| 单词 | bookstall |
| 例句 | Inside the bookstall I traveled to mysterious places to meet ancient beauties or terrible monsters. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z One day she walked as far as the bookstalls on College Street. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z I doubled back toward the bookstalls, puzzled by the disparity between the map and what I saw. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z As I turned away from the bookstall, I found that, by thinking his name, I had somehow conjured up Falconer, and to my dismay, he was headed directly for us. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z I knew that many of my favorite books, like the stories in Grandpa Hong’s bookstall, would be sorted away forever, declared poison under the new standards. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z If you read the books at Grandpa Hong’s bookstall, you could rent sixty picture books for thirty fen. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Grandpa Hong’s bookstall was on the corner at the entrance of our alley. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She came to the bookstall quite often and knew just where to find me on a Sunday afternoon. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The play begins in 1619, three years after his death, when a few of his former colleagues are carping about the pirated versions of his plays now cluttering London stages and bookstalls. In the Hudson Valley, Shakespeare as Man, Myth and Drinking Buddy 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z Even so, these copies sold better than most, disappeared rapidly from the bookstalls and in certain circles soon became collectable editions. Jack Vance dies aged 96: master of bold and bizarre science fiction 2013-05-29T23:13:06Z Rauschenberg was a hunter-gatherer artist, and there’s evidence in these collages of time spent browsing antiquarian bookstalls while keeping an eye on what lay underfoot on the street. Art in Review: ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG: ‘North African Collages and Scatole Personali, c. 1952’ 2012-06-28T19:24:14Z They swung round every airport bookstall carousel, didn't they?Then another plot occurred to him and he padded back to his desk. James Patterson declared world's best-paid author by Forbes magazine 2011-08-18T19:29:34Z I am no longer an armored animal as I stroll along the bookstalls and cafés with wicker tables and polite policemen with their long guns. Orphic Paris, Part XVI 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z Running on equal parts pride and panache, this everyday Paris — found in sidewalk cafés or in the bookstalls lining the Seine — is equally exciting as any of the city's grand monuments. 2010-01-12T14:05:00Z The open-air bookstalls that line the River Seine are as symbolic of Paris as the Louvre or the Arc de Triomphe. Paris Bookstalls Are Told to Relocate During Next Year’s Olympics 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z And the riverside bookstalls are not just for the tourists. 'It's wonderful,' say riverside booksellers as tourists return to Paris 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z Since there are so many bookstalls and they’re all outside, the hutches don’t end up crowded by people. With Washington libraries closed due to coronavirus, Little Free Libraries in Seattle have gained new life 2020-05-30T04:00:00Z “The bookstalls on the Left Bank were very exposed, and they got no warning from the officials,” Mr. Bonnemains said. Notre-Dame Fire Released Toxic Lead That Authorities Dismissed, Lawsuit Says 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z Mr. Privett, once nicknamed the “Sidewalk Professor,” went to Paris and New York, in part to check out the street bookstall scene. London’s Canalboat Bookstore Finds a Berth, and Success 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z A bookstall vender frantically tried to close up shop before a wave of sooty tear gas engulfed him and his kiosk. Venezuela, A Failing State 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z He parodies a typical travel-book sentence of his day: “And yet that sort of book enjoys a great, and, to me, inexplicable popularity. Amazonia, Africa, and Tibet have invaded all our bookstalls.” What We See When We Look at Travel Photography 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z Consider the plethora of business books readily available in airport bookstalls that feature the most successful companies. How the Survivor Bias Distorts Reality 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z Browsing through the pavement bookstalls in Mumbai’s Flora Fountain area, one afternoon when he was in college, he came across a copy of Life magazine. India Ink: In 'The Commuters,' a Photographer Chronicles Mumbai's Working Class 2012-04-26T07:52:37Z The bookstall yielded pencil, paper, envelope, and stamp. The Literary Sense 2012-04-02T02:00:28.147Z He and his bookstall disappeared into a toxic smoke cloud while the rest of us rushed away from the advancing police. Venezuela, A Failing State 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z A place or stand for the sale of books in the streets; a bookstall. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z At Oxford he got out to go to the bookstall. The New Rector 2012-03-22T02:00:35.997Z When he stopped it was at a second-hand bookstall, where he rummaged for a long time. An Edinburgh Eleven Pencil Portraits from College Life 2012-03-21T02:00:30.747Z Almost any old bookstall in London possesses one or more of those works, and each little volume contains at least half-a-dozen of these exquisite little gems of art. The Evolution of Photography With a Chronological Record of Discoveries, Inventions, etc., Contributions to Photographic Literature, and Personal Reminescences Extending over Forty Years 2012-02-15T03:00:30.577Z Assuredly Borrow did not spare himself in that race round the bookstalls of London to find the material which the grasping Sir Richard Phillips required from him. The Life of George Borrow 2012-01-26T03:00:14.707Z He found himself before one of the riverside bookstalls, fingering an old book, leather-bound. The Azure Rose A Novel 2011-12-31T03:00:18.657Z The grammar had cost him half a crown at a second-hand bookstall. A Hero of Romance 2011-11-30T03:00:11.457Z There are American editions I have no doubt of many besides which I have only to haunt the old bookstalls and second-hand book stores of Philadelphia assiduously enough to find. Our Philadelphia 2011-11-23T03:00:41.453Z His recollections start from the early 'sixties, when, as a boy, he got a situation as bookstall clerk, from which position he rose to be bookstall manager in various parts of the country. Feminism and Sex-Extinction 2011-11-11T03:00:29.100Z But my mother wanted some magazine from the bookstall. Across the Stream 2011-11-05T02:00:11.673Z Take a glance at any bookstall and note the garbage which lines its shelves. Leaves in the Wind 2011-10-28T02:00:25.937Z Leaving him, we went some way up the principal street; presently my wife turned into a shop, and I, observing a little bookstall, went up to it, and began to p. 337inspect the books. Wild Wales The People, Laguage & Scenery 2011-10-09T02:00:29.740Z Many of us are eye-witnesses to the fact of the rails in front of Smith's bookstalls all the way down the line wherever a train runs. