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  • The Undying Fire

    The Undying Fire

    Last night I finished… The Undying Fire (1919) by H. G. Wells. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ My copy was a library book that came out of Alma White College Library in Zarephath New Jersey. Pictured below, we see a lovely bookplate, that bears the name Elisabeth Wadsworth Coffin. The banner at the top reads in Latin, “Extant Rectè…

  • The Three Daughters of Madame Liang

    The Three Daughters of Madame Liang

    I just finished reading The Three Daughters of Madame Liang (1969) by Pearl S. Buck ⭐⭐ My copy of this book was bound backwards, where the cover art is on the back cover. It is a discarded library book from Zarephath Library in New Jersey. This book tells the story of Madame Liang’s three daughters…

  • Dawn O’Hara, The Girl Who Laughed

    Dawn O’Hara, The Girl Who Laughed

    Dawn O’Hara, The Girl Who Laughed (1911) by Edna Ferber ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Finished 8/13/2022 My copy of Dawn O’Hara has a red cover with a green block on top that displays the name of the book. It was published by Grosset & Dunlap. Inside is written in pencil “Grace O’Neal Xmas 1914”. There is also a…

  • A Tragical Tale of the Tropics

    A Tragical Tale of the Tropics

    A Tragical Tale of the Tropics is an anonymous poem, the first entry in Chatterbox, 1883. (I first mention this here). It seems to be a kind of strange one to be in a children’s publication, but we find that there are lots of this type of story and poem that deal with unsavory subjects…

  • The Robin’s Christmas

      This sweet story is from Our Darlings, a British publication that I acquired in York, England. THE ROBIN’S CHRISTMAS. The Robin was fast asleep in his nest when the bells began to ring. He really could not help waking up, they made such a Ding dong, ding, ding, ding, ding, dong, dong, dong, dong.…