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2A THE OSHAWA TIMES, Seturdey, September 3, 1966 ceetieanemeeneriiitiir TT LIBRARY NEWS AND REVIEWS " Peewee Oe ONS , WULLUULU, 2 iUiis Six =. ctoria -- Fal eral tone of the book. In it, we find related the exploits of two daring adventurers, Thomas Wilby, an Englishman, and Percy Gomery of Vancouver, each of whom left us .records of their automobile odysseys ly. Having lived in Canada all his life, with the exception of his first two years in Ireland, the author, now Saskatchewan Eng- lish professor, a graduate of the University of Alberta, and a Rhodes scholar, may be said te view Canada from a native's viewpoint. He gives consider- able space to our country's his- tory, but, usually writes of it so aptly and concisely that it adds to the general theme. John Hall's clever line draw- ings complement the text :-which gives free play to. Edward Mc- Court's witty opinions and siini- ulating observations. I Have Kept The Faith by EERELERE at bt of much research by Dr, Krael- ing who was "for twenty-four years, a member of the Union Theolo gical Seminary faculty and- concurrently taught. Semitic languages at Columbia Univer- sity," will provide informative reading for those who want 'te -- more about the Apostle a , NEWS The Boys' and Girls' Depart ment continues - the : : si e zi ne 5 € ies, letters or drawings. They should write and draw what they see and know and 5 - what gives them pleasure to exe. press in words or pictures. Any creative work will be considere ed for the first issue. See youre self in print. iNET NOOSE [ By CAROL KENNEDY LONDON (CP) -- Did Gen- eral Charles Gordon have a death-wish that drove him to : egtehe E eS bas baits] mi i F 4 A | th : bs ore : i Ty Saa 4 Er f E : i & E ud OSSROOR AULA | 4 RAYON ARR LLAMA LL AAU ANANDA GARR "Gordon: Martyr, Misfit A Study Of Victorian Hero liberately embark on such a suicidal course? YEARNED FOR DEATH Anthony Nutting's book, gorden--Martyr and Méisfit, explores a possidiliiy im ai would have been unthinkable te the Victorians--that as a youth this mystical, celibate soldier discovered homo- sexual tendencies in himself whose suppression cost him so much he yearned for the re- lease of death. As a young soldier, product a conventional military family, Gordon served in the Crimean War. In later life, writing to a parson friend, he confessed he had gone to the Crimea "hoping, without having a hand in it, to be killed." In the preceding sen- tence, he wrote cryptically: "I wished I was a eunuch at 14." At Khartoumn Gordon fin- ally found the opportunity to immolate himself in a he- reic cause. In his journal during the 37-day siege of Khartoum he mage WW Ciear ie uiu iidt Wane to be saved, although im his contradictory way he con- tinued to press for British re- inforcements. Trained as an engineer, Gerdon, leapt into fame When he crushed a rebellion in China in the 1870s. 'The pub- lic dubbed him "Chinese" Gorden, a naem that stuck un- til death at 52 from a dervish spear enshrined him as "Gor- don of Khartoum." Author Nutting, 46-year-old former Tory member of par- 'liament who resigned over his government's handling of the 1956 Suez invasion, is a Mid- die East expert who-has writ- ten a book on that other enigmatic English desert hero, Lawrence of Arabia. TOOK TO RELIGION His portrait of Gordon shows an unstable, vain, con- tradictory man who took to religion like a drug on the death of his father and who, although a professional soldier and a first - class engineer, chafed irritably against the bonds of Victorian military tradition. - The book is not a hatchet debunking job like Lytton Strachey's notorious portrait of a shiftless drunkard in Em- inent Victorians. Neither is it | a romantic conception like the Chariton Heston movie, in which Gordon emerges a heroic visionary, pitted against an equal foe in a clash of 'religious wills. In real life, Gorden and the Mahdi aever met, although the desert leader formed a strange respect fer hie un- vicliing opponent. He gave orders Gordon was to he taken alive, and was as- tounged to find he had been disobeyed when Gordon's head was brought to him. It took 14 years after Gor- don's death in 1885 and a Brit- ish army of 22,000 equipped with the most modern artil- lery to defeat the Mahii's fanatical hordes at the Battle of Omdurman. The young Winston Churchill took part in the last cavalry charge in British military history. OTTAWA (CP)--There's no business like show business, as the song goes, and the federal to the tune of $36,000,000. That is the cost of the coun- try's most controversial culture palace, the National Arts Cen- deep excavation in downtown Ottawa. up in'the 2,300-seat opera house, in 1969, it will be Canada's newest and biggest. national showplace. There will be a smaller, $00-seat drama the- atre, with French and English repertory companies and a stu- dio theatre seating 300 for avant-garde productions. At present there's just a 196,- 000 square-foot site which looks like a bombed-out area, ringing all day with drills, hammers and bellowed instructions. Like most massive buildings, the Arts Centre has already split planners and park-lovers. Its site on Confederation Square used to be occupied by a small park alongside the Rideau Ca- nal. COSTS DOUBLED Eyebrows were raised when a fantastic misjudgment about its cost was revealed and the estimate doubled to $36,000,000 The final tab may run over $40,000,000. On 'the other hand, the cen- tre's direct competitors think the biggest auditorium isn't even big enough to pay its way. They are Harvey' Glatt and Earl Crowe, who import most of Ottawa's commercial theatre attractions. government is humming along | When the first curtain goes |] from $18,000,000 in one jump. | tre, now slowly rising Irom @ jaa Ottawa's 'Show Biz Angel' To Tune Of $36 Million Sun. -- 12 - 12 Midnite NOW TWO 2. mma Aas ba WesFh LEWIN SD Please Order From Your Nearest Store PEPI'S PIZZA PALACE 134 Simcoe §$, PEPI'S PIZZA PICK-UP The Smart Traveller for * *& FOURS * HOTELS -- by eoling: 723-9441 MEADOWS his reservations AlR- 4" LINES * pe TRAVEL SERVICE 25 KING ST. E 299 BLOOR W. We'll Launder i His Shirts to His Taste... Is your man extra particular about the way his shirts are done? We finish each one of his shirts to perfection every time. 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