....At Christmas leave-time he [T.E. Lawrence] had the hut to himself, and divided his time between reading T.S. Elliot, correcting proofs, and sampling a holiday assortment of delicacies delivered by Gunter´s from an anonymous donor whom…
Reggie:A Portrait of Reginald Turner
New York: George Braziller, 1965
p. 114
It appeared on November 30, 1901, and was the best publicity the novel [Cynthia´s Damages] received, but sales did not pick up, and Reggie mourned in a pre-Christmas…
Whistler: A Biography
New York: Weybright and Talley, 1988
p. 42
One of the great culinary events of 1857 for Whistler [was]...gala Christmas dinner conceived by Tom Armstrong and composed of all the foods they had dreamed of in bad…
Beardsley: A Biography
New York: George Braziller, 1967
p. 14
Beardsley also designed the programs for some of [his school´s] entertainments. His most ambitious achievement was....for the Christmas musical The Pay of the Pied Piper, performed…
Four Rossettis:A Victorian Biography
New York: Weybright and Talley, 1977
p. 213
Recalling the Christmas of 1874, Dr. Hake described Gabriel as "much unstrung" silent on his walks with Watts and himself along the boulders fringing Selsey Bay.…