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"All Right for a Visit, Maybe" (Review) Edmund Pearson
That's New York!, by Morris Markey and Johan Bull
- That's New York! by Morris Markey and Johan Bull

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An American Poet (Review) Edmund Lester Pearson
Louise Imogen Guiney: Her Life and Works, 1861-1920, by Eva Mabel Tenison
- Louise Imogen Guiney: Her Life and Works, 1861-1920 by Eva Mabel Tenison

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Another Hymn of Hate (Review) Edmund Pearson
The Raven on the Skyscraper, by Veronica King and Paul Henry King
- The Raven on the Skyscraper by Veronica King and Paul Henry King

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Another Strange Victorian (Review) Edmund Lester Pearson
The Letters and Memoirs of Sir William Hardman, by Stewart Marsh Ellis and William Hardman
- The Letters and Memoirs of Sir William Hardman by Stewart Marsh Ellis and William Hardman



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Ask Me All You Like (2 Reviews) Edmund Pearson
Ask Me Another!, by Justin Spafford and Lucien Esty
- Ask Me Another! by Justin Spafford and Lucien Esty
- Answer This One by Franklin P. Adams and Harry Hansen

The Autobiography of a Criminal, Henry Tufts (1930)Edmund Pearson and Henry Tufts
1 Review, 1 Readable

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Ava atque Vale, Sherlock! (Review) Edmund Pearson
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, by Arthur Conan Doyle
- The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

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"Ballades and Verses Vain" (Review) Edmund Lester Pearson
The Poetical Works of Andrew Lang, by Andrew Lang
- The Poetical Works of Andrew Lang by Andrew Lang

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Beginning with Mice (Review) Edmund Pearson
Seventy Years a Showman, by Lord George Sanger
- Seventy Years a Showman by Lord George Sanger

The Believing Years (1911)Edmund L. Pearson
2 Reviews, 1 Readable

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A Book-Shelf for the Month (Review) Edmund Lester Pearson
An Explosive Bookshop
- The Haunted Bookshop by Christopher Morley

Books and MenEdmund Lester Pearson
"First Books"

Books and MenEdmund Lester Pearson
Another "Edwin Drood" Trial

Books and MenEdmund Lester Pearson
Higginson and Newburyport

Books and MenEdmund Lester Pearson
Literary Fisticuffs

Books and MenEdmund Lester Pearson
Compulsory Belief in Fairies

Books and MenEdmund Lester Pearson
Imaginary Wars

Books and MenEdmund Lester Pearson
The Cruel and Abusive Treatment of Slang

Books and MenEdmund Lester Pearson
The Ephemerae of War

Books and MenEdmund Lester Pearson
Alice in Westchester

Books and MenEdmund Lester Pearson
The Great Unread

Books and MenEdmund Lester Pearson
Measuring the Shudder

Books and MenEdmund Lester Pearson
The One Subject

Books and MenEdmund Lester Pearson
Reading the Advertisements

Books and MenEdmund Lester Pearson
The Pestilent Catalogue

Books and MenEdmund Lester Pearson
The Misappropriations of Authors---A Request to Queen Victoria

Books and MenEdmund Lester Pearson
Remedial Legislation for Words

Books and MenEdmund Lester Pearson
The Trials of the Librarians

Books and MenEdmund Lester Pearson
Sir John Tenniel

Books and MenEdmund Lester Pearson
Swinburne

Books and MenEdmund Lester Pearson
Penguins

Books and MenEdmund Lester Pearson
An Unwritten Book

Books and MenEdmund Lester Pearson
Mr. Howell's Shakespearean Fantasy

Books and MenEdmund Lester Pearson
Edwin Drood Again

Books and MenEdmund Lester Pearson
Deep-Dyed Mystery

Books and MenEdmund Lester Pearson
The Constant Topic

Books and MenEdmund Lester Pearson
Von Bernhardi

Books and MenEdmund Lester Pearson
About Oscar Wilde

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Books for ChildrenEdmund Pearson

