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England to have them published, and negotia-
tions were actually commenced, but the outbreak
of war in 1939 put a stop to it.
" The matter of your poems is postponed,
for Sir John Murray's partner is away ill; and
also the war is so distracting that there would be
very little attention paid to Rural Lyrics and
other meditative verse at such a time."
This makes me the more anxious to have a
complete set printed in Hyderabad which should
be the first to do this service.
When Mrs. Rosenthal opened the Hyderabad
Branch of the Poetry Society in 1929, she wisely
asked Nizamat Jung to be the President and he
agreed. He remained as such for over 10 years
and when he was obliged to retire on account of ffis
failing health, the Society regarded it as a great
loss. The manner and style of his introductory
remarks at the meetings, his illuminating :com-
ments on poems and papers read, and his explana-
tion of the spirit and message of some of the
poets about whom he had occasion to speak are
still remembered by many of us. And this was
the message sent to him when he retired :
" Looking back over the years of Sir
Nizamat Jung's tenure of office, members cannot
express too warmly their sense of appreciation
and gratitude for all that his leadership has
meant. Sir Nizamat is not only himself a
poet but his love and knowledge of English
poetry, his keen understanding and spiritual