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    The Enchanted Typewriter
    The Enchanted Typewriter
    The Enchanted Typewriter
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    The Enchanted Typewriter

    By John Kendrick Bangs

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    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateJan 1, 1940
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    John Kendrick Bangs

    John Kendrick Bangs (1862–1922) was an American writer and editor best known for his works in the fantasy genre. Bangs began his writing career in the 1880s when he worked for a literary magazine at Columbia College. Later, he held positions at various publications such as Life, Harper's Bazaar and Munsey’s Magazine. Throughout his career he published many novels and short stories including The Lorgnette (1886), Olympian Nights (1902) and Alice in Blunderland: An Iridescent Dream (1907).

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      This is in the Houseboat on the Styx series --I believe third after the original Houseboat and Pursuit of the Houseboat. I read it long ago and recall it as being amusing but episodic. It does include a Sherlock Holmes piece

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