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Newspaper

New York Times

Location

New York, New York, United States of America

Date

Apr 18, 1908

Page

25

Antiquarian Book Sellers Advert in Times Downtown

Several merchants list books and sets for sale or buy including solid mahogany book cases, Hugo and George Eliot volumes, Twain edition, Casanova, Correspodence, and Lincoln autograph. Addresses include 120 Times Downtown and 1305 Walnut St Philadelphia. Dixie Book Shop at 41 Liberty St. Also notices about bullion reference works and deluxe illustrated editions.

Hugo George Eliot Mark Twain Casanova, Campion & Co Walnut St Philadelphia Penn Judd Margaret Felix Darley Thomas Jefferson Hart St Brooklyn Financial Moody’s Dixie Book Shop Liberty St. Valentine Common Council of New Adams Studios Bet Madison Aves

Readers seek answers in column of queries and poems

The piece lists reader questions on historical authors, poems, and attributions. It notes republishing a poem by Carruth and answers about Darby and Joan's author, Thackeray’s Little Billee, There Is No Death misattribution, and other literary trivia. It presents names, dates, and publications connected to the inquiries and responses.

R. H Atherton Washington Hamilton Jefferson Isabel Aaron Burr Caeren John Rafpferty Darby Joaan Gentleman’s Magazine Woodfall Sir Philip Francis Horace Henry Sampson Woodfall Junius St. Paris School Francis Cora Urquhart Potter George R. Sims Bow Wehman Brothers John F. Genung Billy Hay Bristol Thackeray Roents Mifflin & Co Liege Billee Bryant RL Q White James L. McCreery Delaware County Iowa Arthurs Home Margasing Philadelphia Bulwer Eugene Bulmer Chicago Farmers’ Advocate McCreery Wisconsin Eugene, Bullmer Farmers’ Advocate E. Bulmer E . Bulwer Lord Bulwer J. L Joseph Brenan Brennan Ireland America New Orleans Inn New Orleans/True Delta Jenan New Orleans Johnson Coates Carman

Answers from Readers about a old verse on getting up

A reader letter questions a humorous poem about waking and lying in bed. It recalls a verse that ends with an angelic wake up aid and asks for the remainder of the poem. The note seeks help from correspondents to recover the other lines or confirm the source.

A. H. Churchill A. H. BE Puck Judge

Readers seek elusive poems and lines from old magazines

A letters page gathers reader queries from 1860s to 1890s about poems and lines. Questions ask for a 1864 poem starting like Another year has vanished away and a 1898 piece titled Chamber, plus lines about a room where my loved one sleeps and praise of noble men, plus a quatrain from The Smart Set and a line about the emperor’s cook.

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