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
... figures of fantasy . I don't know how it came about ; why greater conceptions , by greater writers , lived their little hour of print , then died and passed from sentimental memory . Obviously the whole question - or problem -of public ...
... figures of fantasy . I don't know how it came about ; why greater conceptions , by greater writers , lived their little hour of print , then died and passed from sentimental memory . Obviously the whole question - or problem -of public ...
Page 109
... figure standing four - square with the greatest , with Dupin , and Holmes , and Father Brown . John Evelyn Thorndyke ... figures of the tale , " an innocent reflection that still gives me pleasure . When , in the following year , the ...
... figure standing four - square with the greatest , with Dupin , and Holmes , and Father Brown . John Evelyn Thorndyke ... figures of the tale , " an innocent reflection that still gives me pleasure . When , in the following year , the ...
Page 204
Vincent Starrett. fascinating figure forever lost in one of his own somber tales . I will confess that my blood has never been properly curdled by the studious graveyard horrors of HPL ... figures of popular mythology . 204 BOOKS AND BIPEDS.
Vincent Starrett. fascinating figure forever lost in one of his own somber tales . I will confess that my blood has never been properly curdled by the studious graveyard horrors of HPL ... figures of popular mythology . 204 BOOKS AND BIPEDS.
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