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 12
... light , why should it not be given to the public ? Is it unfinished ? Is it so much poorer than the others ? But all the Holmes adventures , from 1887 to 1927 , were not of equal merit ; many have been called apo- cryphal by ...
... light , why should it not be given to the public ? Is it unfinished ? Is it so much poorer than the others ? But all the Holmes adventures , from 1887 to 1927 , were not of equal merit ; many have been called apo- cryphal by ...
Page 78
... Light On Irene Adler Credit for a sensational discovery in the field of Holmesiana ( pronounced Hol - mesiana ) must go to Miss Helen Linn , one of this department's New York correspondents . Browsing recently among the pages of her ...
... Light On Irene Adler Credit for a sensational discovery in the field of Holmesiana ( pronounced Hol - mesiana ) must go to Miss Helen Linn , one of this department's New York correspondents . Browsing recently among the pages of her ...
Page 195
... Lights , " is described as a " two man story of club life in Chicago and factory life in South Bend . " Rejection ... light operas " Mariquita " and " Pipistrello " -to remind us that Fuller was an accomplished musician . Alto- gether ...
... Lights , " is described as a " two man story of club life in Chicago and factory life in South Bend . " Rejection ... light operas " Mariquita " and " Pipistrello " -to remind us that Fuller was an accomplished musician . Alto- gether ...
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