Kinburn (1787)
* Lomonosov Bridge completed in Saint Petersburg

## Births

* Alexander Alyabyev – composer
* Grigol Bagration of Mukhrani – Georgian nobleman, Russian officer
* Konstantin Batyushkov – poet, essayist, and translator
* Jean Armand de Lestocq – French doctor, adventurer, and courtier
* Alexander Ivanovich Dmitriev-Mamonov – general and painter of battle scenes
* Nikolay Gretsch – writer, grammarian, and journalist
* Semyon Korsakov – homeopath and inventor
* Michael Lunin – political philosopher, revolutionary
* Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov – nobleman, general, government official
* Ivan Nabokov – general
* Alexey Fyodorovich Orlov – general, diplomat, and statesman
* Antony Pogorelsky – writer
* Alexandr Mikhailovich Potemkin – nobleman and soldier, patron of the Holy Mountains Lavra monastery
* Nymphodora Semenova – opera singer
* Aleksei Sokolov – priest who lived in Russian Alaska
* Pavel Svinyin – writer, painter, editor
* Aleksandr Vitberg – architect
* Otto von Kotzebue – navy captain, explorer
* Maksim Vorobyov – landscape painter
* Yekaterina Yezhova – actress and socialite

## Deaths

* Alexei Antonovich of Brunswick – member of the royal family
* Alexei Turchaninov – businessman
# Ryan Robinson (English footballer)

Ryan Robinson (born 13 October 1982) is an English former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

## Career

Born in Kendal, Cumbria, Robinson began his career with Blackburn Rovers, before being released in 2001, aged 20. He joined Southend United, where he got his first taste of first-team action, playing in two Football League games. He was released by Southend after one year, and has since played for a number of Conference clubs – Morecambe, Southport and, since 2006, Forest Green.
Robinson moved near to his family home when he joined Morecambe. He quickly made the goalkeeper jersey his own through a series of excellent displays. However, after being injured Morecambe brought in loan keeper Steven Drench from nearby Blackburn Rovers. Drench similarly excelled and took Robinson's first-team spot.
Following an injury to Drench, Robinson again took his place as first team goalkeeper. However a poor game saw him spend the remainder of the season on the bench. At the end of the 2005–06 season Drench signed for Morecambe and Robinson, unhappy at playing second fiddle, was allowed to leave and was quickly snapped up by former Morecambe manager Jim Harvey who had just taken over at Forest Green Rovers.
After two seasons at The New Lawn Robinson dropped into semi professional football when he signed for Bath City in May 2009 after Forest Green failed to offer him a new contract.
Robinson struggled for fitness for the early part of the 2009–10 season with Bath however after shaking off a back problem he began to feature regularly for Bath including a 2–1 FA Cup second round defeat to his former side, Forest Green in November 2009.
In May 2010, Robinson kept a clean sheet in the Conference South play-off final to help earn Bath City promotion to the Conference National with a 1–0 victory over Woking. Following a season back in the top flight of non-league football, Robinsonw was released at the end of the 2010–11 season.
Robinson featured as a triallist in a game for Cheltenham Town against Cirencester Town on 9 July 2011 however was not in contention to win a contract as Cheltenham boss Mark Yates already had a signing lined up ahead of Robinson. He also featured again as a triallist with Worcester City in July 2011 in a game against Pershore Town.
In August 2011, Robinson made his debut for Evo Stik Southern Premier Division club Evesham United in a game against Oxford City. Robinson also joined Conference side, AFC Telford United in September 2011 as a backup goalkeeper on non-contract terms. He was released by the club in May 2012.
The following month he joined Northwich Victoria.

## Honours
### Bath City

* Conference South Play-off Winner: 1
       2009–10
# Danial Scott Crichton

Danial Scott Crichton (born 11 April 2003) is a Singaporean footballer who plays as a defender for NCAA Division I club UTRGV.

## Career statistics
### Club

    As of 13 June 2020.
| Club | Season | League | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Young Lions | 2020 | Singapore Premier League | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Young Lions | 2021 | Singapore Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Young Lions | 2022 | Singapore Premier League | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Young Lions | 2023 | Singapore Premier League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Young Lions | Total | Total | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 |

#### Notes
## International statistics
### U19 International caps

| No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Result | Competition |
| 1 | 7 August 2019 | Thanh Long Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | Thailand | 1-1 (draw) | 2019 AFF U-18 Youth Championship |
| 2 | 9 August 2019 | Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | Malaysia | 1-3 (lost) | 2019 AFF U-18 Youth Championship |
| 3 | 11 August 2019 | Gò Đậu Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | Vietnam | 0-3 (lost) | 2019 AFF U-18 Youth Championship |
| 4 | 13 August 2019 | Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | Cambodia | 1-0 (won) | 2019 AFF U-18 Youth Championship |
| 5 | 5 July 2022 | Madya Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia | Timor-Leste | 0-1 (lost) | 2022 AFF U-19 Youth Championship |
| 6 | 7 July 2022 | Madya Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia | Malaysia | 0-0 (draw) | 2022 AFF U-19 Youth Championship |
| 7 | 9 July 2022 | Madya Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia | Laos | 1-3 (lost) | 2022 AFF U-19 Youth Championship |
| 8 | 14 September 2022 | Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe, Tajikistan | Tajikistan | 0-0 (draw) | 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualification |
| 9 | 16 September 2022 | Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe, Tajikistan | Cambodia | 1-1 (draw) | 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualification |
| 10 | 18 September 2022 | Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe, Tajikistan | Lebanon | 1-6 (lost) | 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualification |
# Brzeźnio

Brzeźnio is a village in Sieradz County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Brzeźnio. It lies approximately 15 kilometres (9 mi) south-west of Sieradz and 67 km (42 mi) south-west of the regional capital Łódź.
# 1814 in Russia

This article lists notable events from the year 1814 in Russia.

