AN ingenuous reviewer once described some verses of mine as "unwholesome," because, he said, they had "a faint smell of Patchouli about them." I am a little sorry he chose Patchouli, for that is not a particularly favourite scent with me. If he had only chosen Peau d'Espagne, which has a subtle meaning, or Lily of the Valley, with which I have associations! But Patchouli will serve. Let me ask, then, in republishing, with additions, a collection of little pieces, many of which have been objected to, at one time or another, ...
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AN ingenuous reviewer once described some verses of mine as "unwholesome," because, he said, they had "a faint smell of Patchouli about them." I am a little sorry he chose Patchouli, for that is not a particularly favourite scent with me. If he had only chosen Peau d'Espagne, which has a subtle meaning, or Lily of the Valley, with which I have associations! But Patchouli will serve. Let me ask, then, in republishing, with additions, a collection of little pieces, many of which have been objected to, at one time or another, as being somewhat deliberately frivolous, why art should not, if it please, concern itself with the artificially charming, which, I suppose, is what my critic means by Patchouli? All art, surely, is a form of artifice, and thus, to the truly devout mind, condemned already, if not as actively noxious, at all events as needless. That is a point of view which I quite understand, and its conclusion I hold to be absolutely logical.
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Add this copy of Silhouettes (Limited First Edition) to cart. $15.00, good condition, Sold by Shelley and Son Books (IOBA) rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hendersonville, NC, UNITED STATES, published 1909 by Thomas B. Mosher.
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Very Good + Limited First Edition, one out of 925 copies printed on Van Gilder paper. This little book of poetry contains about 75 poems. Beige paper covers. Front and back covers each have a small lip over pages' fore-edge. Uncut fore and bottom edges. xiv, 95pp. Covers and spine have some light staining. Several pages have very small stains and minor browning, but the rest of the pages are clean. Text body is free from underlining, highlighting, or notes. Book is in very good condition. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Thomas B Mosher
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1909
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Clean pages, tight binding, soft. Silhouettes [Old World Series] by Arthur Symons. Limited edition, first edition, of 925 copies published by Thomas B Mosher in Portland, ME 1909. Clean pages, tight binding, softcovers clean and bright.
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