"ON KEEPING AN ANTHOLOGY"
Sir,-After reading N. P. Webber's interesting article on "The Fun of Keeping an Anthology" may I suggest to anyone desirous of starting one, that writers whose works are so rich in lovely words and phrasing, and well worth reading for that reason as well as for their content,/are the Chestertons (Cecil as well as G.K.); Hilaire Belloc, whose "Path to Rome" is a masterpiece of prose, the
little sketches adorning its pages pure delights; and the greatest of all perhaps Francis Thompson. Unfortunately Francis Thompson needs to be grown into, one way being through the medium of Everard Meynell’s Life of Francis Thompson, which is an anthology in itself; but once started on, Francis Thompson’s works give the utmost satisfaction, his humour so lighthearted and his amazing vocabulary almost unbelievable. His serious works need no adjectives of
mine.
P.M.
B.
(Wellington).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 14, Issue 361, 24 May 1946, Page 5
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145"ON KEEPING AN ANTHOLOGY" New Zealand Listener, Volume 14, Issue 361, 24 May 1946, Page 5
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