Books in Black or Red (1923)Edmund Lester Pearson
4 Reviews, 2 Readable

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A Bouillabaisse of Books (18 Reviews) Edmund Lester Pearson
I'll Show You the Town, by Elmer H. Davis
- I'll Show You the Town by Elmer H. Davis
- Adventures in the Near East, 1918-1922 by Alfred Rawlinson
- Social Politics in the United States by Frederick E. Haynes
- A Human Boy's Diary by Eden Phillpotts
- A Basket of Poses by George S. Chappell
- The Janitor's Boy by Nathalia Crane
- The Amateur Collector by George C. Williamson
- The Drama of the Law by Edward Abbott Parry
- The Social Ladder by Mrs. John King Van Rensselaer
- Smugglers and Smuggling by A. Hyatt Verrill
- American Graphic Art by Frank Weitenkampf
- Pandora Lifts the Lid by Christopher Morley and Don Marquis
- Modern Essays by Christopher Morley
- The Terriford Mystery by Mrs. Belloc Lowndes
- A Satchel Guide to Europe by William J. Rolfe
- The Magic Carpet by Mrs. Waldo Richards
- More Wild Folk by Samuel Scoville, Jr.
- The Soul of Samuel Pepys by Gamaliel Bradford

Bright and EarlyEdmund L. Pearson

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By the Autumn Fire (3 Reviews) Edmund Lester Pearson
Twelve Scots Trials, by William Roughead
- Twelve Scots Trials by William Roughead
- The Riddle of the Ruthvens, and Other Studies by William Roughead
- Glengarry's Way, and Other Stories by William Roughead

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Captain Kid (2 Reviews) Edmund Pearson
The Glorious Adventure, by Richard Halliburton
- The Glorious Adventure by Richard Halliburton
- The Early Worm by Robert Benchley

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Carthage Goes Democratic (2 Reviews) Edmund Pearson
The Road to Rome, by Robert Emmet Sherwood
- The Road to Rome by Robert Emmet Sherwood
- The Study of War for Statesmen and Citizens by George Aston

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Colonel House (Review) Edmund Pearson
The Intimate Papers of Colonel House, by Charles Seymour and Edward Mandell House
- The Intimate Papers of Colonel House by Charles Seymour and Edward Mandell House

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Come-Outers (2 Reviews) Edmund Lester Pearson
Days of Delusion, by Clara Endicott Sears
- Days of Delusion by Clara Endicott Sears
- The Conscientious Objector in America by Norman Thomas

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Comets (Review) Edmund Pearson
The Romance of Comets, by Mary Proctor
- The Romance of Comets by Mary Proctor


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Crime and Lawyers (3 Reviews) Edmund Pearson
Mass Murder, by L.C. Douthwaite
- Mass Murder by L.C. Douthwaite
- More Famous Trials by The Earl of Birkenhead
- The Milligan Case by Samuel Klaus and Lambdin P. Milligan

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The Dear Old Days (8 Reviews) Edmund Pearson
The Adventures of an Illustrator, by Joseph Pennell
- The Adventures of an Illustrator by Joseph Pennell
- John S. Sargent: His Life and Work by William Howe Downes
- John Sloan by A.E. Gallatin
- This Is the Life! by Walter Hugh McDougall
- The Man Mencken by Isaac Goldberg
- An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser
- The Overbury Mystery by Edward Abbott Parry
- The Canning Wonder by Arthur Machen

Dime Novels (1929)Edmund Pearson
Or, Following an Old Trail in Popular Literature
5 Reviews, 4 Readable

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Donellan's Still (Review) Edmund Pearson
The Fatal Countess, and Other Studies, by William Roughead
- The Fatal Countess, and Other Studies by William Roughead


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Elmer Gantry (Review) Edmund Pearson
Elmer Gantry, by Sinclair Lewis
- Elmer Gantry by Sinclair Lewis



Five Murders (1928)Edmund Pearson
With a Final Note on the Borden Case
3 Reviews, 3 Readable

The FlightEdmund L. Pearson

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For Authors During Lent (Review) Edmund Pearson
A Dictionary of Modern English Usage, by Henry W. Fowler
- A Dictionary of Modern English Usage by Henry W. Fowler

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A Forgotten Statesman (Review) Edmund Lester Pearson
The Life of Caleb Cushing, by Claude M. Fuess
- The Life of Caleb Cushing by Claude M. Fuess

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A Good Thriller (Review) Edmund Pearson
The Dawson Pedigree, by Dorothy L. Sayers
- The Dawson Pedigree by Dorothy L. Sayers

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The Great Defender (Review) Edmund Pearson
For the Defence, by Edward Marjoribanks
- For the Defence by Edward Marjoribanks


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A Guide to the Imagination (Review) Edmund Lester Pearson
Rider's New York City, by Fremont Rider
- Rider's New York City by Fremont Rider

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H.G. Wells: The Atlantic Edition (Review) Edmund Lester Pearson
The Works of H. G. Wells, by H.G. Wells
- The Works of H. G. Wells by H.G. Wells

