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Correspondence from Montgomery Evans to Mr. Sime
900 DeKalb Street, Norristown, Pennsylvania,
December 30, 1923.
Dear Mr. Sime;
I remember that while I was in England some one called to my attention an obscure figure in contemporary literature, Aleister Crowley. Were you the man?
Since returning to America I have read several things by him that interested me, among them his "Diary of a Drug Fiend" which at once made me think of your mention of Paul Blood's book. It also suggested the possibility that you might have mentioned him.
I am curious to know something about the man, and should be glad if you could give me any information. He must be a rather unusual person, for verse in the manner of Charles M. Doughty is not popular, and the exuberance of a college undergraduate is hardly looked for in attacks on Christianity. His sensuality must have offended many of the few who may have chanced on his books, so I imagine that he is far from popular in England. But his unconscious naiveté, and the persisting youthfulness of the undergraduate interest me.
In the Reviewer, of Richmond, he published a very fine article on Mr. Cabell [Another Note on Cabell]. Which naturally suggests my offering you another of Cabell's books, in case The Cream of the Jest appeals to you at all. Only a few of his books have been published in England, and I am always glad to send them.
In closing, may I wish you a very happy new year, and hope that before it is over I will have the chance of seeing you again.
Sincerely yours,
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