Books and Bipeds"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 22
... appears that your commentator was right in his guess about the newly - discovered Sherlock Holmes story , which the Doyle family wishes to keep out of print . It is reported from London that the tale is " not up to the standard set by ...
... appears that your commentator was right in his guess about the newly - discovered Sherlock Holmes story , which the Doyle family wishes to keep out of print . It is reported from London that the tale is " not up to the standard set by ...
Page 58
... appears to have nursed private grievances dating from the construction of Kipling's Vermont home , at Brattleboro , shortly after the wedding . By this and by that , they took shape in his curious mind - it is a story of minor frictions ...
... appears to have nursed private grievances dating from the construction of Kipling's Vermont home , at Brattleboro , shortly after the wedding . By this and by that , they took shape in his curious mind - it is a story of minor frictions ...
Page 198
... appears . In the morning he sometimes appears in a dressing - gown and red cap , and at others in a jacket and straw hat ; he works himself , as well as all his attendants and Generals ( a lesson to human vanity ) . In the evening he is ...
... appears . In the morning he sometimes appears in a dressing - gown and red cap , and at others in a jacket and straw hat ; he works himself , as well as all his attendants and Generals ( a lesson to human vanity ) . In the evening he is ...
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