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 94
... Criticism is important to the artist only to the ex- tent that he agrees with it , or comes to agree with it , and if he told the truth , there is no more to be said — but he was angry at the time . Many of his friends , and nearly all ...
... Criticism is important to the artist only to the ex- tent that he agrees with it , or comes to agree with it , and if he told the truth , there is no more to be said — but he was angry at the time . Many of his friends , and nearly all ...
Page 132
... criticism . And what , you may ask , is the higher criticism ? It is the assumption , indeed the certainty , that Holmes and Watson were actual people , plus everything that follows that assurance . But Sherlockian scholar- ship , it ...
... criticism . And what , you may ask , is the higher criticism ? It is the assumption , indeed the certainty , that Holmes and Watson were actual people , plus everything that follows that assurance . But Sherlockian scholar- ship , it ...
Page 255
... criticism of the papers , ' it will be forgotten in a week , and your book will live . ' We went up on Gad's Hill . He scraped with his foot in the sand . " That's criticism , ' he said , then wiped it out with his foot . ' Gone ! But ...
... criticism of the papers , ' it will be forgotten in a week , and your book will live . ' We went up on Gad's Hill . He scraped with his foot in the sand . " That's criticism , ' he said , then wiped it out with his foot . ' Gone ! But ...
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