I run a discussion list on turn of the century authors. This week are looking at a story by Arthur Machen. We cannot agree on how his last name should be pronounced. It has become an issue because several listmembers are writing clerihews (poems in which the first rhyme is a person's name), and not knowing how to pronouce "Machen" means not knowing what to rhyme it with. We have all come up with our educated guesses, but I am looking for an authoritative answer to this puzzler. The most recent opinion is from someone who says he knew someone who knew Machen and he pronounced his own name "mackin". Does that sound likely? Stephen Davies SDavies@MtRoyal.AB.CA