Cobwebs from a Library Corner

By John Kendrick Bangs

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• Language: English
• Publisher: DigiCat
• Release date: Sep 16, 2022
• ISBN: 8596547378693

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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John Kendrick Bangs

Cobwebs from a Library Corner

EAN 8596547378693

DigiCat, 2022

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Table of 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 NATURE

THE 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 ON READING NOT ONE DISSATISFIED, BY WALT WHITMAN

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

BOOKISH

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A PESSIMISTIC VIEW

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A little

bit of Thackeray,

A little bit of Scott,

A modicum of Dickens just

To tangle up the plot,

A paraphrase of Marryat,

Another from Dumas—

You ask me for a novel, sir,

And I say, there you are.

The pen is greater than the sword,

Of that there is no doubt.

The pen for me whene’er I wish

An enemy to rout.

A pen, a pad, and say a pint

Of ink with which to scrawl,

To put a foe to flight is all

That’s needed—truly all.

But when it comes to making up

A novel in these days

You do not need a pen at all

To win the writer’s bays.

A pair of sharpened scissors and

A wealth of pure white page

Will do it if you have at hand

A pot of mucilage.

So give to me the scissors keen,

And give to me the glue,

And I will fix a novel up

That’s sure to startle you.