Had The Fame Already

"I want you to publish these poems in book-form," said a seedy-looking man to a Paternoster row publisher. Publisher - I"ll look over them, but I cannot promise to bring1 them out unless you have a well-known name. Poet- That's all right. My name is known wherever the English lang-uage is spoken. "Ah, indeed'. What is your name?" "John Smith."