The puppet show of memory [The nursery; The nursery and the schoolroom; Membland; School; Eton; Germany; Italy, Cambridge, Germany, London; Oxford and Germany; Paris; Copenhagen; Sarah Bernhardt; Rome; Russia and Manchuria; Battles; London, Manchuria, Russia; Russia: The beginning of the Revolution; St. Petersburg; Travel in Russia; South Russia, Journalism, London; Constantinople (1909); The Balkan War, 1912; Constantinople once more (1912); The fascination of Russia]

Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1922, 1922. Very Good. ix, 457, [1] p. front. 23 cm. ; LCCN: 22-18150 ; LC: DA574.B3; Dewey: 823.91; OCLC: 484291 ; "Printed in Great Britain" ; blue cloth with paper label on spine ; no dustjacket ; Contents: The nursery -- The nursery and the schoolroom -- Membland -- School -- Eton -- Germany -- Italy, Cambridge, Germany, London -- Oxford and Germany -- Paris -- Copenhagen -- Sarah Bernhardt -- Rome -- Russia and Manchuria -- Battles -- London, Manchuria, Russia -- Russia: The beginning of the Revolution -- St. Petersburg -- Travel in Russia -- South Russia, Journalism, London -- Constantinople (1909) -- The Balkan War, 1912 -- Constantinople once more (1912) -- The fascination of Russia -- Index ; Maurice Baring, "[t]he fourth son of the 1st Baron Revelstoke (a director of the Bank of England and a senior partner at Baring Bros.), the young Baring was educated at Eton and at Trinity College, Cambridge, and in 1898 he joined the diplomatic service. In 1904 he became a journalist and reported the Russo-Japanese War in Manchuria; later he was a correspondent in Russia and Constantinople. In World War I he served with distinction on the headquarters staff of the Royal Flying Corps. He published novels, including 'C' (1924), 'Cat’s Cradle' (1925), and 'Daphne Adeane' (1926); poems, parodies, and essays, such as 'Dead Letter's (1910) and Diminutive Dramas (1911); and a study of Sarah Bernhardt (1933). He was also a distinguished Russian scholar and translator. He recorded his personality and experiences, until the outbreak of World War I, in 'The Puppet Show of Memory' (1922), and his anthology 'Have You Anything to Declare?' (1936) displays the width of his reading and his fine literary taste."--Encyclopedia Britannica ; some mottling on paper label, else VG