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 93, November 5, 1887 2011-09-19T02:00:10.183Z The man who is looking at the railway bookstall for a good detective story knows at once what to say when he is offered the Diary of a Soul. Medieval English Literature Home University of Modern Knowledge #43 2011-09-09T02:00:56.970Z Here," the bookstall clerk had probably argued unconsciously, and quite wrongly, to himself, "is a page that will interest gentlemen and boys. Jane Oglander 2011-08-30T02:00:38.717Z This synopsis can often be picked up cheap at second-hand bookstalls; and there is a very excellent low-priced work suitable for amateurs, Grattann's "British Marine Algæ," containing recognizable figures of nearly all our native species. Sea-Weeds, Shells and Fossils 2011-08-20T02:00:11.557Z Before the book was announced he made his London arrangements, also with the lessees of the railway bookstalls. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z For a time, after Ralph and himself arrived at London, they were inseparable companions, occupying the same lodgings in Little Britain, the home of bookstalls, and sharing the same purse. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:39.793Z I don't know how he could ever have looked a bookstall in the face after what he wrote—or his fellow Australians. The Awful Australian 2011-08-11T02:00:14.850Z Charles Lamb, plotting and contriving to get an old volume from a bookstall, possibly got more pleasure from his taste than if he had been the possessor of a gigantic library. Social Rights And Duties Addresses to Ethical Societies Vol II 2011-08-05T02:00:45.557Z I can pass a bookstall on which I perceive that the ignorance of the bookseller permits him to exhibit now and then rare editions of valuable books at almost no price at all. School Reading by Grades Sixth Year 2011-07-31T02:00:11.420Z This was to search the old bookstalls and the curiosity shops, in out-of-the-way corners, for antique Bibles. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z It stared out from street corners and the fronting of bookstalls. The Men Who Wrought 2011-07-26T02:00:16.320Z The grooms in charge of them were leading them gingerly through the people, past the lighted bookstall, persuading them up the gangways into their boxes. Barnaby A Novel 2011-07-12T02:00:39.777Z I have seen on the quay at Marseilles an open bookstall, where four thousand of these songs are advertised for sale. Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) 2011-05-28T02:00:21.687Z On their way to and from church she had noticed a small bookstall, closed then of course, which from its general appearance and its situation promised a tariff of prices fitted for very shallow pockets. A Letter of Credit 2011-05-20T02:00:40.410Z Mr Farooqi was running an Islamic bookstall in Manchester when he was approached by the undercover officers, identified only by the pseudonyms Ray and Simon, in October 2008. Taliban man's 'jihad recruit bid' 2011-05-05T19:13:29Z No one could say when I should see England again, or once more browse along the bookstalls of Charing Cross Road, or drink a glass of stout at Scott's in Leicester Square. I Walked in Arden 2011-04-10T02:00:06.137Z He took his ticket in a gloomy frame of mind, and bought the Field and a sporting novel at the bookstall. Mysterious Mr. Sabin 2011-03-24T02:00:10.087Z At a later date he had also a bookstall in S. Paul’s Churchyard, and ultimately moved his printing office into the city. Fine Books 2011-03-08T03:00:40.363Z I have a strong affection for bookstalls, and had much rather buy a book at one than in a shop. My Unknown Chum 2011-03-01T03:00:38.307Z In front of the bookstall a yellow newsbill displayed the contents of a London evening paper, issued at noon. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z "Amen to that," Miss Kitty Grammont remarked, stopping for a moment after buying Truth at the bookstall and gazing solemnly into the Minister's disillusioned eyes. What Not A Prophetic Comedy 2011-02-09T03:00:50.423Z Then he paid a visit to the refreshment-room, and provided himself with an extensive luncheon basket, and finally, at the bookstall, he bought up every lady’s paper and magazine he could lay his hands upon. Mysterious Mr. Sabin 2011-03-24T02:00:10.087Z There were the Fathers, in the English version made by the Tractarians, and there was also no end of "yellowbacks" bought at Smith's bookstalls on railway journeys. Far Off Things 2011-02-04T03:00:19.967Z Mrs. Lancing bought a book and some papers at the bookstall. Capricious Caroline He turned to the bookstall and began to idly read the posters. The Man Who Rose Again Railway bookstalls were spread with literature on the subject. What Not A Prophetic Comedy 2011-02-09T03:00:50.423Z He soon found helpers among kind gentlemen and secured employment in a bookstall. What You Can Do With Your Will Power For a long time, as it seems to me, I have been talking of discoveries of books; discoveries in our own Llanddewi shelves, in the shelves of neighbours, on railway bookstalls. Far Off Things 2011-02-04T03:00:19.967Z This Grinton no longer holds the bookstalls in the palm of his hand. The Call of the Town A Tale of Literary Life The volume could be bought at any bookstall in London. Oscar Wilde: Art and Morality A Defence of "The Picture of Dorian Gray" She had interminably walked in London, gazed at shop windows, read hundreds of imbecile picture postcards on bookstalls, gone continually to many places in omnibuses. A Bed of Roses Stephens, the founder of Fenianism, had discovered him searching the second-hand bookstalls for rare editions, and enrolled him in his organization. The Trembling of the Veil It was your own fault, for you wouldn't come away from the bookstall. Bosom Friends A Seaside Story I. Design for prospectus of the "Yellow Book": a woman examining books in a box at a bookstall: black on yellow paper. Aubrey Beardsley She stood for a moment looking about her, then caught sight of Octon's tall figure by the bookstall. The Great Miss Driver But financially, 'Physiological �sthetics' was a dead failure; it wasn't the sort of work to sell briskly at the bookstalls. My First Book: the experiences of Walter Besant, James Payn, W. Clark Russell, Grant Allen, Hall Caine, George R. Sims, Rudyard Kipling, A. Conan Doyle, M.E. Braddon, F.W. Robinson, H. Rider Haggard, R.M. Ballantyne, I. Zangwill, Morley Roberts, David Christie Murray, Marie Corelli, Jerome K. Jerome, John Strange Winter, Bret Harte, "Q.", Robert Buchanan, Robert Louis Stevenson, with an introduction by Jerome K. Jerome. One of the latter, a story by Miss Braddon, he remembered purchasing at the Dover bookstall the day he had returned from Paris with Maas. The Red Rat's Daughter In addition to supplying major outlets such as libraries and schools with publications, the local bookshops also set up and operate bookstalls and book departments in rural areas, usually at industrial enterprises and farm collectives. Area Handbook for Romania The two little men popped into view not six feet in front of Herman as he was passing a sidewalk bookstall. Freudian Slip And it was at the bookstall that I saw Jack staring at the illustrated papers and jangling the money in his pockets. Captain Macedoine's Daughter For £5 enough books could be bought on an old bookstall in London to stock a village library; such as travels, tales—not despising Robinson Crusoe—and a few popular expositions of science. The Hills and the Vale They are papers sometimes much more interesting and informative than those to be procured on the bookstalls, but much gold could not buy one for a private person. Scotland Yard The methods and organisation of the Metropolitan Police Even I myself am fond of showing a first edition of “Paradise Lost” for which I gave a shilling in a London bookstall, and stating that I would not take a hundred dollars for it. Household Papers and Stories We met with them at a bookstall twenty years ago, unconscious until lately that they were due to his pencil. English Caricaturists and Graphic Humourists of the Nineteenth Century. How they Illustrated and Interpreted their Times. At last Mrs. Carlyle, in her anxiety to fill up the time, even went to the bookstall and bought some magazines for Audrey to take with her. Anxious Audrey Presently the bookstall opened; and the young man was looking at the books when he was seized by the arm. