Show PEN SKETCH OF THOMAS HARDY t Eminent Author Not Adapted for the Role of Lion Thomas Hardy though a frequent visitor to London still makes his homo in Dorchester near which ho was born and where he has lived almost al-most his entire life Ho is said to bo quite Indifferent to the social fame that successful novelwriting brings Ho always looks a little too grave and distant to bo quite at his ease in the midst of tho Jangle of smart conversation con-versation writes a correspondent who has seen the author recently but at a small literary dinner ho becomes at once sympathetic and interesting and can bo grave and gay In stature ho Is short trimly built tho face is intellectual tho forehead deeply lined with thought the dome of the head expansive and thinly covered with hair The eyes aro meditative cautious cau-tious now and then lighting up with kindly humor but generally very sad Mr Hardy always looks as though he wero a watcher sitting apart from the battle of life and noting down the defeats of tho day |