Proofs and cuttings of articles by WSC: "Gordon: a Christian hero's sacrifice" on the death of General Charles Gordon at Khartoum [Sudan] in defiance of government orders; "Ireland" on the electoral success of [Eamon] De Valera and Anglo-Irish relations; an article on the Soviet Union including comments on communism, food shortages and embargoes imposed by the British government; a review of J L Garvin's biography of Joseph Chamberlain; "August 4, 1914: a nation transformed" on the effect of the outbreak of World War I in Britain; a review of David Lloyd George's war memoirs; "India: the coming clash" on Stanley Baldwin's desire for federal Home Rule in India and the opposition of sections of the Conservative Party and article about Armistice Day.