Buy this book on-line Street, G. S : Books and Things: A Collection of Stray RemarksDuckworth and Company, London, England, 1905
Original publisher's beige cloth binding with gilt lettering on the spine. 6" x 7 1/2." 247 pages, complete. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Pages slightly foxed. A collection of essays by George S. Street (1867-1936), a British literary critic, journalist, and novelist. He is associated with the counter-Decandent group of writers. This book covers a wide range of topics from specific published works to socioeconomics and philosophy. The book divided into two parts, "Mainly of Books" and "Mainly of Other Things." The following essays are under "Mainly of Books": "The Poor Public," "The Provincial Mind," "'Don Juan,'" "A Note on Fielding," "The Murder of Mountford, the Player," "Sterne and His Critics," "Philosophy and Humanitomtity," "Mr. Thomas Creevey," "About Our Fiction," and "The Vogue of Writers." "Mainly of Other Things" contains the following essays: "Backstairs," "English Classes," "Of Political Meetings," "The Docks," "The House of Commons," "My Spectacles," "A Question of Women," and "Petitcoat Lane.". Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Soft cover Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Street, G. S : Books and Things: A Collection of Stray Remarks. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including livres d'occasion, first editions, out of print books, antiquarian books and used books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |