Cobwebs from a Library Corner

ISBN-13: 9783959400541 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 122 str.

John Kendrick Bangs

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Complete digitally restored reprint (facsimile) of the original edition of 1899 with excellent resolution and outstanding readability. "Cobwebs from a Library Corner" is a John Kendrick Bangs "Fan-Special" from her publishing house Harper & Brothers. Page: Content: BOOKISH 01A Pessimistic View 03The Master's Pen-A Confession 05Bookworm Ballads (a Literary Feast) 08Ideas for Sale 11The Author's Boomerang 12To an Egotistical Biographer 13No Copyright Needed 14Ingredients of Greatness 15A Common Favorite 17Their Pens 18An Unsolved Problem 19The Bibliophile's Threat 20My Treasures 21A Poet's Fad 22The Poet Undone 23A Waning Muse 24Modesty 25My Lord the Book 26The Bibliomiser 27The "Collector" 28A Reader 29Fate 30A Pleasing Thought 31Books vs. "Books," by a Bibliomaniac 33A Confession 35The Edition de Looks _______________________ WISE AND OTHERWISE 41Napolini's Error 45My Color 47Contentment in Nature 49The Heroic Gunner 52The Pathetic Tale of the Caddy Boy 56Garrulous Wisdom 58The Perjury of a Rejected Lover 59Maid of Culture 60Not Perfect 61A City Dweller's Wish 62Where are They? 64Memories 65A Sad State 66Ad Astra per Otium. 67Consolation 68Satisfaction on Reading "Not One Dissatisfied," by Walt Whitman 70To a Withered Rose 71The Worst of Enemies 72 Jokes of the Night 75An Autumnal Romance 76The Country in July 78May 30, 1893 80The Curse of Wealth 83The Rhyme of the Ancient Populist 86One of the Nameless Great 87In February Days 89A Change of Ambition 91Message from Mahatmas 95The Gold-seekers 98Ode to a Politician 101Some are Amateurs