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 153
... sure , he had never heard of Sherlock Holmes or Alice in Won- derland . And he read in bed , perhaps , not so much because he was luxuriously inclined as because his room was cold . Many a poor student in the Oxford of Chaucer's day ...
... sure , he had never heard of Sherlock Holmes or Alice in Won- derland . And he read in bed , perhaps , not so much because he was luxuriously inclined as because his room was cold . Many a poor student in the Oxford of Chaucer's day ...
Page 237
... sure , on Mr. Christ's identification of Uffa ; in brief , that Uffa never was Uffa at all , but a couple of other islands that Watson , either care- lessly or for reasons of his own , welded together BOOKS AND BIPEDS 237.
... sure , on Mr. Christ's identification of Uffa ; in brief , that Uffa never was Uffa at all , but a couple of other islands that Watson , either care- lessly or for reasons of his own , welded together BOOKS AND BIPEDS 237.
Page 267
... sure that any book you happen to like is a good book for you . I hold a theory that , sooner or later , if a man but live long enough , certain books destined for his peculiar delight will find him , however obscure they or he may be ...
... sure that any book you happen to like is a good book for you . I hold a theory that , sooner or later , if a man but live long enough , certain books destined for his peculiar delight will find him , however obscure they or he may be ...
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