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RENDEZ-VOUS MANQUE
Alcide Tombarel, artist, manque, aristocrat, judge of good wine, is the hero of Author William J. Locke's latest book. Tombarel, an artist who had not been able to make his hands behave, gave up art for surveying, then became Mayor of Creille, tiny mountain village in the Maritime...
"What a great opportunity manque was the Harvard Night of the Irving engagement ! Why in the world couldn't the boys have been boys, and given their natural, happy enthusiasm boyish vent ! What an hour it would have been, if when Terry stood there, a radiant vision, kissing her hand...
Among the "Other Verses" the "Two Answers to Why I Read Herrick" and "Montauk Point" illustrate the range of Mr. Garrison's serious work. "Manque," which ends the volume, is extremely fine and belies its own estimate of its author's muse. As for us we believe in the promise...