The arm-chair at the inn / by F. Hopkinson Smith ; with illustrations by A. I. Keller, Herbert Ward and the author.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Francis Hopkinson, 1838-1915.

Contributor:

Keller, Arthur Ignatius, 1866-1924.

Ward, Herbert, 1863-1919.

Smith, Francis Hopkinson, 1838-1915.

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

American Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Genre:

Fiction.

Penn Provenance:

Smith, Francis Hopkinson (autograph) (Culture Class Collection copy)

Van Dyke, William (donor) (Culture Class Collection copy)

Physical Description:

viii pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 357 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1912.

Contents:

The marmouset

The wood fire and its friends

With special reference to a certain colony of penguins

The arrival of a lady of quality

In which the difference between a cannibal and a freebooter is clearly set forth

Proving that the course of true love never did run smooth

In which our landlord becomes both entertaining and instructive

Containing several experiences and adventures showing the wide contrasts in life

In which Madame la Marquise binds up broken heads and bleeding hearts

In which we entertain a jailbird

In which the habits of certain ghosts, goblins, bandits, and other objectionable persons are duly set forth

Why Mignon went to market

With a dissertation on round pegs and square holes

A woman's way

Apple-blossoms and white muslin.

Notes:

With half-title.

"Published August, 1912."

"Copies occur with p. 357 both numbered and unnumbered."--Cf. BAL.

Green cloth boards decorated in white and gold on front cover and spine.

Local Notes:

Culture Class Collection copy has p. 357 numbered.

Culture Class Collection copy has autograph of F. Hopkinson Smith and ms. annotation "'Herbert' Herbert Ward; 'Louis' Louis Aston Knight; 'Brierley' F. Berkeley Smith; 'Lemois' Le Remors prop. of the Inn. All the experiences actually 'happened' to the men".

Cited in:

BAL 18251

OCLC:

1418017