The sun., 1910-08-19

ShS'ls u" Morgan We're also reNlslted
nv th. dead. Of that similar story of how
his other friend. Or Brigss. a, Madras.
saw the ghost of his sister aud hnew
that she had died. oi the record Of how
h" himself. m tho last two days of his
hfe. saw the spirits of his three dead
children. his mother and his si-'"t. and
greeted them by name
u recall these amt other such Instances
when ! read that splendtdly imag NATIVE
epIsnde of the ghosts IN Alic" for short
Tor no man who hal not grown up with
a belief IN such occult happenings in the
very blond ah bones 81 hun Could ever
have made that whole episode ~ nAiu-
raj. ~ credible. - simply convincing
LATHE Joey Nance's talent Tor mathe-
mAtiCs - disCoV"r,d by Dr Thorpe hy
an accident that closely r"Ieats the acCi-
dent by which Mr. Hugh Standeri of Taun-
ton discovered tn" same talent IN the
Young Augustus ds Morgan, hat II ther"
~ strain of Augustus d" Morgan IN
I Joe there ~ more than a lItil" of HIM IN
! DIR THORPE hImsalf In hundred and
one such small details. a half light here
and a les than half light there. on" s'ls-
, I'.'Cts that MIR de Morgan has been sIbtlv
I gathering fire from III" fountains ot hl-
past
To k't the rest go. there are hls scenes
ana backgrounds Tor eNamps', they ar"
nearly all laid IN places WHERE ~. has lived
IN hoyhOod and manhood in Camden
Town. soho Bloomsbury, Chelsea. Nand-
worth. Florence. there n only une scene
. IN India hut several thngs happen there.
sona of hs people go there and hu old
3 colonies are of the Indian army have
insnii ioned the stained glass business b"
B earned Ca m IN. cellar at W ltzrOy
square: IN AhCe tor-S short you iind Ni"-srs
Chapyell A Pop. carrying on business
in stained glass making IN the lasenIent
Of No ~. street Soho. IN thai Earn"
basement whsr. Alice had lived tai the
fatal night that deprived her NJ father
and mother the same basement where
the ghosts we're seen and the body OF
the eighteenth century Madame lnesnes.
whose life proved 10 IT, so strangely
linked with AhCes own was found buried
Tho house N Ftgroy S1uar" - tha
Original ~ that hou~a N Ahc~ for short
hut Mr. de Morgan owns that he made
mistake IN describing il A. a Qu~on Anne
house for no Queen Anne hoIsns IN Lon
don have large areas But the hig hall
room m the ground floor. m the same
hou-a IN the novel the ballroom IN which
the eighteenth century throng danced
on the nigh, when the lady who stole ih.
all impor' ant mig was hruially murdered
and buried IN the Cellar - taken he says.
from So Great Marlborough street.
house once occupied Ivy Mrs Siddons.
and where William 10 Nor gan Y Co more
recently soli tiles and pnttery
-Navert helass one 80 rs to- feel the
a,mosphare of Alec tor Short more
strongly In the Great M1-l0orough street
house than in Fnzroy square, you have
the rtgh, numher 81 floors there tho
ha-amen' where Alice lived the ground
fonr with the huge ballroom AZ the hack.
then rented hy the picture dealer. tn" first
foor who're harley Heath had his studio
the second hoor. hslonging tn the Miss
Prvnncs and the third noor who're tho
odd Mr. Jerrythouzht painted ~ IN
dustnouslv. moreover. when Ahc" came
IN fr- N tho haSensrt With that notable
rug she went through the fog and was
bringing hor" 'hs h~rr from the Duke
81 ClarpnC,as Head at the corner. and
,hare "a a Narlhorouch's H~ad a. tho
corner of Gr"at Marlborough street
and no ho-tNlrv a. anv corner - frIrny
S1Tar"
RIi ,nat - MIR 10 Morgan method
He selects half house thar n" used 20
live IN harA and half ~ on" that h. us"d
10 live in there and constructs a house
for his own purpose nut ~ the rIeC"s
and Ne models MA characters on IN" same
principle I have . sort ot SuspIripn. IVY
tho wav that he has put more of hims"H
,han Ina art school racollectlon- into
charley Heath. who after working all
,h.. luattsr part - his lf" AZ Taintlng
turns IN his matursr wears to fiction and
-,or,s tremendous su." ""-S Sfh h-
first novel
-BI' more than all yol feel thai espa-
oiallv IN Josaph \anC". and N" earlier
rar' 81 II Never Can Happen AEalu
Nr a. Morgan draNs On hI- memoir -
- he - ~ saw y and heard ~ o. among
tbs. middle. class ana tra yery poor ~
tamden Town n" hved opTo-tt" a queer
h'il.. Nonc,nforut-' rhapal there Al No :.
camden street which haz lately u."n
swept away To- max room Tor Cunty
council school he lived 'h-r" from the
az. Of until he vas ahou' - AMI
Won cannot nngsr through IN" streets ~
ina, n.ighhorhoOd without feeling that
Won ar breathing IN" ar Cf Joseph
Vance
, Most of the houses thsrsahout now
ar. arrivals from the early Victorian
era Rows of little CottAgcs with long
gardens hefore them. drah and mori hInd
squares and Cresc-ni-. rows ot dull s'u"co
, frontad responsible looking houses. with
Easements and steps down into IN" areas
and steps up TO the front DOOR rows OF
cheaper plain unhAs-mentsd houses. all
of th.. Same prim and unlONely pattern
narrow lanes and untidy slums of m-an-r
. houses still
; There they stand. just a. they stood
in the sos Just A. they stand ia Mr. ds
NInrcan's hooks with 4 Occurrences 81
Victorian propTiety and a shadow oi
many gloomy and formal victorian
sundays heavy on them 20 TINS hour
hut II is In Mr. de MorRans hooks only
that you can still hear the choke and
gurgls ~ the water periodically coming
into their cisterns. before the introduction
Of a constant supply and IN" dustnar
ringing his hell a. he leads HI. hor-~ and
cart up the road
1T - very well for Mr. q" Morgan
- de-criba old Mr. NanceS house ~ ons
II Stallwood's cottages ~ tlapham and
ctnninRlv and casus lily refer - u a. seven
miles from Hampstead. hut " Will not
ha easy - persuade m" that St1llwood :
cottages did not stand IN Camden Town.
and are probably standing there vet
He says incidentally that DIR Thorpe
acted a. honorary secretary AZ the
Gothic Savings Bank standing back m
A garden IN the OrpingtOn road. clearly
implying that u and the ThorpeS and
the Vancea are all IN the same district
and the only London road of that name
- not al Clapham hut over IN lsington,
q mile or 50 from camden Town
And whom Mr. Vance goes forth with
th.. weep ~ have that homeric fight
a. a result of the sweeps impertin"nce
in crrckink the insect that was ernptIei
out with the drainIngs from Mr. Vance :
tankard they 60 around the hack of
Chepstow :. along the gas gardens. down
the rents beyond the pianofortv works
20 y waste niece ~ land and nothing
couId smack more famllarlv "f I'D am
den Town 20 any one at all intimate with
the outstanding features II that loCalIty =
L a an IalI'