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 39
... passed on a train between Boston and New York . He reached New York in the evening , fagged out , and found the gift he most wanted awaiting him -a letter from his daughter . " I wanted it BOOKS AND BIPEDS 39 On Christmas Eve, 1666 ...
... passed on a train between Boston and New York . He reached New York in the evening , fagged out , and found the gift he most wanted awaiting him -a letter from his daughter . " I wanted it BOOKS AND BIPEDS 39 On Christmas Eve, 1666 ...
Page 46
... passed , he said , he would tell them what each passenger had brought ; but at the moment , he confessed , he was ... passing strange . Andersen's fable might just as well have been written yesterday . Authors As People Are authors ...
... passed , he said , he would tell them what each passenger had brought ; but at the moment , he confessed , he was ... passing strange . Andersen's fable might just as well have been written yesterday . Authors As People Are authors ...
Page 161
... passed in this fashion , however , the old man grew tired of sending money , and also he was having increasing difficulty explain- ing to Madame Petronille the business their son was about . He had Marie write a letter to young Ozias ...
... passed in this fashion , however , the old man grew tired of sending money , and also he was having increasing difficulty explain- ing to Madame Petronille the business their son was about . He had Marie write a letter to young Ozias ...
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