Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-18
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TllEI;E W. nothing IN tn" slightest
J. degree romanth' "r marvellous in my
first meeting with Fra1h SWuncrton 1t
all happened in the most ordinary way.
one day. perhaps eight or min" years
ago. r,"ril"d u uuvcl entitled "Fh'
Casemcu'." | was then living in II very
ruodrNa1 pavilion in an old quarter Of
Paris II WAS about the sam" iiluC and
II was certainly III tn" S"I'Sanc Nat that
first mot ,;"urE" H. l'orau. ! r"m"m- ,
brr quite " ell because hen l'"ran came
FOR his christmas I've dinner ~ this
ra>tmCss or fortress | had n"W aud
vuudrou. coffee marhlu" of which was
proud aud IN which | na'l" lW" coit'r
with my own hands.
TJND RETURN to "rh' "a .cw"u'. riw
| book was accompanied by = SHORT.
rather curt note from the Huthur. Frank
SV iullrrtOrr politely Indicating mat II
I cared to rad il hc would hc glad a"d
implying tnat if ! dldu'l CH'" T." read It
he should cudcaNur etul to SUrNt" !
would quote the letter, but ruunot
fund il no doubt for the reason thai all
my UorrpSpuudcuCr is carefully nlrd on
tho most modern filing SySt"n | did
not read "Tnr Easement" for 4 long
time. Why should | cuuS""ratc tire"
irrccov,.rahl" hours or so to th" WORK Of
n man aS to whom had no credentials"
why should I thus introduo" t"r'iEn
matter iuIu th" d"lirHt" c0gW h""IS Of
my program Of reading lloWcNcr.
after y delay Of W""k%. h"aNCn in its
deep wisdom inspired IN" Win 60
pric" to plch UP ~" VOLUME"
7 1IND read without fatigue. hu; on
l I I,,, 4 -
CaEcruc&e. about 100 mage hcror" tho
thought suddenly occurred To- me; II
do not rCmembcr naNiuT yet cUnc
across or" Singlo ready mad" DhraS" IN
this story" Such was my first d"ilu-
Hhlc thought concerning Frank Swim
merton hate ready-rlad" phrases.
which in my vcw--and in THAT Of SCho-
p"nhau"r--arC tn" sure nark Of
mediocre writer began to hc inter-
estCd. soon saId 10 myself This
fellow has a distinguished stylr.' ! then
perccivcd that the CharaCt"r- r-drawiug
was both subtle and original. tn" atmos-
uherp delicious and the movement of the
tale very original. too. The novel stirred
mC--not by its pOWcrfunCss. for 1t did
not SGT out to be powerful hut by its
individuality aud distinction. I there
upon wrote to frank SWinnCrton
~ iif'N ! 'hll' ~ '''''''''' '''''''''''
w ably later. | took measures to meet
him at thu Authors cub. lie proved 10
he Young; I dar"Sdy twenty -four "r
twenty y-fNe-- medium height, medium
looks. medium clothes, somewhat r"l-
dish halr and lively eyes. II | lad seen
him in a notorious should never NAY"
said. ~ remarkable chap no NOR"
than II had seen myself III Il NOTORIOUS
My impressions Of the INTERVIEW were
tt,Fl l,.,,,1
rather like my impressions ui tnc p"oh :
at FIRST somewhat negative anu "hIH
very slowly becoming positive ~" was
reserved, as became a NounS "ulh"r !
was reserved. as became an oIu'r au-
thor; we were both reserved AS hrca'"t
EngliShmCn our views on the "hI\ M
I portant thng in the WorId-that Is 10
/ say, hCtlon-a agreed, NOT co'llP!e'cN' ""'
/ in the main 1t would never nave uo'''
| for us to agree conpletely, was as
much pleased by what ne dluh say a.
| by what he said: quite as n,ucn oN tlr
/ indications o. the stock ihsla" '"c S,,Up ,n,
as by the display M the WINDOW @ ~.
| interview came to cam Close "'H
knowledge OF MN ACQUIRED i'o'i ~
amounted to TINS, that lie he'u uetiueu ','.ss
ana righteous views up'' I
and that he worked III Pup''S'''' =
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