MARCEL PROUST _AN ENGLISH TRIBUTE_ [Illustration] _By_ JOSEPH CONRAD ARNOLD BENNETT ARTHUR SYMONS COMPTON MACKENZIE CLIVE BELL W.J. TURNER CATHERINE CARSWELL E. RICKWORD VIOLET HUNT RALPH WRIGHT ALEC WAUGH GEORGE SAINTSBURY L. PEARSALL SMITH A.B. WALKLEY J. MIDDLETON MURRY STEPHEN HUDSON G.S. STREET ETHEL C. MAYNE FRANCIS BIRRELL REGINALD TURNER DYNELEY HUSSEY _Collected by_ C.K. SCOTT MONCRIEFF [Illustration] NEW YORK THOMAS SELTZER 1923 _Printed in Great Britain All Rights Reserved_ THE CONTENTS [Illustration] I. Introduction: _by_ C.K.S.M. page 1 II. A Portrait: _by_ STEPHEN HUDSON 5 III. The Prophet of Despair: _by_ FRANCIS BIRRELL 12 IV. A Sensitive Petronius: _by_ RALPH WRIGHT 31 V. The “Little Proust”: _by_ L. PEARSALL SMITH 52 VI. A Reader’s Gratitude: _by_ COMPTON MACKENZIE 59 VII. Gilberte: _by_ ALEC WAUGH 63 VIII. Proust’s Women: _by_ CATHERINE CARSWELL 66 IX. The Best Record: _by_ REGINALD TURNER 78 X. A Foot-note: _by_ CLIVE BELL 83 XI. The Spell of Proust: _by_ ETHEL C. MAYNE 90 XII. A New Psychometry: _by_ A.B. WALKLEY 96 XIII. Proust and the Modern Consciousness: _by_ J. MIDDLETON MURRY 102 XIV. Proust’s Way: _by_ VIOLET HUNT 111 XV. M. Vinteuil’s Sonata: _by_ DYNELEY HUSSEY 117 XVI. A Note on the Little Phrase: _by_ W.J. TURNER 124 XVII. Proust as Creator: _by_ JOSEPH CONRAD 126 XVIII. A Moment to Spare: _by_ G. SAINTSBURY 129 XIX. A Real World in Fiction: _by_ G.S. STREET 131 XX. The Birth of a Classic: _by_ EDGELL RICKWORD 134 XXI. A Casuist in Souls: _by_ ARTHUR SYMONS 138 XXII. The Last Word: _by_ ARNOLD BENNETT 144 MARCEL PROUST I _INTRODUCTION_