THOMAS HARDY'S FUNERAL
ARRANGEMENTS CRITICISED (By Electrio Telegraph—Copyright) (Australian & N.Z. Cable Association) "LONDON, 16th Jan. The novelist, Arnold Bennett, in a letter lo the "Daily Express," condemns the arrangement whereby the distribution of tickets for the Poets' Corner at Hardy's funeral was handed over to Messrs * Macmillan's, Hardy's publishers. "The Dean and Chapter," writes Mr Bennett, "cannot divest themselves from the responsibility of organising a national funeral. They are not entitled to say, 'Wo consented to interment in the Abbey. Invito whom you like.' "Last, I must point 1 out-with regret and respect .that not a single member of th"e Royal Family was present. One of the main functions of Royalty is to represent and symbolise the feeling of the countrv. As a rule the function is admirablv'fulfilled, but the King's message to the widow, though a suitable and svmpatheti} gesture., was not enough. Thomas Hardy was a citizen of- the highest consequence. If it had been a military funeral of similar importance, half the male Royalties would have attended as a matter of course." ■
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 18 January 1928, Page 5
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