Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 September 1895 — Disadvantage of a Nom de Plume. [ARTICLE]

Disadvantage of a Nom de Plume.

This story is being told in London of Anthony Hope, the now famous dialoguer and romancer. He had occasion recently to take in to dinner a lady who knew him only as plain Mr. Hawkins. The hostess afterward asked the good lady whether she had talked to Mr. Hawkins about “The Prisoner of Zenda’’ and “The God in the Car.” “Certainly not,” was the reply. “I don’t think Mr. Hawkins the man to be interested in that class of book.” It is hardly necessary to add that Mr. Hope’s full name is Anthony Hope Hawkins.