Some men, dying, leave undying memorials behind them. -So it
is with the Dean of Lichfield, Dr. Iremonger. His life of William Temple, though published so soon after the Archbishop's death, is never likely to be superseded. It is a most notable work, and I am glad to have been able to give its author some small pleasure in connection with it. I had an opportunity of reading the book a few days before publication, and wrote to him to say how singularly good I thought it was. He replied in a tone of relief and quite unnecessary gratitude. With publication imminent, he had fallen into something of a mild panic as to what the reviewers would say about his handi- work. In that mood he was disposed to set a perhaps exaggerated value on the first word of appreciation to reach him from an outside source. Dr. Iremonger will be almost equally well remembered as the first Director of Religious Broadcasting at the B.B.C., where his sane-and progressive outlook left a lasting impression.
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