## Incumbents

* Monarch – Alexander I

## Events

* Treaty of Fontainebleau (1814)
* Treaty of Chaumont
* Eight Articles of London
# 1851 in Russia

Events from the year 1851 in Russia

## Incumbents

* Monarch – Nicholas I

## Events

* Saint Petersburg – Moscow Railway
* Moscow Passazhirskaya railway station
* Moskovsky railway station (Saint Petersburg)
* Russian Railway Troops
# 1859 in Russia

Events from the year 1859 in Russia

## Incumbents

* Monarch – Alexander II

## Events

* The Vodka protests of 1858–1859
* Iskra (magazine)
* Russian Musical Society
* Vilnius–Kaunas Railway

## Births

* March 16 [O.S. March 4] – Alexander Stepanovich Popov, Russian physicist (d. 1906 [O.S. 1905])
* September 24 – Radko Dimitriev, Bulgarian and Russian general (d. 1918)
# Jean-François Coulon

Jean-François Coulon (15 January 1774 - May 1836) was a French ballet dancer and instructor.
Born in Paris, he had a career at the Opéra de Paris. He founded his school at the start of the 19th century and became one of the most renowned ballet teachers in Europe. Made professor of the "classe de perfectionnement" at the Opéra in 1807, his students included Geneviève Gosselin, Pauline Leroux, Louis Henry, Marie Quériau, Pauline Duvernay, Albert, Filippo Taglioni and above all Filippo's Marie. From 1810 he contributed to the development of the pointes technique.
His son Antoine-Louis Coulon (1796–1849) had a successful career at the Opéra de Paris (1816–1832) and at Her Majesty's Theatre in London, where he was a dancer and served as the latter's Director of Ballet (1836–1838) and Régisseur de la Danse (1842–1844). Antoine was officially the father of Georges Coulon.
# 1897 in Russia

Events from the year 1897 in Russia.

## Incumbents

* Monarch – Nicholas II

## Events

* Russian Empire Census
* World Chess Championship 1897
* Belushya Guba
* Moscow Art Theatre

## Births

* February 25] – Mikhail Krichevsky, Ukrainian unverified supercentenarian, last Imperial Russian Army veteran of WWI (d. 2008)
* June 7 – Kirill Meretskov, Soviet military officer, Marshal of the Soviet Union (d. 1968)
* June 10 – Tatiana Nikolaevna, Grand Duchess of Russia (d. 1918)
* July 7 – Mikhail Kovalyov, Soviet Army colonel-general (d. 1967)
* October 8 – Rouben Mamoulian, Armenian-born American film, theatre director (d. 1987)
* November 4 – Dmitry Pavlov, Soviet general (d. 1941)
# 1920 in Russia

Events from the year 1920 in Russia

## Incumbents

* Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Russian SFSR – Vladimir Lenin

## Events

* Russia Civil War (1918-1920)
* Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)

## Births

* January 14 – Vahe Danielyan, Soviet soldier and concentration camp survivor
* July 11
** Yul Brynner, Russian-born actor, singer, and director
** Zecharia Sitchin, Soviet-born American author
* November 29 – Yegor Ligachyov, politician
* December 6 – Nikolai Kirtok, World War II fighter pilot

## Deaths

* 9 March - Lidija Figner, revolutionary and a prominent member of the Narodniks (born 1853)
* 24 September - Inessa Armand, Female revolutionary, French-Russian communist politician, member of the Bolsheviks and a feminist (born 1874)
* 17 October - John Reed (journalist), American journalist, poet, and communist activist (born 1887)
# Wisełka

Wisełka (German Neuendorf) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wolin, within Kamień County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies on Wolin Island, approximately 13 kilometres (8 mi) north of the town of Wolin, 15 km (9 mi) west of Kamień Pomorski, and 60 km (37 mi) north of the regional capital Szczecin.
As of 2006 the village has a population of 480.
# Memory Hold-the-Door

Memory Hold-the-Door is a 1940 autobiographical memoir by the Scottish writer John Buchan. It was published posthumously, Buchan having died in February of that year. In the United States the book was released under the title Pilgrim's Way.
In a preface to the book Buchan disclaims the description of autobiography, preferring to call his work "a journal of certain experiences, not written in the experiencing moment, but rebuilt out of memory".

## Content

The book recounts Buchan's life of public service, his literary work from his early days in the Scottish Highlands through his years at Oxford, and his service in both Britain's Boer campaign and World War I (the latter, as Britain's Director of Intelligence and Information for the War Cabinet), before covering his years in Parliament, and appointment as Governor General of Canada. He includes profiles of such contemporaries as Lord Grey, Lord Oxford, Raymond Asquith, Lord Haldane, Earl Balfour, Lord French, Sir Henry Wilson, Lord Haig, Lord Byng of Vimy, T. E. Lawrence, and King George V.

## Appreciation

Pilgrim's Way (as it was called in America) was said to be John F. Kennedy's favourite book. A list of Kennedy's favourite books given to Life magazine in 1961 was headed by Buchan's Montrose, and another list sent out upon request to various libraries during National Library Week was headed by David Cecil's Lord Melbourne, but there is no evidence that either of these lists placed the books in order of preference. Kennedy urged anyone he wanted to understand him to read Pilgrim's Way, and often quoted passages from it to friends and associates whom he regarded as equally appreciative of fine prose.