Word: reader
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...money he decided that he must make himself worthy before he dared to hope for the patter of little feet about the house. Meanwhile the couple have been chased by a detective, one of those fierce-faced movie detectives, to a lonely South Sea island. And here, dear reader, we will leave them. You may have three guesses as to a) whether he was really guilty of stealing the money, b) who won when he battled with the ugly old beachcomber for his wife and c) what happened in the final closeup...
...shrewd, hard-headed politician", and from Professor D. S. Muzzey's "An American History" the following passage: "A debatable question, namely, whether the abuses of the king's ministers justified armed resistance". Small wonder that Commissioner Hirshfield urged that these books be banned, for what school child reader of such partisan statements could ever resist the temptation to fly at once into the arms of the British Empire...
...significance of all which industry to the average reader is? what? This, briefly: Good reading never was cheaper, except for those who besiege the weary book clerk with cries of " I want a new book? is this 'un really...
...from the blurb: "Help us, therefore, dear reader, to give this publication the influence which it deserves throughout this Great Nation...
...your life, dear reader, has not been dotted here and there with glorious experiences, you are yourself to blame...