Scott Morrison on" Gerontius" >It intrigues me. Has anyone on the List read it, and if so, do they have >any comments? I read it a while ago and enjoyed it greatly. Apparently that trip from England up the Amazon which is at the center of the book really happened. It is full of interesting detail - Elgar always had serious hobbies, and at this stage he gathered water samples to examine with his microscope. An interesting afterward by the author relates that Elgar, on a trip to Gemany in the early thirties, was horrified by what the Nazis were already doing, and concerned for the Jews. Bernard Chasan