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New York Times

Location

New York, New York, United States of America

Date

Sep 12, 1908

Page

29

Queries on editions of Dickens and detective stories

A reader asks for guidance on where to find clear edition sets of Dickens and lists of humorous prose and detective tales. The column recommends publishers like Dodd Mead Scribner Houghton Mifflin Appleton and others, lists several humor anthologies with availability notes, cites recent detective titles, and notes no known Howard Fielding short story collection. It also includes Berkshire inquiries about historical English and American works with auction value estimates and a request for appraising a 1678 State Trials volume bound in calfskin.

Dickens Howard Fielding Dodd, Mead & Co Charles Scribner's Sons Houghton, Mifflin & Co D. Appleton & Co Doubleday, Page & Co T. Y. Crowell & Co Harper & Brothers J. B. Lippincott Company Philadelphia E.P. Dutton & Co Cyclopedia of Humor of America American G. . Jacobs & Co Monarch Book Company Chicago Werner & Co East Nineteenth Street Sherlock Holmes A. Conan Doyle Art Thorne G. Berton Dodd, Mead G. W. Dillingham Company New York Berkshire England de Wae Thoyras N. Tindal London James and John Knapton George Washington Sparks Boston Gouverneur Morris Jared Sparks Paul de Rapin Rapin- Thouras William II Wesel Nicholas Tindal Robert Pawlet Bible Chancery Lane Fleet Street Tryal Wm. Staley Robert Green Henry Berry Lawrence Hill Edmund Berry Godfrey Titus Oates Earl of Clarendon Oates

Answers from Readers on Hannah More and Horace Otto

A reader’s note references Hannah More’s The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain and the author’s birthplace, with a discussion of published copies and readers’ bookmarks. Other letters cite Sir Walter Scott bookplates, a Dobson poem, Susan Coolidge’s Eastor Song, and Horace Seymour Keller’s dog poem, plus a Musketeers ending query and Horace Odes.

Intrigue Over a Beautful Young Girl For Louis XIV

A fragmentary excerpt recounts a plot to seize a young betrothed girl for the reigning king Louis XIV. A duel with Porthos’s son reveals Aramis, prompting a dramatic departure. The text critiques the work as inauthentic, citing library catalogues and misattributions. It includes a poem by Mary K. Field about maternal grief and children.

Louis XIV Joel Porthos Aramis Goves Belle Isle Dumas Columbia Library Mercantile Bloomingdale New York Public Library

Readers seek poems and authors in Watchung area column

A public notice from readers across New Jersey requests help locating authors and full texts of various poems. Names include E M Rhodes, John Shirley, Henry Anderson, and others. Items include What poems about Liberty tree, Scenes of Childhood, The Vampire, The Marble Preacher, and poems about a squirrel, a Jewish boy, and a ship of Love, with several partial lines quoted.

John Shirley Liberty Henry A. Anderson Blackwood Parker & Watson National

Wholesale and retail books and magazines advertised

An advertising page lists vast stock in multiple languages, including chess and financial reference works. It cites buyers for catalogues and lists, with contact details across New York and other states. Multiple notices seek specific historical books and manuscripts, with various prices and publishers.

Wiil 'i Lyons Newport Kentucky Manhattan Durgeon East New York Gramercy Herman W. 39Th St N. Y

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