... wanting in the glory to be. We have in our time that saddest of spectacles—a writer—a man, that is almost great. I refer to Thomas Hardy the novelist. He is being put among the classics now, but those who place him there are wrong. He will be always not far ...

... MARRIAGES. lIARDY - SHARP. - At Lamb's Hotel Dundee, on the 30th October, by the Rev. L. A. Muirhead, D.D., Thomas Hardy, only son of the late Thomas Hardy, of 81 Christchurch Road, Streatham Hill. London, to Christina Dcw•ar, second daughter of James Sharp ...

... by Sir Edmund Gosse a fortnight before he died. In this. Sir Edmund Gosse delivered noble eulogy of the life and work of Thomas Hardy, his friend for half a century. As I listened to this record, said Sir Martin Conway, M.P., at a meeting of tho Society ...

... the Bass Rock? ANSWERS TO SATURDAY'S QUESTIONS. I—The1 —The Unicorn was brought to Dundee in November, 1873. 2—The writer Thomas Hardy died fifteen years ago to-day. 3 —The river Tweed is 97 miles long. 4 —ln 1548 Mary Stuart —later to be Mary, Queen of ...

... James Craik, View mount; president. J. Watson Craik; vice-presidcnt. Mr Charles Hill: secretary, James Laird; treasurer, Mr Thomas Hardy; members of committee, Mrs Freeman, Mi's and Messrs James Wilson, .Tames Kinloch, and J. D. Strachan. Mr M. B. Kidd. Mus ...

... 80-year-old French lady, recalls the siege of Pans in 1870 which she ent through as a girl of 10 • and Ivan Roe discusses Thomas Hardy, the centenary of whose birth falls this year as the poet of fate and circumstance. Among other features W. J. Blybon offers ...

... Marriott Watson, the Rev. S. Baring Gould, Mrs Stepney Rawson, J. A. Barry, and Roma White, with a characteristic poem by Thomas Hardy. These stories are illustrated by the wellknown artists Seymour Lucas, R.A., C. Napier Hemy, A.R.A., and Frank Craig, while ...

... Church in Mr Hardy's memory. To-day Mrs Hardv and Miss Kate Hardy, the poet's sister, will travel to London with Dr Mann, his medical attendant. Mr Henry Hardy, the poet's brother, has been ill, but if possible he and his cousin, Miss Teresa Hardy, will attend ...

... VETERAN BRITISH ADMIRAL DEAD. ONE OF HARDY'S MIDSHIPMEN. The death is announced at Castle Cary, Somerset, of Rear Admiral Phelps, who was given his nomination by Sir Thomas Hardy, Nelson's famous captain. The deceased, who was 88. entered the Navy in ...

... and his r, as might think worthy of and to arrange for them to ' in the Dorset County Museum, in a separate room & led Thomas Hardy Memoria Traction. ,i. proceeds of the sale of her residence lrec ted should be devoted primarily to 16 of the room. ...

... with whom Hyndman worked the Land League. Among the members of the Memorial Committee are Lady St Helier, Lady Warwick, Mr Thomas Hardy, Sir James and Lady Frazer, Sir George Grogan, Mr Seton Watson, Mr George Bernard Shaw, Mr J. dynes, Air Arthur Henderson ...

... The hymn, 0 render thanks to God above, which will be sung during the signing of the register, has been chosen by Mr Thomas Hardy, the novelist. ...