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HILAIRE BELLOC
THE AFTERMATH
or
GLEANINGS FROM A BUSY LIFE
CALLED UPON THE OUTER COVER
For Purposes of Sale
CALIBAN’S GUIDE TO LETTERS
By H. B.
NEW YORK
E. P. DUTTON & CO.
☞ FURTHER AND YET MORE WEIGHTYOPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
“ ... We found it very tedious....”—TheEvening German.
(The devil “we” did! “We” was once a private in a lineregiment, drummed out for receiving stolen goods).
“ ... We cannot see what Dr. Caliban’s Guideis driving at.”—The Daily American.
(It is driving at you).
“ ... What? Again?...”—The EdinburghReview.
“ ... On y retrouve a chaque page l’orgueil etla sécheresse Anglaise....”—M. Hyppolite Durand,writing in Le Journal of Paris.
“ ... O Angleterre! Ile merveilleuse! C’estdonc toujours de toi que sortiront la Justice et laVérité....”—M. Charmant Reinach, writing inthe Horreur of Geneva.
“ ... Lasciate ogni speranza voi ch’entrate.”—SignorY. Ilabrimo (of Palermo), writing in theTribuna of Rome.
“πολλὰ τὰ δεινα κὀυδεν ἀνθρώπου δεινότερονπέλει.”—M. Negridepopoulos de Worms, writingin The “τὸ δεινον” of Athens.
“!!משאל.”—The Banner of Israel.
“——!”—The Times of London.
TO
CATHERINE, MRS. CALIBAN,
BUT FOR WHOSE FRUITFUL SUGGESTION, EVER-READY SYMPATHY,
POWERS OF OBSERVATION, KINDLY CRITICISM, UNFLINCHING
COURAGE, CATHOLIC LEARNING, AND NONE THE LESS
CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLE,
THIS BOOK MIGHT AS WELL NOT HAVE BEENWRITTEN;
IT IS DEDICATED
BY
HER OBEDIENT AND GRATEFUL SERVANT AND FRIEND
IN AFFLICTION,
THE AUTHOR.
“O, Man; with what tremors as of earth-begettings ha BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!
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