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is a restful and cheering book. We recommend it earnestly to any one who may be suffering from a glut of the 'feminism' of the current
English imitations of Maupassant." Beith's cautiously adopted pen name was redundant for its original purpose of camouflage in case of failure, but he decided to
324:(1907), appeared while he was still teaching at the school. He used the pen-name Ian Hay to save himself embarrassment in his professional capacity if the book failed. He offered the work to a succession of publishing firms, but it was rejected. Finally he paid a firm ÂŖ50 to publish the book.
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remarked that as a playwright Ian Hay was a name to conjure with. Between the First and Second World Wars, Beith had eight plays produced of which he was the sole author, and a further eleven written in collaboration with others. His co-authors were
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1564:Who Was Who
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752:Carrying On
710:A Man's Man
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648:Housemaster
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424:in France.
315:Housemaster
233:Early years
116:Nationality
89:Petersfield
1882:Categories
1845:Faded Page
1517:The Future
1434:Influences
1185:References
1098:The Gusher
602:Last years
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488:Guy Bolton
472:Playwright
282:John Simon
243:Manchester
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1869:Portraits
1786:756844151
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1677:The Times
1648:"Ian Hay"
1548:The Times
1535:The Times
1477:The Times
1441:"Der Tag"
1422:The Times
1377:The Times
1364:The Times
1298:The Times
1285:The Times
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1176:The Times
974:Good Luck
844:Lucky Dog
667:Hampshire
644:The Times
580:The Times
519:Good Luck
479:The Times
465:The Times
456:The Times
346:The Times
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93:Hampshire
70:, England
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1871:in the
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286:fagged
124:Period
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132:Genre
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