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Heap Big Chiefs (2 Reviews) Edmund Pearson
The World of William Clissold, by H.G. Wells
- The World of William Clissold by H.G. Wells
- Debits and Credits by Rudyard Kipling


"Horace!"Edmund L. Pearson


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How to Hunt With the Camera (Review) Edmund Pearson
How to Hunt with the Camera, by William Nesbit
- How to Hunt with the Camera by William Nesbit

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How Tommy Atkins Talked (Review) Edmund Pearson
Soldier and Sailor Words and Phrases, by Edward Fraser and John Gibbons
- Soldier and Sailor Words and Phrases by Edward Fraser and John Gibbons

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Huckleberry and Sherlock (2 Reviews) Edmund Lester Pearson
Memories and Adventures, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Memories and Adventures by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Mark Twain's Autobiography by Mark Twain

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"I Sing the Pioneer" (Review) Edmund Pearson
I Sing the Pioneer, by Arthur Guiterman
- I Sing the Pioneer by Arthur Guiterman


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Jerome K. JeromeEdmund Pearson


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A Land of Innocent Lizards (Review) Edmund Lester Pearson
Galapagos: World's End, by William Beebe
- Galapagos: World's End by William Beebe


The Librarian at Play (1911)Edmund Lester Pearson
1 Review, 1 Readable


Lilies and LanguorsEdmund Lester Pearson

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Low, Rakish Craft (6 Reviews) Edmund Lester Pearson
The Pirates of the New England Coast, 1630-1730, by George Francis Dow and John Henry E...
- The Pirates of the New England Coast, 1630-1730 by George Francis Dow and John Henry Edmonds
- The Real Story of the Pirate by A. Hyatt Verrill
- The Buccaneers of America by John Esquemeling
- Smugglers and Smuggling by A. Hyatt Verrill
- The Pirates Own Book by Marine Research Society
- The Pirates' Who's Who by Philip Gosse



Masterpieces of Murder (1963)Edmund Pearson and Gerald Gross
An Edmund Pearson True Crime Reader
1 Review, 1 Readable


More Studies in Murder (1936)Edmund Pearson
2 Reviews, 2 Readable

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Murder and Mystery (Review) Edmund Lester Pearson
The Bravo Mystery and Other Cases, by John Richard Hall
- The Bravo Mystery and Other Cases by John Richard Hall

Murder at Smutty Nose, and Other Murders (1926)Edmund Pearson
4 Reviews, 3 Readable

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Murder au Fait (6 Reviews) Edmund Lester Pearson
Trial of Abraham Thornton, by Sir John Richard Hall, Bt. and Abraham Thornton, ...
- Trial of Abraham Thornton by Sir John Richard Hall, Bt. and Abraham Thornton, ...
- Trial of Mrs. Maybrick by Florence Elizabeth Chandler Maybrick and H.B. Irving, ...
- Burke and Hare (1828) by William Roughead and Brian Bailey
- Trial of Madeleine Smith by F. Tennyson Jesse and Madeleine Hamilton Smith, ...
- Trial of Oscar Slater by William Roughead and Oscar Slater
- Trial of Herbert Rowse Armstrong by Filson Young and Herbert Rowse Armstrong

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The Mysteries of Success (Review) Edmund Lester Pearson
Mayfair, by Michael Arlen
- Mayfair by Michael Arlen

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The Name for a Spade (13 Reviews) Edmund Pearson
George Washington: The Human Being and the Hero, 1732-1762, by Rupert Hughes
- George Washington: The Human Being and the Hero, 1732-1762 by Rupert Hughes
- George Washington: The Image and the Man by William E. Woodward
- Benjamin Franklin: The First Civilized American by Phillips Russell
- A Victorian American: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Herbert S. Gorman
- Horace Greeley: Founder of the New York Tribune by Don C. Seitz
- My Life and Times by Jerome K. Jerome
- Edgar Allan Poe: The Man by Mary Elizabeth Phillips
- George the Fourth by Shane Leslie
- The Days of My Life by H. Rider Haggard and C.J. Longman
- The Bowl of Heaven by Evangeline Smith Adams
- Everybody's Pepys by O.F. Morshead and Samuel Pepys
- I Have This to Say by Violet Hunt
- More Miles by Harry Kemp


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The New Books (6 Reviews) Edmund Lester Pearson
Byron, by Ethel Colburn Mayne
- Byron by Ethel Colburn Mayne
- Some Victorian Men by Harry Furniss
- Stalking Big Game with a Camera in Equatorial Africa by Marius Maxwell
- Charles Fraser by Alice R. Huger Smith and D.E. Huger Smith
- Temperamental People by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Seaborne Trade by C. Ernest Fayle

