John Kendrick Bangs
Cobwebs from a Library Corner
Paperback
(Reprint Publishing May 24, 2015)
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 01 A Pessimistic View 03 The Master’s Pen—A Confession 05 Bookworm Ballads (a Literary Feast) 08 Ideas for Sale 11 The Author’s Boomerang 12 To an Egotistical Biographer 13 No Copyright Needed 14 Ingredients of Greatness 15 A Common Favorite 17 Their Pens 18 An Unsolved Problem 19 The Bibliophile’s Threat 20 My Treasures 21 A Poet’s Fad 22 The Poet Undone 23 A Waning Muse 24 Modesty 25 My Lord the Book 26 The Bibliomiser 27 The “Collector” 28 A Reader 29 Fate! 30 A Pleasing Thought 31 Books vs. “Books,” by a Bibliomaniac 33 A Confession 35 The Edition de Looks _______________________ WISE AND OTHERWISE 41 Napolini’s Error 45 My Color 47 Contentment in Nature 49 The Heroic Gunner 52 The Pathetic Tale of the Caddy Boy 56 Garrulous Wisdom 58 The Perjury of a Rejected Lover 59 Maid of Culture 60 Not Perfect 61 A City Dweller’s Wish 62 Where are They? 64 Memories 65 A Sad State 66 Ad Astra per Otium. 67 Consolation 68 Satisfaction on Reading “Not One Dissatisfied,” by Walt Whitman 70 To a Withered Rose 71 The Worst of Enemies 72 Jokes of the Night 75 An Autumnal Romance 76 The Country in July 78 May 30, 1893 80 The Curse of Wealth 83 The Rhyme of the Ancient Populist 86 One of the Nameless Great 87 In February Days 89 A Change of Ambition 91 Message from Mahatmas 95 The Gold-seekers 98 Ode to a Politician 101 Some are Amateurs
- ISBN
- 3959400543 / 9783959400541
- Pages
- 120
- Weight
- 8.3 oz.
- Dimensions
- 6.0 x 0.3
in.