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Cobwebs from a Library Corner

By John Kendrick Bangs

2021-02-17 22:57:27

My Bookworm gave a dinner to a number of his set. I was not there—I say it to my very great regret. For they dined well, I fancy, if the menu that I saw Was followed as implicitly as one obeys the law. “’Twill open,” he observed ... Read more
My Bookworm gave a dinner to a number of his set. I was not there—I say it to my very great regret. For they dined well, I fancy, if the menu that I saw Was followed as implicitly as one obeys the law. “’Twill open,” he observed to me, “with quatrains on the half. They go down easy; then for soup”—it really made me laugh— “The poems of old Johnny Gay”—his words were rather rough— “They’ll do quite well, for, after all, soup’s thin and sloppy stuff. Less

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PublisherPublic Domain Book
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ISBN978-1981386918
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John Kendrick Bangs
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John Kendrick Bangs (May 27, 1862 – January 21, 1922) was an American author, humorist, editor, and satirist. He was born in Yonkers, New York. His father Francis N. Bangs was a lawyer in New Yor...

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