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Smith, F. Hopkinson : The Under Dog

Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1903

Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt lettering and decorations on front cover and spine. Fine, bright, unworn copy. 5 1/4" x 7 3/4." 332 pages, complete. Twelve black and white plates, complete. Four additional pages of advertisements for other books by F. Hopkinson Smith in the back. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Binding is tight. Francis Hopkinson Smith (1838-1915) was an American author, engineer, and artist. Smith wrote many famous stories and built the foundation of the Statue of Liberty. Front excerpt by the author: "In the strife of life some men lose place through physical weakness or lost opportunities or impaired abilities; struggle on as they may, they must always be the Under Dog in the fight. Others are misjudged--often by their fellows; sometimes by the law. If you are one of the fellows, you pass the man with a nod. If you are the law, you crush out his life with a sentence. Still others lose place from being misunderstood; from being out of touch with their surroundings; out of reach of those who, if they knew, would help; men with hearts chilled by neglect, whose smouldering coals--coals deep hidden in their nature--need only the warm breath of some other man's sympathy to be fanned back into life. Once in a while there can be met another kind, one whose poverty or uncouthness makes us shun him at sight, and yet one, if we did but know it, with a joyous melody in his heart, ofttimes in tune with our own harmonies. This kind is rare, and when found adds another ripple to our scanty stock of laughter. These Under Dogs--grave and gay--have always appealed to me. Their stories are here in the hope that they may also appeal to you." The following are the titles of the stories: "No Respecter of Persons: The Crime of Samanthy North," "No Respecter of Persons: Bud Tilden, Mail-Thief," "No Respecter of Persons: 'Eleven Months and Ten Days,'" "Cap'n Bob of the Screamer," "A Procession of Umbrellas," "'Doc' Shipman's Fee," "Plain Fin--Paper-Hanger," "Long Jim," "Compartment Number Four--Cologne to Paris," "Sammy," "Marny's Shadow," "Muffles--The Bar-Keep," and "His Last Cent.". Book. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hardcover

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