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 27
... young Geoffrey Barton , in the new story , becomes a newspaper columnist in Philadel- phia , and writes zippy little verses for a local inn- keeper in celebration of the innkeeper's cuisine . Young Mr. Morley , in similar circumstances ...
... young Geoffrey Barton , in the new story , becomes a newspaper columnist in Philadel- phia , and writes zippy little verses for a local inn- keeper in celebration of the innkeeper's cuisine . Young Mr. Morley , in similar circumstances ...
Page 160
... young housewife , Marie , who came up from the village to help with the work . Once a week , on Saturday nights , it was the duty of young Ozias to read aloud from the weekly news sheet , since neither of his parents could read . One ...
... young housewife , Marie , who came up from the village to help with the work . Once a week , on Saturday nights , it was the duty of young Ozias to read aloud from the weekly news sheet , since neither of his parents could read . One ...
Page 161
... young housewife from the village . " Everything is going splendidly , " he would write ; or , " I am at work all the time on that important busi- ness , Father . It is wonderful how it is coming on ! " And in every letter there was a ...
... young housewife from the village . " Everything is going splendidly , " he would write ; or , " I am at work all the time on that important busi- ness , Father . It is wonderful how it is coming on ! " And in every letter there was a ...
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