Books and BipedsArgus Books, 1947 - 258 pages "In a word, 'Books and Bipeds' is for the most part a selection of paragraphs from my weekly book column in the "Chicago Sunday Tribune'..." -- foreword. |
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Page 180
... Henry Wrenn , edited by Fannie E. Ratchford , we have a documented sequel to the Carter - Pollard disclosures , announcing further forgeries and involving in the guilt two other dis- tinguished English bibliophiles and men of letters- H ...
... Henry Wrenn , edited by Fannie E. Ratchford , we have a documented sequel to the Carter - Pollard disclosures , announcing further forgeries and involving in the guilt two other dis- tinguished English bibliophiles and men of letters- H ...
Page 185
... Henry . " He adds little to the legend that is new , however . Bob Davis ' picture of Porter as a man forever ... Henry's failure to 1945 ...
... Henry . " He adds little to the legend that is new , however . Bob Davis ' picture of Porter as a man forever ... Henry's failure to 1945 ...
Page 186
... Henry's case . He was an admirable vaudeville artist who would have liked to play Hamlet . Jack London once told me his favorite O. Henry anecdote . A magazine editor , with whom Porter was in arrears , was trying to get a story out of ...
... Henry's case . He was an admirable vaudeville artist who would have liked to play Hamlet . Jack London once told me his favorite O. Henry anecdote . A magazine editor , with whom Porter was in arrears , was trying to get a story out of ...
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