Written by Charles C. Bombaugh
Facts and fancies for the curious from the harvest-fields of literature
by Charles C. BombaughThe electrotype plates of a compilation which maintained remarkable popularity for more than thirty years, “Gleanings for the Curious from the Harvest Fields of Literature,” having been destroyed in the fire which wrecked the extensive plant of the J. B. Lippincott Company in November, 1899, the publishers requested the compiler to prepare a compan..