BUCHAN, John]. LORD TWEEDSMUIR

The Interpreter's House. The Chancellor's Installation Address delivered before the University of Edinburgh, July 20th 1938. By the Right Honourable Lord Tweedsmuir P.C., G.C.M.G., C.H., D.C.L., LL.D, D.LITT. Governor-General of Canada.

London. Hodder and Stoughton. 1938. 12mo. 18cm, 37p., decorated tan linen, a fine copy, (cnltds). Item #38946

~ Lord Tweedsmuir was Governor - General of Canada from 1935 to his death in office in 1940. His speech enunciates the importance of a university education. "A university is not merely a wicket gate which, once passed, is no more thought of; it is something which should influence every stage of our life...I think of it as the Interpreter's House where we receive our viaticum for the road."

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