Abstract
MANY are risen to greatness from lowliness; far less numerous are they who have gained special distinction when starting high up in the social scale: a father before one, if wealthy, is a bar almost impossible to surmount. This, in large part, is the key to the life of Alfred Mond. Mr. Bolitho's book is a discursive story of his attempt to secure an independent pedestal-his failure to satisfy his ambition. As a study in heredity and of the influence of social surroundings, the story has many elements of interest; unfortunately, it is not told in a manner to make the book of value to the student-too much has to be read between the lines and little if any evidence is produced-nor does it in any sufficient way do justice to its subject.
Alfred Mond, First Lord Melchett.
By Hector Bolitho. Pp. xii + 392 + 17 plates. (London: Martin Seeker, Ltd., 1933.) 21s. net.
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A., H. Alfred Mond: A Character Study. Nature 132, 545–546 (1933). https://doi.org/10.1038/132545a0
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