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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... Island Test It may be that there are lovers of desert island book lists who are not aware that the efficacy of such imaginary libraries was once put to the test . For any such I am glad to recall the extraordinary narrative of Prof ...
... Island Test It may be that there are lovers of desert island book lists who are not aware that the efficacy of such imaginary libraries was once put to the test . For any such I am glad to recall the extraordinary narrative of Prof ...
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... island . Shortly there- after , in the narrative , the patriarch George expires , leaving behind him a population of 1,789 souls— “ a rather depressing manifestation of man's rivalry with the rabbit , " comments Walter de la Mare , who ...
... island . Shortly there- after , in the narrative , the patriarch George expires , leaving behind him a population of 1,789 souls— “ a rather depressing manifestation of man's rivalry with the rabbit , " comments Walter de la Mare , who ...
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... island of Uffa . Even the island turned out to be insula incognita , a will - o'- the - wisp , an isle of illusion , unknown to geographers . Thus matters stood for more than fifty years , but solution at last may be at hand . The first ...
... island of Uffa . Even the island turned out to be insula incognita , a will - o'- the - wisp , an isle of illusion , unknown to geographers . Thus matters stood for more than fifty years , but solution at last may be at hand . The first ...
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