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MEN I HAVE PAINTED rich colour found expression in a series of charming watercolour drawings of scenes in Japan, India, Egypt, and Italy. But drawing alone did not suffice as an outlet for his enthusiastic admiration for the mosque and the Moslem. He was at last inspired to use a literary gift that had been as a talent lying hidden in a napkin. The result has been the publication of a number of admirable books upon Egypt, Japan, and Italy, all illustrated in a masterly way by his own brush.

At the outbreak of the war the Government discovered his proficiency in European languages, and appointed him chief censor at Boulogne, where he remained until the armistice was signed.