Month: June 2020

BON VOYAGE I am off in the morning for Southampton, miserable and depressed. Crowds—the same crowds that saw me come—are there. But they seem a […]

FAREWELLS TO PARIS AND LONDON I had promised to attend the première showing of “The Kid” in Paris, and I went back to the French […]

I FLY FROM PARIS TO LONDON The first night in Paris after our return from Germany we dined at Pioccardi’s, then walked up to the […]

MY VISIT TO GERMANY The train to Germany left so late in the evening that it was impossible for me to see devastated France even […]

OFF TO FRANCE The hotel next day is teeming with activity. My secretaries are immersed in mail and, despite the assistance of six girls whom […]

I MEET THOMAS BURKE AND H. G. WELLS As Burke and I ramble along toward no place in particular, I talk about his book. I […]

I MEET THE IMMORTALS Here are extracts from a number of letters selected at random from the mountain of mail awaiting me at the hotel: […]

A MEMORABLE NIGHT IN LONDON So we wandered along through South London by Kennington Cross and Kennington Gate, Newington Butts, Lambeth Walk, and the Clapham […]

A JOKE AND STILL ON THE GO In the evening I dined at the Ritz with Ed. Knoblock, Miss Forrest, and several other friends. The […]