| Show b f fn Vs 45 E e 1 n rill to ii 1 it 1 ii 1 1 11 1 1 1 I BI B et ee THE HOME OF tt tt ee I 0 1 I THOMAS THOMAS HARDY THE NOVELIST NOVELIST jj I I II t G 1 1 1 l 1 1 hru 1 1 9 mm a r es rat a Tin Tha tag ng I n reported In London I T v r r n r rs of ot n a literary club I I j r f made trade a n pilgrimage W x that admirers of ot H lurid iJ ih III novelist would soon tro 1111 to t t tr K pi sure of ot perusing another OO M t e rom rora his hla pen lIen I undertook to toK K as a to the matter by foi rol rolt folIn J t i In III their th lr wake and veiling MUng vl the t t l J a aun r In his hIli home He lie lives e most of the time time far faras tm as the At m nod crowd as ns the title noted oj novel puts It II near 7 Dor DorIt he tor er on the south coast cout of Th Tt re cc rl he was ns born there ho he hol Wout lu ula l n self I f a 0 house and there he ma in a n J P and a r l Ii is r n ai ns the author of or the b mating ln Ung Romances but buli t j 1 might lo lok ik k long and vainly for tor forfi fi n n the map for tor It Is l not so FO soft th r h s ft t m hi at al designation as ns a I 1 n l lI r of at ancient I tt ea s x z an nn abbreviation of ot was Wall a It kingdom of ot the I u D b b hY during the sixth sev se It A Nd r and 1 tt ti n In which Hardy os an ant n ml counties contiguous I J 1 ot of is 13 13 t r r Egbert who whon n a irr Irly 1105 1100 years ago Is III INn as ns the kin k d Tim Till first king of ot u rion roundabout Dor rK t II In ot of hIs time lime and fit hr helots boutt u M nv m t descendants of the theft 1 I 1 ft T Il one of o antiquarian I pl IJ i k I If 1 dy It otters a fertile sad and during th thi t Past palt 30 years cars and bt na ha hoe ria i worked It for tor all y r I Uh tuh sturdy characters tIl Jh e b jg nand and Gabriel Gabrlel Oak and andas i t ca mo women omen as ns his hi old ani T 4 yet et live e there and may an Jd Jay amid the lovely lovel aM ht minim of ot the charming channing t un j with ha a foun toun p H h al a tradition and quaint I an and f fd klore d 4 Hardy has pro 1 iii b r H I renowned books as UI UIt I t t f farMing Crowd his hili tUrn 1 published In Hit 1871 t f n It alt UiS Two on Jr lt lit III The Mayor of ot Cast C it rn r I of i lex Tale Tales ms IUS L r t n G 11 1 9 frames II Uti 1191 Jude JulIe I the th tJ jt and several others of or tu GOd jr WS a z I has proved a II Won I I ad M hI he rr b br a Proved a like dett ta II an a l t 1 Itt lun ln Into the cloth of ot I om 1 Ita the fD warp rP and woof woot r t s I rt tt aa b e is III however In tM IJ It home erne and and abroad Thomas Hardy the writer Is la bettor better I known locally as time the Dorchester J 3 P Po than as al a II maker of ot popular novels Al AI Although Although though he lives quite near the town it was w mrs with I found my way thither through local guidance I sup suppose suppose suppose pose he Inns has purposely obscured hla his per personality personality personality here owing to the fact of at bar hav having baring ing taken token such lIuch liberties with time the local material animate and Inanimate for tor people who have hae quaint ways was and ec eccentric eccentric eccentric centric manners do not always like hike them hem to bo be Jo published This Is quite natural for tor they got nothing out of at It except a certain reputation not at nil all desirable to those who Mho ho wish to lead leall a 11 quiet life liCe while Tom Toni Hardy lardy has mantle made madea a 11 fortune through the time books Looks to which his hla neighbors unwittingly unwilling contributed Hardy was born here bore In June ISO 1810 18 0 near the house vv which he lee at nt present oc cc occupies and nud Is IB consequently 61 Cl years of at age Ho Ito looks his hla years and more be being beIng beIng ing cadaverous and careworn with hair hall thinning and growing gray ra and a 11 list listless listless listless less air all that does not do justice to his hla bl really trolly pleasing personality for though not robust he Is yet et In fairly good form torm physically and his life lite In III the country and quiet habits contribute to health and longevity lIe He Is le cordial to visitors and talks freely about his kooks books the characters r of ot which he says were obtained within a n few r w miles of ot his hula present abode abate In Iq I fact rael from the tho win windows windows In dows and porches ot of charming Max Gate the tho house houle mouse witch which he planned with his ha own hands for tor ho lie was