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Darius was pleased with himself, his men, and his acquisition. He was in one of his moods when he could charm; he was jolly, and he held up his chin. Two days before, so interested had he been in the Demy Columbian, he had actually gone through a bilious attack while scarcely noticing it! And now the whole complex operation had been brought to a triumphant conclusion.
James's Gazette. Hosken. Gale. CRICKET SONGS. By NORMAN GALE. Crown 8vo. Linen. 2s. 6d. Also a limited edition on hand-made paper. Demy 8vo. 10s. 6d. net. 'As healthy as they are spirited, and ought to have a great success. Times. 'Simple, manly, and humorous. Every cricketer should buy the book. Westminster Gazette. 'Cricket has never known such a singer. Cricket. Langbridge.
Faithful to this resolve, Captain Barker set to work to study the art in which Tristram was to be instructed, and, being by nature a hater of superficiality, determined to begin by acquainting himself with everything that had been written about the nature and habits of plants from the earliest ages to that present day. He engaged a young demy of Magdalen College, Oxford son of Mr.
Lastly, the tackle on the Demy Columbian had been loosed, and the machine, slightly askew, permitted gently to sink to full rest on the floor: and the result justified the experts. By this time people had started to eat, but informally, as it were apologetically Passover meals. Evening was at hand. The Clayhangers, later, had met at table. A strange repast! A strange father!
The books, which are designed and printed by Messrs. Constable, are issued in two editions A small edition, on the finest Japanese vellum, limited in most cases to 25 copies, demy 8vo, 21s. a volume nett; The popular edition on laid paper, crown 8vo, buckram, 3s. 6d. a volume.
"Believe me," I went on, "you might do worse. I have been in my time a demy of Magdalen College, Oxford, and retain some Greek and Latin. I'll undertake to read the Fathers with an accent that shall not offend you. My taste in wine is none the worse for having been formed in other men's cellars. Moreover, you shall engage the ugliest cook in Christendom, so long as I'm your butler.
I have been a demy of Magdalen College, Oxford, in my time, and retain some Greek and Latin. I'll undertake to read the Fathers with an accent that shall not offend you. My knowledge of wine is none the worse for having been cultivated in other men's cellars. Moreover, you shall engage the ugliest cook in Christendom, so long as I'm your butler.
The proctor and the professors were kept busy registering new students and did not pay much attention to the older ones, including Tom and his chums, who made merry. "Oh, you boys!" exclaimed Demosthenes Miller, or "Demy" as he was called the studious janitor. "Oh, you boys! Will you ever settle down?"
Thus the book is, apart from its immediate subject, a contribution to folk-lore and comparative psychology. THE THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE. By L.T. HOBHOUSE, Fellow and Tutor of Corpus College, Oxford. Demy 8vo. 21s. 'The Theory of Knowledge' deals with some of the fundamental problems of Metaphysics and Logic, by treating them in connection with one another.
I will have the calculation made of the articles you mention. I conclude you would wish to print in the usual demy 8vo. form, like Macaulay's Essays and all the other reprints from the 'E.R.
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