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 53
... least one other committed suicide , perhaps because she was in love with Shel- ley , although that isn't certain . The poet's end is one of the familiar stories of literature . He was drowned in the Mediterranean , in 1822. When his ...
... least one other committed suicide , perhaps because she was in love with Shel- ley , although that isn't certain . The poet's end is one of the familiar stories of literature . He was drowned in the Mediterranean , in 1822. When his ...
Page 99
... least of them is pretty dismal to contemplate at the moment of catastrophe . Conan Doyle once lost the manuscript of a novel in the mails or in the office of a careless publisher . It was during his early years of struggle and poverty ...
... least of them is pretty dismal to contemplate at the moment of catastrophe . Conan Doyle once lost the manuscript of a novel in the mails or in the office of a careless publisher . It was during his early years of struggle and poverty ...
Page 229
... least , a library made up of only one volume presents no insoluble problem of shelf space or of transportation , while the objection that ultimately one will come to know it by heart is probably irrelevant . But , practical ...
... least , a library made up of only one volume presents no insoluble problem of shelf space or of transportation , while the objection that ultimately one will come to know it by heart is probably irrelevant . But , practical ...
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