This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897 edition. Excerpt: ...man, in the description of a horse's gallop, 'skimming along within a yard of the ground.' Who shall trust a man's nimble eyes after this, when habit, and credulity have taught him? Not an inch nearer the ground goes the horse of fact at a gallop than at a walk. But Dr. Holmes's vigilance helps him to somewhat ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897 edition. Excerpt: ...man, in the description of a horse's gallop, 'skimming along within a yard of the ground.' Who shall trust a man's nimble eyes after this, when habit, and credulity have taught him? Not an inch nearer the ground goes the horse of fact at a gallop than at a walk. But Dr. Holmes's vigilance helps him to somewhat squalid purpose in his studies of New England inland life. Much careful literature besides has been spent, after the example of Elsie Venner and the Autocrat, upon the cottage worldliness, the routine of abundant and common comforts achieved by a distressing household industry, the shrillness, the unrest, the best-parlour emulation, the ungraceful vanity, of Americans of the country-side and the country-town; upon their affections made vulgar by undemonstrativeness, and their consciences made vulgar by demonstrativeness--their kindness by reticence, and their religion by candour. As for the question of heredity and of individual responsibility which Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes proposes in Elsie Venner, it is strange that a man whom it had sincerely disquieted K should present it--not in its own insolubility but--in caricature. As though the secrets of the inherited body and soul needed to be heightened by a bit of burlesque physiology! It is in spite of our protest against the invention of Elsie's horrible plight--a conception and invention which Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes should feel to be essentially frivolous--that the serpent-maiden moves us deeply by her last 'Good night, ' and by the gentle phrase that tells us 'Elsie wept.' But now, if Dr. Holmes shall succeed in proposing the question of separate responsibility so as to convince every civilised mind of his doubts, there will be curiously little change wrought thereby in the discipline...
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Good+ with no dust jacket. Staining on rear board. A bit of light rubbing to spine extremities, and some wear at tips of bottom corners. Spine a bit sunned, with some tiny spotting. Gilt on spine somewhat faded, but still readable. Colored pencil dot and an erasure on top of front flyleaf. Page edges and margins age-darkened. Else pages clean.; EYH14C; 7 x 4.5"; 106 pages.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. 8vo. Bound in Cloth. Gilt lettering on front board and spine. Backstrip is split in two and hanging off but is attached. Light foxing on beginning pages up until page 6. Pages untrimmed. Some pencil markings throughout. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 300grams, ISBN:
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Near Fine. Later printing. 16mo. 106pp. Decorative green cloth with gilt, top edge gilt. Near fine with bumped edges, foxing on the pages, and a tear on the front free endpaper.
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