my 0.2 cents: Pound is first a Confucious, then somebody else (very bright, mentally ill, fascist etc. ). I doubt if we can plot Pound without fully understanding his link to Confucious. I am very curious about it, and am looking forward to learning more from you netters. Peter Bi ----- Original Message ----- From: Everett Lee Lady <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, October 21, 1999 3:10 PM Subject: Oops! > I just realized that I made another error. As stated, I recall Pound > saying sometime, probably 1957, that he had decided on a policy of not > accepting any new regular visitors at St. Elizabeths unless they had read > two of the slim volumes published by the Square Dollar Press. > > In fact, the books in question were the one by Del Mar and Fenellosa's > famous memoir on the Chinese written character as a medium for poetry. > I was incorrect in saying that the second volume was the ANALECTS of > Confucious. > ...................