an architect of at repute before turning to authorship he pointed out to me m many man of ot tho the scenes Identified dl n lined with lIh his 11 most moat famous books He does docs not he laughingly ad al admitted milted claim to be b the th creator of at any an of ot his hla scenes Ic nes or characters but only the hc ho discoverer ll Jt Is something how however however however ever to know n a good goat thing when one ales Mes 8 cs It and Tom Hardy lIard certainty certainly deserves de deserves d serves credit for tal the material nt at hand hanl In hU lily native county I and Immortalizing his naive nn neighbors by J preserving them like files flics In amber for tor tho entertainment of or his hili readers Mr lardy Hardy hal had hn n a charming companion In hit his wife to whom he has hila been bein mar married tied ried 27 Zi years and with whom he tam ram rambles Lies bles the country adjacent to their home homr takes a n run up to London for tor a month or so 80 In let the time winter Muon ca on or spends a 11 brief vacation on tho time continent JIll Ills Independent fortune and the ample lei id leisure sure lure of ot an nn English EnlI h petty magistrate maKI afford him abundant opportunities for tor Investigating any an scene rene or people he hl desires desire to la exploit The Till house hOl e at Max Gate Oate stands on 00 the site alte of ot an ancient Roman Itoman burial mound and some of ot the I rooms are ornamented with grew some relics of ot the Romans In tho the shape of ot bones bone and funereal ornaments taken out when the limo cellar was excavated ded The land formerly belonged to the tho crown having been purchased direct through the t ho consent con s cut of ot Kin King Edward dard I when Prince of at Wales Vales to whom It had come by succession from tho the famous Minsk Prince It is In time the garret of ot the house houlle at Max Gate that limit Hardy writes his novels only putting pulling pen to paper Inper as hi Inspiration takes him though prefer I ring the morning hours hOUrI for tor work and generally sitting lUlng At t his desk at nt least four tour hours a day la Ills literary labors are ure lightened by cycling about the country countr and by b dabbling In architecture ture tune his former profession An n estimate of oC literary ei i t it ses 1 work may seem out of ot place at nt this time as it has already been passed upon and his place Is III assured as ns one of ot the foremost writers of ot fiction of t the time He lie may never write another 1 i t L H H crated In any nn writer less liked and loss less famous than Hardy This may be to at nt attributed attributed to constant dwelling among the coarse though quaint rustics rustles of or Dorset Dorsel and anti to viewing thorn Them at nt dose close a l lay T ay t r t 1 work just like Far From tho the Madding II Crowd though some held Tell less of ot the to surpass It in his I later productions like the tho one On last rne men mentioned rn honed and especially In Jude tho the Ob Obscure gar cure our there Is II much even een vUlgarity which would not be lie tol tot range his drawings dra tings thereby lacking In perspective This Is III the most moat charita charitable ble blo view one can take of at the lapse III In some somo of ot his hla later novels noveli which Hardy 11 a nl defends by claiming that tho the characters are drawn draw n from and are true to life lite be bethey bethey bethey they coarse or refined ned leaving his readers to censure or r praise as se they the thenn nay nn feel reel Inclined A rather equivocal criticism of ot Tees was lately uttered by b an nn American lady who said Id It Is a 1 book that the modern young woman could read wills Uh Impunity and profit t h but one on which she Ahe might hesitate to put Into the time hands of at her innocent mother After having met the time author of ot these books and found him dm unquestionably a n relined refined and thorough gentleman and attar after having visited him amid the scenes t he has lies so 0 faithfully depleted depicted the time luxuriant vales the humble cot col breathing of ot homely homel virtues and the heather covered moors so wild and cannot believe that there Is about Tom Hardys novels an flU atmos atmosphere phere other olber than of at perfect sanity EGIll ItT Dorchester England l nI nd TV dY r tx gT 9 g fi IJ iii e w a J 1 near a u r l iJ x N N rd s sN 1 k i ix I I t I I IE i iff i f L E i k ff of o oo S a o 7 i 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