... MR. THOMAS HARDY AND THE PRINCE OF WALES. Graham R. Thomeson, writing in the New York Independent about Mr. Hnrdyflonn at Dorchester, tells the following story, which is said to be substantially true : o AR ss R “ Anent this ‘wriu:?-box.‘ as he calls ...

... are doing the same. ’B:oon.lpy novelists Mr. lfincmmm could call to mind who are generally sympathetic to teachers are Thomas Hardy and “ lan Maclaren.” This attitude has tended to keep down the status of teachers. Besides, English people have no great ...

... called out, ‘Hardy, gc back but he replied, ‘lt's all right, T am left-handed.” The nmext thing I saw was Hardy ruehing to our right, and with that bravery which seemed to be his character istic he commenced to slam bombs at the enemy. Hardy carried on ...

... to his strong desire to join the force in France. It appears that he eame to this country and enlisted, in the name of Thomas Hardy, inte the 2nd Batta. jon Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regiment. While serving with this battalion as a private he was killed ...

... is priceless, was anxious to add to it a Thomas Hardy maauseript. Accordingly, he offered a big price for “Tess.” Mr. Hardy declined to pell, and Mr. Morgan next offered him any sum he liked to name. Mr. Hardy's patriotism, however, was proof against ...

... accidental causes ; but they were of opinion that underground tanks were unsuitable for the storage of petrolenm.” MR, THOMAS HARDY (says the Academy) has & new volume of “Pocms” ncarly ready for the press, which will include his poems inspived by the ...

... the list. But nowadays thoyfi the other way about. That book, which first is now last, and that which was last is first. Thomas Hardy, for instance, was a few years ago sdvertised in new editions as the suthor of “ A pair of Blue Eyes,” “ Far from the Madding ...

... short and distinguished list of men and womem who are entitled to use the Jetters O.M. after their names. They are Mr. Thomas Hardy and Sir Willam Crookes. The former, representing Literature, succeeds to the place formerly held by George Meredith, while ...

... Archbishop of Canterbury, Mr. G. K. Chesterton, Mr. Winston Charchiil, Dr. Clifford, Mr. Walter Crane, Sir Edward Elgar, Mr. Thomas Hardy, Mr. Maurice Hewlets, Admiral Jellico, Mr. Rudyard Kirling, Lord Kitchener, Mr. Llo;d George, Sir Oliver Lodge, Mr. Jack ...

... find any reason for a change of policy. Bitten by a dog which was said to have “a great antipathy for postmen,” George Thomas Hardy, a Fulham wflmln. was awarded £l5 damages at est London County-court against the owner, Mr. A. Parlanti, bronze mould maker ...

... “Mr. Hardy Ylives here, doesn’t he®’ he inquired. “Which Mr. Hardy*” asked the old woman. “Why, Mr. Thomas Hardy, .who writes books,” replied the astonished pilgrim. “Oh, 1 know nought ahout him,” said the country woman ; “but there be a ...

... monument, lies William Blake, the eccentric painter and poet ; Ritson, the nnlinhunry, nlcegl there in an unmarked grave ; Thomas Hardy an Horne Took rest from their troubled labours for reform under a monument which celebrates their sacrifices, and Stodhart ...