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Essays about men, women, and books
Title:
Essays about men, women, and books
Author:
Birrell, Augustine, 1850-1933.
Publication Information:
New York : C. Scribner's sons, 1894.
Physical Description:
4 preliminary leaves, 234 pages ; 17.5 cm
Language:
English
Contents:
Dean Swift.--Lord Bolingbroke.--Sterne.--Dr. Johnson.--Richard Cumberland.--Alexander Knox and Thomas De Quincey.--Hannah More.--Marie Bashkirtseff.--Sir John Vanbrugh.--John Gay.--Roger North's autobiography.--Books old and new.--Book-binding.--Poets laureate.--Parliamentary candidates.--The bona-fide traveller.--'Hours in a library.'--Americanisms and Briticisms.--Authors and critics.
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Format :
Book