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Compton Mackenzie : Sinister Street (vol.1)
Henry James to Compton Mackenzie, 21 January 1914: 'When I wrote to [James B.] Pinker I had only read "S[inister].S[treet]"., but I have now taken "Carnival" in persistent short draughts -- which is how I took "S[inister].S[treet]". and is how I take anything I take at all'.
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Henry James Print: Book
Compton Mackenzie : Carnival
Henry James to Compton Mackenzie, 21 January 1914: 'When I wrote to [James B.] Pinker I had only read "S[inister].S[treet]"., but I have now taken "Carnival" in persistent short draughts -- which is how I took "S[inister].S[treet]". and is how I take anything I take at all'.
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Henry James Print: Book
Compton Mackenzie : Sinister Street (vol 2)
Henry James, in letter of 21 November 1914 to Hugh Walpole, writes of his bemusement at the second volume of Compton Mackenzie's "Sinister Street": 'I don't know what it means [...] the thing affects me on the whole as a mere wide waste.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Henry James Print: Book
Compton Mackenzie : Guy and Pauline
'At a P.E.N. dinner I sat beside him, and questioned him about the "lighted door" in his novel "Guy and Pauline".'
