"The Witches of New York" by Q. K. Philander Doesticks is a satirical novel that critiques the world of fortune-telling and the influence of witches in New York City during the mid-19th century. Thr……続きを見る
Q. K. Philander Doesticks' "Nothing to Say" is a masterful work that satirizes the literary pretensions and cultural follies of 19th century America. With a playful yet incisive literary style, Does……続きを見る
The first undertaking of the author of these pages will be to convince his readers that he has not set about making a merely funny book, and that the subject of which he writes is one that challenge……続きを見る
It is not pretended that this volume is a work of inspiration, or that any portion of it has been revealed by accommodating "Spirits" through the "Medium" of those crack-brained masculine women, or ……続きを見る
THERE were no two horses to be seen winding along the base of a precipitous hill; and there were no dark-looking riders on those horses which were not to be seen; and it wasn't at the close of a dus……続きを見る
In "The Witches of New York," Q. K. Philander Doesticks weaves a captivating tapestry of early 19th-century New York, exploring the intertwined lives of society'Äôs eccentric women and the spectral ……続きを見る
In a literary point of view this book claims nothing:
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In a literary point of view this book amounts to nothing.
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It is year 2026. Orion Bachman, an engineering student working for his family's business, is on his way home from night at the wine bar when he comes across a man being beaten mercilessly just steps……続きを見る
The largest sale of human chattels that has been made in Star-Spangled America for several years, took place on Wednesday and Thursday of last week, at the Race-course near the City of Savannah, Geo……続きを見る
No Hall, Nowhere; No Castle, no Villa, no Place, Court, or Terrace; Who didn’t write “Junius,” or “Nothing to Wear,” I mention this fact in advance, that Miss P** May not strive to embezzle the laur……続きを見る