Belles, beaux and brains of the 60's . Illustrated with One Himdred and Sixty-six Portraits G. W. DILLINGHAM COMPANY PUBLISHERS NEW YORK Copyright 1907 byT. C. De LEON Copyright 1909 byG. W. DILLINGHAM COMPANT Belles Beaux and Brains of the GOS. TO HIS COUNTRYWOMEN ON BOTH SIDES OF THE MYTHIC LINE, WHO, IN TIME OF NEED, HAVE EVER PROVED THEMSELVES WORTHY DAUGHTERS OF BRAVE SIRES, THIS BOOK IS INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR IN PLACE OF PREFACE My publishers ask for my preface. What readers I reachwill thank me for having forgotten it. It has been said that a book without a preface is a saladwithout sa
Belles, beaux and brains of the 60's . Illustrated with One Himdred and Sixty-six Portraits G. W. DILLINGHAM COMPANY PUBLISHERS NEW YORK Copyright 1907 byT. C. De LEON Copyright 1909 byG. W. DILLINGHAM COMPANT Belles Beaux and Brains of the GOS. TO HIS COUNTRYWOMEN ON BOTH SIDES OF THE MYTHIC LINE, WHO, IN TIME OF NEED, HAVE EVER PROVED THEMSELVES WORTHY DAUGHTERS OF BRAVE SIRES, THIS BOOK IS INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR IN PLACE OF PREFACE My publishers ask for my preface. What readers I reachwill thank me for having forgotten it. It has been said that a book without a preface is a saladwithout salt. Possibly: but a salad that carried with eachplate a recipe for its every ingredient and condiment,might fail of digestion. The literary kitchen is not alwaysappetizing, however dainty its perfected products mayappear. The preface is that defunct bore of Greek drama Chorusexhumed to interrupt the action. The book that needsthat is apt to prove a pretty bad one; for the prefacetells why a book is written and at what it aims. Thelatt
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