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25) Her last novel was flooding all the bookstalls; and if not of the day, was certainly the book of the hour. Berenice The very maulers of old bookstalls thrust out their tongues at at. Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) Arose on question put by Hunter as to when the ten volumes of evidence, upon which Report of Special Committee founded, would be on the bookstalls. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 98, March 1, 1890 At all the newspaper-shops, at all the bookstalls, he saw the placards of morning newspapers with lines conceived thus: Amusing Incident at the Alhambra. A Great Man A Frolic He had seen in Mr. Henchman’s bookstall a beautiful picture of a Madonna. Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance Speaking of old books, there are three or four second-hand bookstalls and stores under the arcades running along one side of the plaza, where rare and ancient tomes are sold. Aztec Land A knot of young men standing by the bookstall attracted our attention, from their constant bursts of laughter. The Harmsworth Magazine, v. 1, 1898-1899, No. 2 By a fortunate coincidence Mr. Wilson arrived at the railway depôt on his return from a game of golf with his secretary, Mr. Tumulty, as I was loitering at the bookstall. Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol 150, February 9, 1916 He had just bought an armful of current literature, and his business at the bookstall was evidently done, yet he lingered for an appreciable instant. Olive in Italy And there is quite a market place opposite, and bookstalls. Cleo The Magnificent Or, the Muse of the Real He bought her a copy of Wuthering Heights from a bookstall. The Rainbow Father is awfully good, and often picks up books for me at old bookstalls. Captain Bayley's Heir: A Tale of the Gold Fields of California We made the bundle look as respectable as we could, and started down the platform, but before we got to the bookstall we saw Mrs. Faulkner, Nina and Jack Ward. Godfrey Marten, Undergraduate He had seemed happy too, and she thought he looked younger now than he did when she first saw him standing by the bookstall at Victoria station. Olive in Italy There’s Papers for instance—my honourable friend if he will allow me to call him so—him as belongs to Smith’s bookstall. Mugby Junction Possibly he will amuse himself by reading an English magazine or novel from the bookstall. India and the Indians Doggie spent the night under the lee of the bookstall at Waterloo Station. The Rough Road It's that boy at the bookstall," I said, "let's go and change some of them, though I believe you have only picked out the ones which Mrs Faulkner wouldn't read. Godfrey Marten, Undergraduate She got to Victoria in good time, had her luggage labelled, secured a corner seat, and, having twenty minutes to spare, strolled round the bookstall, eyeing the illustrated weeklies and the cheap reprints. Olive in Italy Before the bookstall in the entrance to the Café Royal, Paul stood on the following night, with Jules Thessaly and Don. The Orchard of Tears As the Chinese boy got her things together Jane espied the bookstall. The Pagan Madonna And I am perfectly certain that under certain circumstances he would have handled it instantly, and shot me dead between the gay bookstall and the crowded trams. What I Saw in America One magazine on the bookstall told me it was exactly what I wanted for a railway journey. Waiting for Daylight You will find the volumes at all booksellers and on all railway bookstalls. More Science From an Easy Chair We shall have to go back and get the fellow at the bookstall to change it, I suppose. Vice Versa or A Lesson to Fathers She had worn those accursed beads when his father had approached her by the bookstall that afternoon. The Pagan Madonna I asked, handing Brande a copy of a novel which I had picked up at a railway bookstall. The Crack of Doom The bookstall clerk at Liverpool Street handed him The Amateur Gardener, and the old boy read it in the train. The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley I posted this letter on my way home, at a Post Office in the Hampstead Road at the junction with Edward Street, on the opposite side of which is a bookstall. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II As soon as the gate was opened, Paul went through mechanically with the others on to the platform, and waited at the bookstall while they changed the paper. Vice Versa or A Lesson to Fathers Mr. Trew left her at the bookstall to go on a journey in search of verification. Love at Paddington At Smith's bookstall Akela bought a supply of "comics" to read in the train. Stories of the Saints by Candle-Light Almost harshly honest, he yet brings out with pride a large edition of Pope that he 'nicked' from the second-hand bookstall of a heathen Chinee at Singapore. A Poor Man's House I threw the paper away, for it did not interest me, and walked up to the bookstall to select a magazine. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, August 5th, 1914 Suppose you go to the bookstall and see if you can find out any of our young friends. Vice Versa or A Lesson to Fathers At a wayside station bookstall we managed to unearth an alleged reproduction of the fair face of South Devon to replace the lost map. A Tall Ship On Other Naval Occasions Helen sat on a seat to rest till the train came up, and Cyril went over to the bookstall, keeping close to a remarkably tall foreign looking gentleman who was laughing over Tit Bits. Daisy Ashford: Her Book Our household was all of Italian, not English environment, and it was only when I went to school later that I began to ransack bookstalls. Recollections of Dante Gabriel Rossetti There they gossip in the hall, and leisurely survey the bookstall, and they would never guess it, but you have just returned from hell. Old Junk At the corner of Arundel Street is the depot of W. H. Smith and Sons, the largest book and newspaper business in the world, having the monopoly of the station bookstalls. The Strand District The Fascination of London "We'll get chocolates out of the automatic machine, and buy something to read at the bookstall," she suggested. A Patriotic Schoolgirl There's Papers, for instance,—my honorable friend, if he will allow me to call him so,—him as belongs to Smith's bookstall. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 These poems waited for two hundred and thirty years to be discovered on a street bookstall! From a Cornish Window A New Edition So we still lingered and peeped, and presently Dante sighed and went over to where the bookstall stood and began turning over some of the parchments that lay on the board. The God of Love But I will return some morning, though I know it will be hard, To Cornhill among the bookstalls, and surprise some minor bard, Turning over their old rubbish for the treasures we discard. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VIII (of X) In addition to preaching-stations, there were bookstalls where portions of the Scriptures and Christian tracts and books were disposed of. Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877 It was, apparently, a manuscript magazine modelled on those sold at railway bookstalls for sixpence. Lalage's Lovers To record that they have been hung in the Royal Academy is like saying of an author's books that they have been on sale in a railway bookstall. Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer I bought this copy second-hand on an open-air bookstall in Paris. The Samuel Butler Collection at Saint John's College Cambridge Then, sir, I would advise you to lose no time in doing so; you must visit all the bookstalls, sir, especially those in the bystreets and blind alleys. Lavengro The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest An amusing instance of indecision occurred at the bookstall the last time I was present. Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877 It occurred to him that there was a remote chance of recognition by Gros Jean, so he busied himself for an instant in a seeming scrutiny of the bookstall until they had passed. The Albert Gate Mystery Being Further Adventures of Reginald Brett, Barrister Detective At last he began to pace up and down by the bookstall. Cinderella in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales A certain young man of the working class, on his way to work every day, used to pass a bookstall situated in a narrow alley. The Book-Hunter at Home It may be taken for granted that genuine Shakespeare quartos do not occur on bookstalls, and even a rare Americana tract only occurs in the wildest dreams of the book-hunter. The Book-Hunter in London Historical and Other Studies of Collectors and Collecting The wise course is to look out for one of the earlier editions with copper plates that are constantly to be found on second-hand bookstalls. Immortal Memories Once, long ago when I was a student, I picked up a book of old plays at a bookstall in the Charing Cross Road. Afterwards Browne was coming up the platform towards the bookstall, looking forlorn and sad. Cinderella in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales Once upon a time a spotlessly clean little square octavo volume of Terence, printed in italics, caught his eye upon a bookstall. The Book-Hunter at Home Queen Charlotte, wife of George III., is reported by Robert Huish to have said to Mrs. Delany: 'You cannot think what nice books I pick up at bookstalls, or how cheap I buy them.' The Book-Hunter in London Historical and Other Studies of Collectors and Collecting The train was not due for five minutes; and to pass the interval of waiting, Toni strolled over to the bookstall in search of a paper. The Making of a Soul Within another month it was on the bookstalls. The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert No one was killed: above a hundred persons were injured, and the cause of the disturbance was traced to a bag left by the General on the platform close to the bookstall. 'That Very Mab' The wrecks of handsomely produced books of high-class literature are common on the bookstalls and barrows, as all collectors of modest means are aware. The Book-Hunter at Home A lady, with whom there were two or three children, after waiting about the pavement, at length suddenly became interested in the humble bookstall. The Book-Hunter in London Historical and Other Studies of Collectors and Collecting “Are there any books in this style to be got on that bookstall in Hanbridge Market?” he inquired of Tom. Clayhanger She did not purchase any magazines at the bookstall; the only child of a millionaire need not trouble about insurance coupons, and at two-and-twenty life is more interesting than fiction. Flaming June Claire drove to the station, whence she proposed to take a late afternoon train to the farm, deposited her boxes in the left luggage office, and strolled listlessly towards the great bookstall under the clock. The Independence of Claire Who did not think that it comprised but occasional visits to the book-shops and bookstalls, perhaps even to an auction-room, and the reading of nondescript catalogues? The Book-Hunter at Home It soon became famous for its musters and pleasant walks, its laundresses and bleachers, its cudgel-players and popular amusements, its bookstalls and ballad-sellers. The Book-Hunter in London Historical and Other Studies of Collectors and Collecting What cannot one discover on an old bookstall? Boycotted And Other Stories He was standing at a bookstall, purchasing literature to while away the hours of the journey, when he felt a hand laid on his arm and experienced a curious sinking sensation. The Daffodil Mystery Robin had picked up at a bookstall a copy of an early and quite valuable edition of Burns' poems. The Right Stuff Some Episodes in the Career of a North Briton As soon as ever you reach home with your purchases from a ramble along the bookstalls, and whenever you receive books that you have ordered through a bookseller's catalogue, collate your acquisitions carefully. The Book-Hunter at Home We have referred to Hodgson's as the centre from which nearly all the bookstalls are supplied. The Book-Hunter in London Historical and Other Studies of Collectors and Collecting Copies may occasionally be found on the bookstalls. St. Ronan's Well Thee throughout Campus Minor sought we all, Thee in the Circus, thee in each bookstall, 5Thee in Almighty Jove's fane consecrate. The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus There are separate rooms for coffee and smoking, for reading and writing; and we find a small bookstall where a boy sells guidebooks, novels, and the Swedish and German newspapers of the day. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People Books in Class Five are the outcasts of the book-world, being those decrepit volumes which stack the bookstalls and barrows in the larger towns. The Book-Hunter at Home The place appears to have greatly degenerated, and soon included bookstalls among the standings of miscellaneous dealers. The Book-Hunter in London Historical and Other Studies of Collectors and Collecting Garnet, having bought a ticket, after drawing blank at two booking offices, made his way to the bookstall. Love Among the Chickens A Story of the Haps and Mishaps on an English Chicken Farm I often bought books of a man who kept a second-hand bookstall. Real Ghost Stories Monographs on special phases of German character, thought and culture, were plentiful in the bookstalls, and translations of Bernhardi and Treitschke sold in vast numbers. On the Fringe of the Great Fight My only comfort is to go to the old bookstalls and look for books about moths and butterflies. A Flat Iron for a Farthing or Some Passages in the Life of an only Son The coincidences of the bookstall are sometimes very remarkable. The Book-Hunter in London Historical and Other Studies of Collectors and Collecting Other crowds collected at the bookstalls, and the bookstall keeper was eying with dislike men who were under the impression that they were in a free library. Love Among the Chickens A Story of the Haps and Mishaps on an English Chicken Farm When in Madrid I picked up on a second-hand bookstall a copy of a cheap Spanish version of Scio's New Testament, which bears a much earlier date than the one Borrow carried. George Borrow and His Circle Wherein May Be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished Letters Of Borrow And His Friends His only acquaintance, the clerk, was momentarily absent, so he turned to a bookstall and cigar counter, and bought some stamps. One Wonderful Night A Romance of New York At last he caught sight of a lady standing beside the bookstall. The Simpkins Plot There are between thirty and forty bookstalls or barrows here, and the place has what we may describe as a bibliopolic history, which goes back for a period of twenty years. The Book-Hunter in London Historical and Other Studies of Collectors and Collecting I would suggest that the whole story of the bookstall was a fable and that it was not from any manuscript, but from Falk, that Cagliostro received his directions. Secret Societies And Subversive Movements Assuredly Borrow did not spare himself in that race round the bookstalls of London to find the material which the grasping Sir Richard Phillips required from him. George Borrow and His Circle Wherein May Be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished Letters Of Borrow And His Friends Then as no clue could be found, he told the driver to take him to a bookstall that stocked the paper. Gilbert Keith Chesterton "I said I'd be in time to see you off, and I am; but owing to—" The lady at the bookstall turned and looked at him. The Simpkins Plot We have already seen that there were bookstalls as well as bookshops in and about the neighbourhood of Little Britain during the latter part of the seventeenth century. The Book-Hunter in London Historical and Other Studies of Collectors and Collecting A few minutes before the hour he entered the station and glanced sharply around at the many groups scattered about in the neighbourhood of the bookstall. The Golden Scorpion This volume, adorned by a hideous portrait of the author, I can well remember picking up at a bookstall for a few pence many years ago. Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country That is how it will be asked for at the bookstalls. Gilbert Keith Chesterton He was now anxious to abase himself before the lady at the bookstall. The Simpkins Plot In the way of antiquity doubtless the New Cut—as what was once Lambeth Marsh is now termed—comes next to the two East End localities above mentioned as a bookstall locality. The Book-Hunter in London Historical and Other Studies of Collectors and Collecting A day or two ago I picked up on a railway bookstall a copy of Messrs. Chatto & Windus's new sixpenny edition of The Cloister and the Hearth, and a capital edition it is. Adventures in Criticism That railway travel is not, as a rule, conducive to serious thought, may fairly be inferred from the class of literature displayed on the bookstalls at the stations. Fashionable Philosophy and Other Sketches After the lecture on the umbrella two priests saw him at the railway bookstall and asked him if the rumour was true that he was thinking of joining the Church. Gilbert Keith Chesterton The clergyman seized a handful of newspapers from the bookstall. The Simpkins Plot One of the most curious characters who ever owned a bookstall was Henry Lemoine, the son of a French Huguenot. The Book-Hunter in London Historical and Other Studies of Collectors and Collecting It may not be a favorite in the circulating libraries or on the bookstalls. Adventures in Criticism A similar phenomenon presents itself at the bookstalls, which are choked with cheap and unenticing brief tales of the deadly sins. Lost Leaders The picture of that bookstall that day is engraven in lines of light and love on the heart of every grateful reader of Jacob Behmen and of William Law’s later and richer and riper writings. Jacob Behmen an appreciation I suppose my steady look abashed him, for he muttered something about Smith's bookstall, as though I should be deceived by such a flimsy excuse. Uncle Max Between the more ambitious shop and the nondescript bookstall, there is a class or species of bookseller who deserves a niche in this place. The Book-Hunter in London Historical and Other Studies of Collectors and Collecting II These miscellaneous thoughts on the fallibility of critics were suggested to us by finding some old bound volumes of the Edinburgh Review on a bookstall, five cents each. Plum Pudding Of Divers Ingredients, Discreetly Blended & Seasoned Smith asked the guard whether he had brought any papers, and to his vexation learnt that, there being no bookstall at Mottisfont, there were none for that station. Round the World in Seven Days Hence, when my morbid curiosity is upon me, I stroll into Mudie's or the Times Book Club, or I hover round Smith's bookstall at Charing Cross. Books and Persons Being Comments on a Past Epoch 1908-1911 She went off with him to the bookstall, while I looked after her luggage, and they stood there chattering and laughing until I joined them, and then Mr. Tudor grew suddenly quiet. Uncle Max Copies are rare, but may yet be picked up on secondhand bookstalls for six or seven shillings. Nicky-Nan, Reservist And now, in his old age, he had come hither to do penance, by standing at noon-day in the market-place of Uttoxeter, on the very spot where Michael Johnson had once kept his bookstall. True Stories of History and Biography I do not, of course, mean those silly books compiled for lovers, and called the Language of Flowers, which you may find on the bookstalls with old cookery-books and dream-books. The Cathedral I had haunted the bookstalls in search of local colour and had wonderfully well invested my half-crowns. The Inheritors I went by the road, and as I was buying my paper at Smith’s bookstall the station-master told me that Mr. Fortescue had returned by a train which came in about ten minutes previously. Mr. Fortescue An Andean Romance I dare say when you go for your holiday you will get something to read at the station bookstall. Stray Thoughts for Girls On the very spot of ground, where the stranger now stood, some aged people remembered that old Michael Johnson had formerly kept his bookstall. True Stories of History and Biography Daylight next morning brought us to Bloemfontein and civilization, and what impressed me most was the fact of daily newspapers being sold at a bookstall, which sight I had not seen for many months. South African Memories Social, Warlike & Sporting from Diaries Written at the Time His father, whose home was at Lichfield, was a bookseller and had a bookstall in Uttoxeter Market, which he attended on market days. From John O'Groats to Land's End Mary was waiting for me, so she and I hastened to the bookstall, took up Frances and Lady Wentworth, went back to the barge, and then by water to Whitehall Garden stairs. The Touchstone of Fortune Max paused beside this row of tattered bookstalls, and quivered to the stab of a new pain. Max "Had this old man no son," the people would say among themselves, "who might have taken his place at the bookstall, while the father kept his bed?" True Stories of History and Biography To Maddox or to Rankin, Rankin whose books stood open on every bookstall, whose face in its beautiful photogravure portrait smiled so impenetrably, guarding the secret of success. The Divine Fire Lucian's father was late at the station, and consequently Lucian bought the Confessions of an English Opium Eater which he saw on the bookstall. The Hill of Dreams Her mind was delicate and quick, her intelligence swift and strong; she bought old books at bookstalls with pence that she saved by going without her dinner. Bebee One fancies him with the same inquisitive ferrule on the end of his stick, the same “scrutinizing hat,” the same eye for the bookstall and “the man who slices lemon into drink.” The Art of Letters He searched bookstalls on the way to the City in the morning, and lay in wait for First Editions on the way home at night. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 05 Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors Very few facts concerning him have been preserved, and indeed his very existence had been forgotten until some of his MS. were discovered on a bookstall in 1896, without, however, anything to identify the author. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature When they had thoroughly cleared the ground, the bees set about making comb for publication at the bookstall counter. A Diversity of Creatures He bought your book at the bookstall, and sat opposite me reading it. The Philanderers This very shabby man was quite close to the bookstall, while Mr Sandbach stood quite ten yards away. The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories In a few minutes the bookstall on the platform attracted them as inevitably as a prone horse attracts a crowd. The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns As he turned away from the moving carriage the evening papers had just arrived at the bookstalls. The Regent After a bath and some lunch he went out to a neighbouring bookstall and bought a railway time-table. The Moon Rock Conway's head was stretched out of the window; and he was gazing towards the bookstall. The Philanderers He's afraid of the bookstall clerk catching him at it. The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories Other people were near the bookstall, and as these people were obviously leaving Llandudno, Ruth and Nellie felt a certain solace. The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns Perhaps they may reappear, bound in blue-grey on the railway bookstalls. