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Show PEN SKETCH' OF THOMAS HARDY Eminent Author Not Adapted for the Role of "Lion." Thomns Hnrdy, though a frequent visitor to London, still mnkes his homo In Dorchester, near which ho was born and where ho has lived nl-most nl-most his cntlro life. Ho Is said to bo qulto Indifferent to -tho social famo that successful novel-writing brings. "Ho always looka u littlo too grnvo and distant to bo qulto nt his ease In tho midst of tho jnnglo of smart .conversation," .con-versation," writes ti correspondent who haw scon the author rccontly, "Imt at n smnll Hterury dinner ho becomes' nt onco sympathetic and Interesting nnd can bo grnvo and gny. In stature ho Is short, trimly built; the faco ts Intellectual, tho forehead deeply lined with thought, tho domo of tho head expanslvo nnd thinly covered with hair. Tho eyes nro meditative, cautious; cau-tious; now and thon lighting up with kindly humor, but generally vory sad. Mr. Hardy always looks as though ho wero a watcher, sitting apart from tho battle of llfo and noting down tho defeats of the day." |