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 66
... fact that Chicago writers , abetted by Chicago publishers , contributed these two figures of extravagant romance to the gallery of heroes whose names and exploits have burst the covers of their books to become a part of common speech ...
... fact that Chicago writers , abetted by Chicago publishers , contributed these two figures of extravagant romance to the gallery of heroes whose names and exploits have burst the covers of their books to become a part of common speech ...
Page 111
... facts before the detective takes over . There- after the interest lies in watching the investigator work backward , as it were , toward what the reader already knows . If you think this makes for any diminution of interest , just try ...
... facts before the detective takes over . There- after the interest lies in watching the investigator work backward , as it were , toward what the reader already knows . If you think this makes for any diminution of interest , just try ...
Page 156
... facts , if not the facts themselves . There is no whisper of such a suspicion in his mind . In " A Scandal in Bohemia , " he clearly tells us that " all emotions , and that one 156 BOOKS AND BIPEDS.
... facts , if not the facts themselves . There is no whisper of such a suspicion in his mind . In " A Scandal in Bohemia , " he clearly tells us that " all emotions , and that one 156 BOOKS AND BIPEDS.
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