for Coatbridge, and known as the Scottish miners' poet, has just Published his second novel. It is called "The Morelocks," and deals. with the lives of the' people whom he was brought up, in native Lanarkshire.. Mfr.' Welsh's previous novel, "The Underworld," which had a very good reception, has already been translated for cireolation in Holland sthd Seandinayin, He has just completed a further arrangement for its transation into German. Mr. Welsh worked in the mines four years ago. ing poetry and prose since 13 years of age. "I think," he said in the course of an interview, "T was born with a rhyme on my' tongue. I find a great deal of interest now in looking back over the old things I wrote long ago. Some time ago 1 began to burn them, but my mother stopped that, and now she treasures them." Mr. Welsh had been turning. over in ihis mind for some time the dea of producing another volume of poetry, "My diMieulty is in finding time." T have sufficient ma for a volume of songs and poems, ud when I do compile it I have no doubt that my Parliamentary" experience will provide some inspira-Yien, and that the House of Com-ions, will creep nome:
A sui that he had been ticular to avoid any way of conseloys propaganda feel that the propaganda novel misses its aim, 1 have read a ber of xuch novels, and aly find that they tire people. may be propaganda in a way Rugby footballer, whose family. ix well-known in the Far East, is to take part ina series of evankeistic meetings to be held in Glasgow in September. At present he is on a visit to the United States with the Cambridge terim of track athletes,
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