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Born at Philadelphia in 1880, Joseph was educated at a Quaker school and at the Pennsylvania Academy or Fine Arts. Most of his life has been spent either in being or in becoming a writer. He is fairly large, slightly rubicund, but, withal, impressive to look upon. He dresses well. It has often been remarked in the public prints that he dresses with something of a swagger. This is true. He has a charming wife and they live in West Chester, Pa. He is often in Manhattan and may be seen jovially present in the lunch room of the Hotel...
...grew with the man into a rich, mellowed roundness, here shown at its smooth and polished best. The quiet of the little Wiltshire village where he spent his latter days seems to have crept into his writing, giving it a leisured charm which recalls the 18th Century essayists. Yet withal, he can cock an interested and appreciative eye at the doings of quite alien spirits, and can write with gusto about the Cardinal de Retz, that insouciant and child-like Lothario, Sam Pepys, and Beaumarchais, of whom he remarks delightedly: "He may have been...
Epinard was ridden by Everett Haynes, Bronx jockey, "pale, emaciated and nervous from recent illness," but weighing withal eleven pounds more than O'Neill...
...reader has gained the impression that "The Thief of Bagdad" is perfect, he is wrong. The reviewer can think of several faults that he might point out. But the virtues are so much greater than the vices, and the picture is withal so far above the ordinary, that its shortcomings may well be overlooked. If the motion picture camera has ever recorded a more enchanting romance, a more delightfully impossible fantasy, or a cleaner fairy story, it has not been the pleasure of the writer...
...nice" way, with a great deal left to the imagination, or at best barely hinted at. There are some "damns," but no "God damns," and there are only a few places that will puzzle the little children, who should not be allowed to read any modern "literature" anyway. Yet withal, the story was well worth the hours I spent reading...