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, October 11, 1890 A little further on is the Rue des Grès, narrow, crowded, picturesque, one uninterrupted perspective of bookstalls and bookshops from end to end. In the Days of My Youth At the bookstall upon the platform Drake bought a copy of the Times, and whilst taking his change he was attracted by a grayish-green volume prominently displayed upon the white newspapers. The Philanderers The scene was the up-platform of Knype railway station on a summer afternoon, and, more particularly, that part of the platform round about the bookstall. The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories The bookstall clerk had several crystal paper-weights with views of the pier, the Hotel Majestic, the Esplanade, the Happy Valley, but none with a view of the Great Orme. The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns If the dirtiest old owner of the dirtiest old bookstall in Whitechapel dared to display works really recommending polygamy or suicide, his stock would be seized by the police. The Defendant Alas! he will do nothing of the kind, not, at least, if he is one of those in whom the old Adam of the bookstalls still breathes. In the Name of the Bodleian and Other Essays Then she quickly turned her back to him, walked to the bookstall, and slipped round the side of it into the waiting-room. The Philanderers There were three persons in the neighbourhood of the bookstall. The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories IT is interesting, though ill-mannered, to watch other people at a railway bookstall and guess their choice of literature from their outward appearance. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, May 14, 1919 At the railway station Rose seated herself on a shaded part of the platform, whilst her father, who was exceedingly short of sight, peered over publications on the bookstall. The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories His chief amusement was hunting through the bookstalls along the quays, and I have, amongst my old books, an early life of Raphael, which he gave me, with his name on the fly leaf. The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume I On every bookstall, in every magazine, you may find works telling people how to succeed. All Things Considered He's afraid it's the bookstall clerk that has dropped that half-sovereign. The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories Had you pursued this diversion, however, in the case of Mr. Harringay Jones as he stood before the bookstall at Paddington, you would, I fear, have been far out in your conjecture. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, May 14, 1919 One afternoon, perhaps a fortnight later, I had walked for an hour or two, and on my way back I stopped at a bookstall in the High Street. The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories In the present age we have bookworms, who wander from one bookstall to another, and there devour their daily store of knowledge. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 286, December 8, 1827 As he turned from Anonyma's side at the bookstall, he noticed a 'bus positively beckoning to him. This Is the End Then, collecting a quantity of papers and magazines from the bookstalls, I prepared myself for enjoying to the full the two hours' journey down home. Bullets & Billets We will go and sit over there, by the missionary bookstall.' Potterism A Tragi-Farcical Tract He opened a bookstall on market-days at neighbouring towns, including Birmingham, which was as yet unable to maintain a separate bookseller. Samuel Johnson I think this is most unfair to the boy at the bookstall. The Story of the Treasure Seekers He first learned mathematics by buying an old volume at a bookstall, with a spare shilling. Men of Invention and Industry Leaving him we went some way up the principal street; presently my wife turned into a shop, and I observing a little bookstall went up to it and began to inspect the books. Wild Wales: Its People, Language and Scenery Had his aim been a little more careful this humble narrative had never appeared on the Broadway bookstalls. Gulliver of Mars The upshot was that for the last hour we all fell silent, and when we reached Paris about seven o'clock my first errand was to the bookstall. Mr. Standfast It was quite a long time afterwards we saw a sort of story thing in a magazine, on the station bookstall, and that kind, sleepy-looking Editor had written it, I suppose. The Story of the Treasure Seekers He also bought for me, at a bookstall, the Greek Lexicon and the Greek New Testament, for which he paid 7s. 6d. Men of Invention and Industry Meet me at the bookstall at 3:30. Tales of Terror and Mystery To yonder bookstall, pri'thee, go, And by the "missing" prints and plates And frontispieces you shall know He lives, and "extra-illustrates"! The Love Affairs of a Bibliomaniac He found himself watching with envy the men who, as they came out from their breakfast, walked over to the bookstall, and bought cigars from the row of boxes nestling there among the newspaper piles. The Damnation of Theron Ware Once, on a Westminster bookstall, long since disappeared, I found a copy of a seventh edition of the Pursuits of Literature of T.J. De Libris: Prose and Verse Soon after I became settled here, I spent some of my leisure time in reading Emerson's 'Optics,' a work I bought at an old bookstall. Men of Invention and Industry "But you could have bought it for sixpence at the railway bookstall," said J.R.G. A Writer's Recollections — Volume 2 I remember to have heard him tell how one time, when he was a young man, he was shuffling over a lot of tracts in a bin in front of a Boston bookstall. The Love Affairs of a Bibliomaniac At ten o'clock Theron, loitering near the bookstall in the corridor, saw Father Forbes come downstairs, pass out through the big front doors, get into a carriage, and drive away. The Damnation of Theron Ware He went into the market-place at the time of business, uncovered his head, and stood there for an hour in the pouring rain, on the very spot where the bookstall used to stand. Stories Worth Rereading He felt so certain that his novel would be published that he could almost see it stacked on the bookstall behind Eleanor. The Foolish Lovers There is a bookstall, although it is not one of Smith's; and there are lots of English faces in the crowd waiting the arrival of the train. Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places Exeter Change, which stood where Burleigh Street now is, was a great building, with bookstalls and miscellaneous stalls on the ground floor and a menagerie above. