The Publishers Weekly, Volume 52

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F. Leypoldt, 1897 - American literature
 

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Page 179 - I HOLD every man a debtor to his profession; from the which, as men of course do seek to receive countenance and profit, so ought they of duty to endeavour themselves, by way of amends, to be a help and ornament thereunto.
Page 181 - Books, engravings, photographs, etchings, bound or unbound, maps and charts imported by authority or for the use of the United States or for the use of the Library of Congress.
Page 415 - The numbers of the series are as follows : 1. Marjorie Daw, and Other Stories. By THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH. 2. My Summer in a Garden. By CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER. 3. Fireside Travels. By JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL. 4. The Luck of Roaring Camp, and Other Stories. By BRET HARTE. 5. 6. Venetian Life. By WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS.
Page 382 - Mr. Davis has vigorous ideals ; he is in love with strength and cleanness, with 'grit' and resource, with heroism and courage in men : with beauty and frankness, with freshness and youth in women ; and liking these qualities, he also likes writing about them. . . . Mr. Davis has the dramatic gift — he carries you along with him. One need not wish for a better story of action than the
Page 382 - Portions of that Nobleman's Life omitted in the Relation of his Lady's Story, presented to the World of Fashion under the Title of "A Lady of Quality.
Page 181 - ... any society or institution incorporated or established solely for religious, philosophical, educational, scientific, or literary purposes, or for the encouragement of the fine arts, or for the use or by order of any college, academy, school or seminary of learning in the United States...
Page 40 - A Smaller Ancient History of the East, from the Earliest Times to the Conquest of Alexander the Great. With 70 Woodcuts. i6mo, 35. 6d. A Smaller History of Greece, from the Earliest Times to the Roman Conquest.
Page 181 - Books of all kinds, including blank books and pamphlets, and engravings bound or unbound, photographs, etchings, maps, charts, music in books or sheets, and printed matter, all the foregoing not specially provided for in this Act, twenty-five per centum ad valorem.
Page 269 - to encourage life assurance and other provident habits among authors and artists ; to render such assistance to both as shall never compromise their independence ; and to found a new institution where honourable rest from arduous labour shall still be associated with the discharge of congenial duties.
Page 1 - The Menopause.— A consideration of the phenomena which occur to women at the close of the child-bearing period, with incidental allusions to their relationship to menstruation. Also a particular consideration of the premature (especially the artificial ) menopause.

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