Won’t You Come into My Parlor?

Rumbles Left and Right, by William F. Buckley Jr. Putnam, $4.95

Years ago, as it now seems, a young man from Yale, knowing that I had a good opinion of some of his casual journalism, sent me a book manuscript to read. Full of admiration for its nerve, verve and charm, I offered to write an introduction to it. Though I cannot boast that I was Bill Buckley’s discoverer (manifestly he discovered himself), I can preen myself on being one of the first Buckley-before-NATIONAL review men. I knew, on the basis of the internal evidence of God and Man at Yale, that Bill Buckley would exhibit long-term staying power.

JC

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John Chamberlain

John Chamberlain (1903–1995) was an American writer.

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William F. Buckley Jr.

Rumbles Left and Right, by William F. Buckley Jr. Putnam, $4.95

Years ago, as it now seems, a young man from Yale, knowing that I had a good opinion of some of his casual journalism, sent me a book manuscript to read. Full of admiration for its nerve, verve and charm, I offered to write an introduction to it. Though I cannot boast that I was Bill Buckley’s discoverer (manifestly he discovered himself), I can preen myself on being one of the first Buckley-before-NATIONAL review men. I knew, on the basis of the internal evidence of God and Man at Yale, that Bill Buckley would exhibit long-term staying power.