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The New Dr. Jekyll (2 Reviews) Edmund Pearson
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, by Robert Louis Stevenson
- The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson by Robert Louis Stevenson
- The True Stevenson by George S. Hellman

The Old Librarian's Almanack (1909)Edmund Lester Pearson

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Our Times (Review) Edmund Pearson
Our Times: The Turn of the Century, 1900-1904, by Mark Sullivan
- Our Times: The Turn of the Century, 1900-1904 by Mark Sullivan

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The Outline of Literature (Review) Edmund Lester Pearson
The Outline of Literature, by John Drinkwater
- The Outline of Literature by John Drinkwater


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Pleasant Diversions (2 Reviews) Edmund Pearson
Gay Nineties: A Book of Drawings, by R.V. Culter
- Gay Nineties: A Book of Drawings by R.V. Culter
- She-Shanties by A.P. Herbert

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Plutarch et Fils (10 Reviews) Edmund Pearson
Charles I in Captivity, by Gertrude Scott Stevenson
- Charles I in Captivity by Gertrude Scott Stevenson
- Palmerston, 1784-1865 by Philip Guedalla
- Twelve Great Modernists by Lawrence F. Abbott
- Emerson and Others by Van Wyck Brooks
- The Rebellious Puritan by Lloyd R. Morris
- Trumpets of Jubilee by Constance Mayfield Rourke
- George Washington: A Pictorial Biography by Joseph Dillaway Sawyer
- White House Gossip by Edna M. Colman
- Theodore Roosevelt: Hero to His Valet by James E. Amos
- The Last Victorians by Arthur A. Baumann

Queer Books (1928)Edmund Pearson
2 Reviews, 2 Readable

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Rare Birds (3 Reviews) Edmund Pearson
What the Queen Said, and Further Facetious Fragments, by Stoddard King
- What the Queen Said, and Further Facetious Fragments by Stoddard King
- When We Were Rather Older by Fairfax D. Downey
- The Conning Tower Book by Franklin P. Adams

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Reviewing the Reviewer (2 Reviews) Edmund Pearson
Notorious Literary Attacks, by Albert Mordell
- Notorious Literary Attacks by Albert Mordell
- Critical Woodcuts by Stuart P. Sherman

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Rhyme and Reason (8 Reviews) Edmund Pearson
A Sheaf of Memories, by Frank Scudamore
- A Sheaf of Memories by Frank Scudamore
- On the Trail of the Bad Men by Arthur Train
- A Poet's Proverbs by Arthur Guiterman
- The Story of the Waldorf-Astoria by Edward Hungerford
- Che-Cau-Gou: A History---A Romance by Onke Ganinwari
- Anatole France Himself: A Boswellian Record by Jean Jacques Brousson
- Poems for Youth by William Rose Benet
- Mere Mortals: Medico-Historical Essays by Charles MacLaurin

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The Rise of American Civilization (Review) Edmund Pearson
The Rise of American Civilization, by Charles A. Beard and Mary R. Beard
- The Rise of American Civilization by Charles A. Beard and Mary R. Beard


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Rough StuffEdmund Lester Pearson


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Saints and Sinners (5 Reviews) Edmund Pearson
The Letters of Queen Victoria: Second Series, 1862-1878, by George Earle Buckle and Que...
- The Letters of Queen Victoria: Second Series, 1862-1878 by George Earle Buckle and Queen Victoria
- Wellington by John Fortescue
- Beatrice Cenci by Corrado Ricci
- The Travels of Marco Polo by Manuel Komroff and Marco Polo
- The Saga of Billy the Kid by Walter Noble Burns

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A Second-Rate Robin Hood (Review) Edmund Pearson
The Rise and Fall of Jesse James, by Robertus Love
- The Rise and Fall of Jesse James by Robertus Love

The Secret Book (1914)Edmund L. Pearson
1 Review




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Side-ShowsEdmund Pearson

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The Sixth Commandment (5 Reviews) Edmund Pearson
The Rebel Earl, and Other Studies, by William Roughead
- The Rebel Earl, and Other Studies by William Roughead
- Famous Trials of History by Frederick E.S. Birkenhead
- Famous Criminals and Their Trials by Sidney Theodore Felstead and Mary Beatrice Leycester Muir, ...
- The Crime at Diana's Pool by Victor L. Whitechurch
- The Verdict of You All by Henry Wade

