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When The Return of the Hero was published in 1923 under the pseudonym "Michael Ireland," curious readers wondered who the author was, decided it must be James Stephens (The Crock of Gold, Etched in Moonlight). Such flattery persuaded the late Darrell Figgis to reveal his identity. A Sinn Féiner, he used to run guns into Ireland from Germany for the Irish Volunteers, was arrested in 1916 following the Dublin insurrection, became a member of the Dáil Eireann (Irish Free State Parliament). The year after The Return of the Hero was published, his wife shot herself...
...entire program has not been announced; however among Professor Copeland's readings will be "Desire", by James Stephens, author of "The Crock of Gold", and the tournament scene from "A Connecticut Yankee at King Arthur's Court", by Mark Twain...
Among Professor Copeland's readings will be: "Desire", by James Stephens, author of "The Crock of Gold", and the tournament scene from "A Connecticut Yankee at King Arthur's Court", by Mark Twain...
...driving six horses down a precipitous hill and crawling out on the tongue of the coach while the horses were at full speed; $100 for riding a horse off a 20-ft. cliff into a river. Clown. In Berlin, Adrian Wettach of Biel, Switzerland, famed through Europe as Clown Crock, last week formed his own picture company, announced that he would be actor, director, author; that his films would rival Charles Chaplin's; that they would have no happy endings...
Charles Townsend Copeland '82, Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory, Emeritus, has announced the subjects for his annual Christmas reading. He will read "Desire," a new sketch by James Stephens, author of the celebrated "Crock of Gold," and selections from Browning, Benchrey and Leacock...