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 Buel said afterwards that what hurt him most in this painful incident was the fact that if it were repeated often the bookstall clerk would lose faith in the book. One Day's Courtship "Had this old man no son," the people would say among themselves, "who might have taken his place at the bookstall while the father kept his bed?" Biographical Stories (From: "True Stories of History and Biography") She came, reluctantly so she said, to the bookstall at Charing Cross station, but only to tell him that she could not do as he wished her to do. The Foolish Lovers You will probably go slowly because of the bookstalls. The Slave of the Lamp The persuasion at last became general that the author was Lord Lyttelton, and the name of that grave good lord is occasionally still seen affixed to it on the bookstalls.' Life of Johnson, Volume 1 1709-1765 He walked to the end of the platform, and then back to the bookstall. One Day's Courtship Now and then a great woman may be found in a workhouse, like a first folio of Shakspere on a bookstall, among—oh, such companions! A Rough Shaking He felt as certain that his novel would not be published as he felt that Eleanor would not be at the bookstall at Charing Cross station when he arrived there. The Foolish Lovers Once across the bridge, turn to the right, and go along the Quay, between the lime-trees and the bookstalls. The Slave of the Lamp Tom was one of these, for he had picked up a few books on the United States at second-hand bookstalls at Portsmouth, and this prevented him from finding the voyage monotonous. In the Heart of the Rockies Fashion Plates I like loitering at the bookstalls, looking in at the windows of printshops, and romancing over the pictures I see of shepherdesses and old-fashioned Beauties. Trivia Three or four young men and boys were sorting and folding newspapers at a counter that stood on trestles before the closed-up bookstall. The Christian A Story He would go to Charing Cross station and he would stand patiently in front of the bookstall, but Eleanor would not come to meet him. The Foolish Lovers He was out of touch with current events, and had stopped at the bookstall more from force of habit than from any real interest. The Shadow of the East As I moved thus mildly and vaguely in front of the bookstall, my eye caught a sudden and scarlet title that for the moment staggered me. Tremendous Trifles Captain Hogan, I have heard, found great difficulty in obtaining 'the twelve good rules,' but at length purchased them at some London bookstall to adorn the whitewashed parlor of 'The Three Jolly Pigeons.' Oliver Goldsmith A Biography It was Saturday, the bookstall was ablaze with the picture papers, and one of them was prominently displayed at a page containing her own portrait. The Christian A Story And while these bitter thoughts poured through his mind, he entered Charing Cross station, and there in front of the bookstall was Eleanor Moore. The Foolish Lovers I speak of a man of letters,—Henry Norreys,—of whom you have doubtless heard, who, I should say, conceived an interest in you when he observed you reading at the bookstall. My Novel — Complete I wander up to the bookstall, and my faith survives even the wild spectacle of modern literature and journalism. Tremendous Trifles I speak of a man of letters,—Henry Norreys,—of whom you have doubtless heard, who, I should say, conceived an interest in you when be observed you reading at the bookstall. My Novel — Volume 07 Smith's monopoly has a bookstall there; you can get cheap Kipling and Harmsworth to any extent, and yet it is a theme for English idylls. On Nothing and Kindred Subjects He made his way towards Smithfield and stopped in front of a bookstall. The Foolish Lovers At any bookstall you may buy cheap illustrated tracts and poems setting forth his achievements. Old Calabria I arrived there in the beginning of the spring of 1850 and just previous to my arrival Catiline had appeared in the bookstalls. Early Plays — Catiline, the Warrior's Barrow, Olaf Liljekrans Think of him making me stop the other day at a bookstall, and read through an essay out of the "Spectator!" Suburban Sketches My weekly pocket-money was sixpence, and it generally went at one of the old bookstalls in the market before the week was far advanced. Memoirs of Sir Wemyss Reid 1842-1885 He saw her go down the steps and take her place in the queue of people purchasing tickets, and he walked across to the bookstall and stood there until she had obtained her ticket. The Foolish Lovers So far as shop windows, bookstalls, and hoardings go, so far as all general publicity goes, I would submit the answer is Yes. Mankind in the Making It is only a cheap copy, but I saw it on the bookstall last night, and thought you would like to have it. The Angel Adjutant of "Twice Born Men" He couldn't get by a bookstall without stopping—for half an hour, at any rate. Suburban Sketches He had his poets, 'pure gold,' he said, But the man at the bookstall shook his head, And offered a grudging half-a-crown For the five the poet had brought him down. English Poems He stood to listen to a loud-voiced man who was selling secondhand clothes, and then, turning away, found himself standing before a bookstall. The Foolish Lovers The Dodger and Charley Bates had taken Oliver out for a walk, and after sauntering along, they suddenly pulled up short on Clerkenwell Green, at the sight of an old gentleman reading at a bookstall. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 03 — Fiction Three men who had gained great fame and honour throughout the world met unexpectedly in front of the bookstall at Paddington Station. A Christmas Mystery The Story of Three Wise Men I hear," Hebblethwaite muttered, "that the bookstalls are loaded with this sort of rubbish. The Double Traitor McMurtrie had given me a sovereign and some loose silver for immediate expenses, and I stopped at the bookstall to buy myself some papers. A Rogue by Compulsion He got out at Cannon Street and went up into the main line station and to the bookstall. The Rayner-Slade Amalgamation The taxi-cab took her to a bookstall in the Strand, where she got out and purchased a railway guide. The Hampstead Mystery There were two capable young women at the bookstall, too. Mobilizing Woman-Power Every one knows the familiar look of Smith's bookstalls, with their energetic clerks, and their armies of pushing newsboys, and perchance think they were born with the railways and have grown up with them. Beneath the Banner And if Mr J. S. M. Babington wished to avail himself of the opportunity, would he write by return, and be at Charing Cross Underground bookstall at twenty past two. Tales of St. Austin's Travellers who could find no copy of the Bible in the street bookstalls of Paris, were confronted everywhere with copies of 'Roughing It'. Mark Twain I just happened to buy the thing at a bookstall, and thought it would make a good play. The Man Upstairs and Other Stories He is the more uneasy because he realizes that the theatre presents a special incitement and a special problem—a problem altogether different from that presented by the bookstall, for instance. Nonsenseorship It was he who commenced the railway bookstall business. Beneath the Banner Her maid stood waiting with the jewel-case while she went to the bookstall to buy something to read on the journey. December Love On this and other trips to New York I was always drawn by the second-hand bookstalls. Our Friend John Burroughs For a shilling how many clever little books are on sale on London bookstalls! The Life of the Fields Willy waited until the train had stopped dead, he got out carefully, and, looking through the confusion of luggage and bookstall trade, he saw Escott questioning a porter and hailing a carriage. Spring Days Smith secured the entire bookstall rights on the London and North-Western Railway, much against his father's advice. Beneath the Banner Daddy, too, seemed sometimes but a tinsel author dressed up for the occasion, and absurdly busy over books that no one ever saw on railway bookstalls. A Prisoner in Fairyland He read books, but he did not know their value, and often fancied he had made a great discovery on a bookstall of an author long ago superseded and worthless. Clara Hopgood Some by post, others by milk-cart, by carrier, by travellers; for country folk travel now, and invariably bring back papers bought at the railway bookstalls. The Life of the Fields And there he was, trying to read a little edition of Prodentius, printed at Salamanca, which he picked up at a bookstall at Galway. The Young Step-Mother I went up to the bookstall, laid down my penny without moving my lips, and took the paper in my hand in tremulous silence. Recalled to Life Indeed, there was a notice at the railway bookstall on the day he left, to the effect that the first edition was exhausted, and that a large second edition would be available almost immediately. A Prisoner in Fairyland But I am wondering now what the bookstall clerk will make of me. Not that it Matters We shall meet at the bookstall at Charing Cross railway station at one o’clock, but if anything should go wrong, send me a wire to the Club. A Duet, with an Occasional Chorus I reached them at three o'clock, having idled at second-hand bookstalls and lunched on the road. The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel The car at last ran into the station yard at Guildford, and at the bookstall Louise exchanged her books with the courteous manager. Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo Just try among the bookstalls," I replied, "and find the second volume of that book you see him reading. Words of Cheer for the Tempted, the Toiling, and the Sorrowing While one is young, and interested in persons rather than in things, there is only one profession to follow—the profession of bookstall clerk. Not that it Matters They shook hands with vigour, laughing in each other's faces; then, after a moment's pause, Warricombe drew aside from the bookstall, for sake of privacy. Born in Exile At a bookstall he saw a man buy a big timetable with a large railway map in it. Aaron's Rod He picked up financial newspapers at railway bookstalls, and in private struggled to comprehend their jargon, taking care that they never fell under his wife's eyes. The Whirlpool On returning from the bookstall, he slipped loose silver into Patty's hands. Eve's Ransom I shall be at the bookstall next Monday and I shall have to buy another copy. Not that it Matters About a score of the more out-of-the-way works in my possession belonged to some unknown person, who seems carefully to have gleaned the bookstalls a little before and after the year 1790. Sir Thomas More, or, Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society And if she turned round as in a railway station, to look at the bookstall, still she could see, with her very spine, she could see the clock, always the great white clock-face. Women in Love He took his ticket, and, having some minutes to wait, moved towards the bookstall. The Whirlpool That novel of yours showed the most extraordinary intelligence—at least as far as that blighter at the bookstall would let me read. Love Among the Chickens To be behind a bookstall is indeed to see life. Not that it Matters He read the names of the novels on the bookstall, and bought one at last, to avoid being regarded with suspicion by the book-stall clerk. To Let He re-entered the station, strolled to the bookstall, and bought a Glasgow Herald. Huntingtower I happened to be standing by you at the bookstall a moment ago. The Whirlpool I bought my ticket, and made my way to the bookstall, where, in the interests of trade, I inquired in a loud and penetrating voice if they had got Jeremy Garnet's "Manoeuvres of Arthur." Love Among the Chickens The fascination of it struck me suddenly as 1 stood in front of a station bookstall last Monday and wondered who bought the tie-clips. Not that it Matters He was standing at the bookstall, reading as much of a morning paper as could be read free under the vigilant eyes of the presiding girl. Indiscretions of Archie Chook stared at the bookstall with contempt, wondering how people found the time and patience to read. Jonah Rather than lose sixpence at the bookstall, I forgot myself. The Whirlpool After his long travel, the flat-vowelled voice of the bookstall clerk offering the latest novel sounded pleasant—pleasant the independent answers of a bearded guard, and the stodgy farewell sayings of a man and wife. The Island Pharisees The answer came to me just as I got into my train— Ask the man behind the bookstall. Not that it Matters I have my eye on all the bookstalls; and I shall no longer suffer you, when we walk together in London, to drag me past them as you used to do. Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay Volume 1 If an Esquimau came to New York, the first thing he would find on the bookstalls in all probability would be the Blubber Magazine, or some similar production written by Esquimaux for Esquimaux. Psmith, Journalist She walked to the railway station, surveyed the papers on the bookstall, and bought three—papers which would tell her what was going on in society. The Whirlpool A quiet, well-dressed man named Shelton, with a brown face and a short, fair beard, stood by the bookstall at Dover Station. The Island Pharisees The day can never be dull to the bookstall clerk. Not that it Matters I remember a whimsical story I picked up at the bookstall of the Gare de Lyon. They and I The rest of the book consists of conversations between Mr. Southey and the spirit about trade, currency, Catholic emancipation, periodical literature, female nunneries, butchers, snuff, bookstalls, and a hundred other subjects. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2 However, for the purpose of this essay, I did go to a bookstall and buy as many of these papers as I could see—a terrific number, a terrific burden to stagger away with. Yet Again George, who had wandered to the bookstall, returned to us with a wild look in his eyes. Three Men on the Bummel Conceive the holy joy of the bookstall clerk as she and her bag of shrimps— yes, he could have told at once they were shrimps—approached and asked for The Morning Post. Not that it Matters When James left the hat-cleaning shop he walked three blocks out of his way home to look over the goods of a second-hand bookstall. Strictly business: more stories of the four million Then he pulled two pennies from his pocket and gave them to Gregory, and told him to go to the station bookstall and bring back the Exchange and Mart. The Slowcoach Strange, that the evening papers I buy at the bookstall are printed in the English language. Yet Again I'll tell you how it happened: I chanced to be at the station bookstall when the train came in. Something New Our bookstall clerk doesn't wait to be asked. Not that it Matters Setting aside such bare considerations of profit, the sport given by bookstalls is full of variety and charm. The Library He is a Norman who used to sell green stuff in the streets, and afterwards set up a bookstall, in 1818, on the quay. The Brotherhood of Consolation The bookstalls teem with small, "cropped," dingy, dirty, battered Elzevirian editions of the classics, NOT "of the good date." Books and Bookmen I relieve the bookstall of nothing but a newspaper or two. And Even Now He came opposite the bookstalls and stopped short and stared with unseeing eyes at the display of popular literature. Secret Places of the Heart There were two flies waiting, two porters, a bookstall, and a refreshment room with a neglected beauty pining behind the bar. An Unsocial Socialist The trade must have been extensive in those early days, as Rashdall mentions that in 1323 there were twenty-eight sworn booksellers in Paris, besides keepers of bookstalls in the open air. The Evolution of Modern Medicine A Series of Lectures Delivered at Yale University on the Silliman Foundation in April, 1913 There’s Papers, for instance,—my honourable friend, if he will allow me to call him so,—him as belongs to Smith’s bookstall. Mugby Junction It would seem that I am one of those travellers for whom the railway bookstall does not cater. And Even Now Its sale by newsagents and bookstalls grew steadily. The New Machiavelli April 14.—Spent the whole of the afternoon in the garden, having this morning picked up at a bookstall for fivepence a capital little book, in good condition, on Gardening. Diary of a Nobody |
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