Cobwebs From a Library Corner.

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Title; Contents; BOOKISH; A Pessimistic View; The Master's Pen-A Confession; Bookworm Ballads -- A Literary Feast; Ideas for Sale; The Author's Boomerang; To an Egotistical Biographer; No Copyright Needed; Ingredients of Greatness; A Common Favorite; Their Pens; An Unsolved Problem; The Bibliophile's Threat; My Treasures; A Poet's Fad; The Poet Undone; A Waning Muse; Modesty; My Lord the Book; The Bibliomiser; The ""Collector""; A Reader; Fate!; A Pleasing Thought; Books vs. ""Books"" by a Bibliomaniac; A Confession; The Edition de Looks; WISE AND OTHERWISE; Napolini's Error; My Color.

Contentment in NatureThe Heroic Gunner; The Pathetic Tale of the Caddy Boy; Garrulous Wisdom; The Perjury of a Rejected Lover; Maid of Culture; Not Perfect; A City Dweller's Wish; Where Are They?; Memories; A Sad State; Ad Astra per Otium; Consolation; Satisfaction; To a Withered Rose; The Worst of Enemies; Jokes of the Night; An Autumnal Romance; The Country in July; May 30, 1893; The Curse of Wealth; The Rhyme of the Ancient Populist; One of the Nameless Great; In February Days; A Change of Ambition; Message from Mahatmas; The Gold-Seekers; Ode to a Politician; Some Are Amateurs.

This collection of literary-themed verse from satirist and man of letters John Kendrick Bangs is sure to please book lovers. Filled with allusions to authors and their works and characterized by a light, playful tone, every poem in Cobwebs From a Library Corner is a witty delight.

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