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The Sometimes Noble Art (2 Reviews) Edmund Lester Pearson
John L. Sullivan: An Intimate Narrative, by Roy F. Dibble
- John L. Sullivan: An Intimate Narrative by Roy F. Dibble
- The Roar of the Crowd by James J. Corbett

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Speak of Me as I Am (8 Reviews) Edmund Lester Pearson
Memoirs of an Editor, by Edward P. Mitchell
- Memoirs of an Editor by Edward P. Mitchell
- Woodrow Wilson: The Man, His Times, and His Task by William Allen White
- Robert Louis Stevenson: A Critical Biography by John A. Steuart
- The Journal of Nicholas Cresswell, 1774-1777 by Lincoln MacVeagh and Nicholas Cresswell
- Memoirs of the Notorious Stephen Burroughs of New Hampshire by Stephen Burroughs
- Francis Wilson's Life of Himself by Francis Wilson
- Clyde Fitch and His Letters by Montrose J. Moses and Virginia Gerson
- Lafcadio Hearn's American Days by Edward Larocque Tinker and Lafcadio Hearn

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The Sport of Kings (2 Reviews) Edmund Lester Pearson
Ventures in Book Collecting, by William Harris Arnold
- Ventures in Book Collecting by William Harris Arnold
- Forty Years in My Bookshop by Walter T. Spencer

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"Spring, Three One Hundred" (2 Reviews) Edmund Pearson
Murder in the Maze, by J.J. Connington
- Murder in the Maze by J.J. Connington
- The Canary Murder Case by S.S. Van Dine

Studies in Murder (1924)Edmund Lester Pearson
3 Reviews, 3 Readable


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Take This One! (Review) Edmund Lester Pearson
The Home Book of Modern Verse, by Burton Egbert Stevenson
- The Home Book of Modern Verse by Burton Egbert Stevenson

Temperance NovelsEdmund Lester Pearson

Theodore Roosevelt (1920)Edmund Lester Pearson
3 Reviews, 2 Readable

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They Are Talking About--- (6 Reviews) Edmund Pearson
Revelry, by Samuel Hopkins Adams
- Revelry by Samuel Hopkins Adams
- Wine, Women and War: A Diary of Disillusionment by Anonymous
- The Copeland Reader by Charles Townsend Copeland
- The Book of Marriage by Hermann Keyserling
- The Whispering Gallery by Hesketh Pearson
- You Can't Win by Jack Black

The Trial of Lizzie Borden (1937)Edmund Pearson
2 Reviews, 2 Readable

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Two Poets (2 Reviews) Edmund Lester Pearson
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson, by Martha Dickinson Bianchi and Emily Dickinson
- The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson by Martha Dickinson Bianchi and Emily Dickinson
- Sonnets and Verse by Hilaire Belloc


Unfettered EaglesEdmund Lester Pearson

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Useless Around the House (Review) Edmund Pearson
The Magic of Herbs, by C.F. Leyel
- The Magic of Herbs by C.F. Leyel


The Voyage of the Hoppergrass (1913)Edmund L. Pearson
1 Review, 1 Readable

WalkingEdmund Lester Pearson

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Wayfaring in America (Review) Edmund Pearson
Hawkers and Walkers in Early America, by Richardson Wright
- Hawkers and Walkers in Early America by Richardson Wright

West Injy LaneEdmund L. Pearson



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When We Were Very Young (Review) Edmund Lester Pearson
When We Were Very Young, by A.A. Milne
- When We Were Very Young by A.A. Milne

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White Magic and Black (5 Reviews) Edmund Pearson
A Million and One Nights, by Terry Ramsaye
- A Million and One Nights by Terry Ramsaye
- The History of Witchcraft and Demonology by Montague Summers
- What Really Happened by Marie Belloc Lowndes
- Murder at Smutty Nose, and Other Murders by Edmund Pearson
- Dreads and Drolls by Arthur Machen

White PeacocksEdmund L. Pearson

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Wholesale Murder (Review) Edmund Pearson
Murder for Profit, by William Bolitho
- Murder for Profit by William Bolitho

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William Roughead and His "Fatal Countess" (Review) Edmund Pearson
The Fatal Countess, and Other Studies, by William Roughead
- The Fatal Countess, and Other Studies by William Roughead

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Yankee Doodle (Review) Edmund Lester Pearson
The Day of Concord and Lexington, by Allen French
- The Day of Concord and Lexington by Allen French

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The Yankee Lord (Review) Edmund Pearson
Lord Timothy Dexter of Newburyport, Massachusetts, by John P. Marquand
- Lord Timothy Dexter of Newburyport, Massachusetts by John P. Marquand
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