This pathetic little story was first issued by Mr. Mosher in a privately printed edition of 500 copies and was practically sold out before January 1, 1913. The late Dr. Weir Mitchell in a letter to the owner of the copyright said among other things: “Certainly no more beautiful piece of English has been printed of late years.” And again: “May I ask if this lady did not leave other literary products? The one you print is so unusual in style and quality and imagination that after I read it I felt convinced there must be other matter of like character.”
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Billy and Hans: My Squirrel Friends. A True History
By W. J. Stillman
950 copies, Fcap 8vo. 75 cents net
Reprinted from the revised London edition of 1907 by kind permission of Mrs. W. J. Stillman.
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Books and the Quiet Life: Being Some Pages from The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft
By George Gissing
950 copies, Fcap 8vo. 75 cents net