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 59
... Murder Story One of the briefest and best short stories in the world , in the opinion of this department , is the murder mystery written by Archie , the little boy in E. F. Benson's novel , Across the Stream . All it lacks in the way of ...
... Murder Story One of the briefest and best short stories in the world , in the opinion of this department , is the murder mystery written by Archie , the little boy in E. F. Benson's novel , Across the Stream . All it lacks in the way of ...
Page 77
... Murder The most appalling murder in literature , in the opinion of this dogmatic department , is that of Geo- ghan , the drunken doctor of John Metcalfe's remark- able short story , " The Smoking Leg , " available - if it is not out of ...
... Murder The most appalling murder in literature , in the opinion of this dogmatic department , is that of Geo- ghan , the drunken doctor of John Metcalfe's remark- able short story , " The Smoking Leg , " available - if it is not out of ...
Page 80
... murder of her father and stepmother , a singularly malevolent crime perpetrated ten months previously in the city of ... murders in history have so stirred the imagination of the scribbling race . Forgetting newspaper accounts of the ...
... murder of her father and stepmother , a singularly malevolent crime perpetrated ten months previously in the city of ... murders in history have so stirred the imagination of the scribbling race . Forgetting newspaper accounts of the ...
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