The Book Buyer: A Monthly Review of American and Foreign Literature, Volumes 7-8C. Scribner and Company, 1873 - American literature |
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... literary ladies who bear similar names ; for instance , Mary B. Dodge and Miss Mary A. Dodge , better known as " Gail Hamilton . " But the Mary Mapes Dodge of St. Nicholas has achieved such a reputation by her books , " Hans Brinker ...
... literary ladies who bear similar names ; for instance , Mary B. Dodge and Miss Mary A. Dodge , better known as " Gail Hamilton . " But the Mary Mapes Dodge of St. Nicholas has achieved such a reputation by her books , " Hans Brinker ...
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... literary justice , as well as a response to a popular demand . The very first story by this author , entitled " Whose Wife Was She ? " published in SCRIBNER'S MONTHLY , for September , 1871 , gave notice of a new - story writer of ...
... literary justice , as well as a response to a popular demand . The very first story by this author , entitled " Whose Wife Was She ? " published in SCRIBNER'S MONTHLY , for September , 1871 , gave notice of a new - story writer of ...
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... LITERARY INTELLIGENCE . [ FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT . ] season . LONDON , October 20 , 1873 . NOTES of active preparation are already heard from most of the eminent English publishing houses , and it will soon be practicable to form ...
... LITERARY INTELLIGENCE . [ FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT . ] season . LONDON , October 20 , 1873 . NOTES of active preparation are already heard from most of the eminent English publishing houses , and it will soon be practicable to form ...
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... literary celebrities of the day . With few personal ad- vantages ( he has been called the ugliest man in London ) , full of crotchets , and extremely irrita- ble in temper , he seems to have acquired the respect and esteem of the men ...
... literary celebrities of the day . With few personal ad- vantages ( he has been called the ugliest man in London ) , full of crotchets , and extremely irrita- ble in temper , he seems to have acquired the respect and esteem of the men ...
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... literary capacities , the exploits of that inglorious warfare are pretty certain to be commemorated . For Central Asia we are promised New Routes for Commerce , Account of a Journey to the Mish- mel Country , in an Attempt to Penetrate ...
... literary capacities , the exploits of that inglorious warfare are pretty certain to be commemorated . For Central Asia we are promised New Routes for Commerce , Account of a Journey to the Mish- mel Country , in an Attempt to Penetrate ...
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