Chapter V

Meanwhile, in New York, I met many old friends. Also, I was asked to appear on several TV programs, and my interviews with Eric Goldman, Mike Wallace, and Barry Gray were great fun. One of the most unusual occasions was a luncheon given by my faithful agent, Bertha Klausner, who invited only those people who are working, in one way or another, with my various books--publishing or reissuing or dramatizing them for stage or screen. And there was a roomful of them!

Happily, there seems to be a revival of interest in my books. _The Jungle_ is now in paperback, and students are reading it and teachers are talking about it in their classes. _World’s End_ and _Dragon’s Teeth_, two of the Lanny Budd volumes, are also in paperback. So is _Manassas_, under the title of _Theirs Be the Guilt_. _Mental Radio_, my precise and careful study of Craig’s demonstrations of her telepathic power, has just been reissued by a publisher of scientific books, with the original preface by William McDougall and, in addition, the preface that Albert Einstein wrote for the German edition. _The Cry for Justice: An Anthology of Social Protest_ is to be republished with modern additions. And _A Personal Jesus_, an attempt at a modern insight, is also being reissued.

_Our Lady_ is being dramatized. _Another Pamela_ is being converted into a musical comedy. Walt Disney is now setting out to make a movie of _The Gnomobile_, my story for children, which is also going to be reissued with gay illustrations from the French edition. And there is to be a TV series drawn from the Lanny Budd books. I cannot attempt to control this last and can only hope for the best.

_20_

_Summing Up_