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 106
... later tidings of Legree and George Harris . Laura Petersen , in Brand's Daughters , wrote of the supposed offspring of Ib- sen's Brand . Sir Harry Johnston , in two good novels , The Gay - Dombeys and Mrs. Warren's Daughter , lifted ...
... later tidings of Legree and George Harris . Laura Petersen , in Brand's Daughters , wrote of the supposed offspring of Ib- sen's Brand . Sir Harry Johnston , in two good novels , The Gay - Dombeys and Mrs. Warren's Daughter , lifted ...
Page 253
... later . The two items thus brought together by a sensitive collector mark the two visits of Andersen to Eng- land ; and thereby hangs an amusing tale . Andersen and Dickens met in London in 1847 . The occasion seems to have been a party ...
... later . The two items thus brought together by a sensitive collector mark the two visits of Andersen to Eng- land ; and thereby hangs an amusing tale . Andersen and Dickens met in London in 1847 . The occasion seems to have been a party ...
Page 260
... later introduced himself to the Englishmen , who invited him to visit the villa . Still later he dressed up his own part in the rescue and ultimately came to believe that he had saved Swin- burne's life . In this connection he used to ...
... later introduced himself to the Englishmen , who invited him to visit the villa . Still later he dressed up his own part in the rescue and ultimately came to believe that he had saved Swin- burne's life . In this connection he used to ...
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