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Gelett Burgess

artist, art critic, poet, author and humorist (1866-1951)

Born	1866
Died	1951

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Goops and how to be them: a manual of manners for polite infants inculcating many juvenile virtues both by precept and example, with ninety drawings

by Gelett Burgess
First published in 1900 — 27 editions
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Are You a Bromide? ...

by Gelett Burgess
First published in 1906 — 14 editions
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The romance of the commonplace

by Gelett Burgess
First published in 1902 — 13 editions
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More goops and how not to be them: a manual of manners for impolite infants depicting the characteristics of many naughty and thoughtless children, with instructive illustrations

by Gelett Burgess
First published in 1903 — 13 editions
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The picaroons

by Gelett Burgess and Will Irwin
First published in 1904 — 10 editions
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The heart line: a drama of San Francisco

by Gelett Burgess
First published in 1907 — 10 editions
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The Burgess nonsense book: being a complete collection of the humorous masterpieces of Gelett Burgess ...

by Gelett Burgess First published in 1901 — 9 editions
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The maxims of Methuselah: being the advice given by the patriarch in his nine hundred sixty and ninth year to his great grandson at Shem's coming of age, in regard to women

by Gelett Burgess First published in 1907 — 6 editions
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Burgess unabridged: a new dictionary of words you have always needed

by Gelett Burgess
First published in 1914 — 6 editions
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Lady Mechante: or, Life as it should be: being divers precious episodes in the life of a naughty nonpareille; a farce in filigree

by Gelett Burgess
First published in 1909 — 5 editions
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A little sister of destiny

by Gelett Burgess
First published in 1906 — 5 editions
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The purple cow, and other nonsense.

by Gelett Burgess First published in 1961 — 5 editions

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My maiden effort: being the personal confessions of well-known American authors as to their literary beginnings

by Gelett Burgess
First published in 1921 — 5 editions
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Goop tales: alphabetically told

by Gelett Burgess First published in 1904 — 5 editions
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The reign of Queen Isyl

by Gelett Burgess
First published in 1903 — 5 editions
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The lively city o' Ligg: a cycle of modern fairy tales for city children

by Gelett Burgess
First published in 1899 — 5 editions
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Ladies in Boxes

by Gelett Burgess First published in 1942 — 4 editions

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The Rubaiyat of Omar Cayenne

by Gelett Burgess First published in 1904 — 4 editions
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The master of mysteries: being an account of the problems solved by Astro, seer of secrets, and his love affair with Valeska Wynne, his assistant

by Gelett Burgess
First published in 1912 — 4 editions
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Find the woman

by Gelett Burgess First published in 1911 — 4 editions
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artist, art critic, poet, author and humorist (1866-1951)

Born	1866
Died	1951

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OLID: OL243763A
GoodReads: 311313
ISNI: 0000000083518489
Library of Congress Names: n50045598
LibriVox: 1442
Project Gutenberg: 3732
VIAF: 3719423
Wikidata: Q15998059
Inventaire.io: wd:Q15998059

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Burgess, Gelett
Gellett Burgess
Frank Gelett Burgess
Burgess Gelett

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