The Cream of the Jest "create better regions to dream in" Likewise Hugh Walpole regarded the story as less interesting than Cabell's theme of longing for dreams, given its clearest expression (as of 1920) in this book. For Frank Northen Magill, what Cabell expressed with more sophistication here than elsewhere was his "genius for metafictional illusion". The name Horvendile is that of characters in Germanic mythology and history also spelled Aurvandil, Horwendill, and the like. In other books Cabell connects the name both to Hamlet's father in the "Gesta Danorum" and to the character in the Prose Edda whose big toe froze off and was
The Humans (New York band) (PTA) in New York City. The group's agent with Premier was Rich Nader who later went on to promote rock festivals across the country. The Humans gained regional popularity, touring throughout the northeast and opening for several big-name acts, such as the Hollies and opened on several occasions for Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels. They played a two-week engagement in Miami with the Standells and in 1966 performed at the Rheingold Festival in Central Park in Manhattan. The group became close friends with another New York band, the Heard (not to be confused with other groups of the same