The Art of BiographyIs different from Geography.Geography is about Maps,But Biography is about Chaps.With these rhyming lines, English novelist and humorist Edmund Clerihew Bentley introduces this book and an unusual form of verse of his own invention. Bentley's four-line poems, known as "clerihews," offer satirical views of historical figures, from Edward the Confessor and Odo of Bayeux to Sir Walter Raleigh, Jane Austen, Karl Marx, Theodore Roosevelt, and many others. The witty verses are accompanied by the book's outstanding feature: whimsical full-page illustrations by G. K. Chesterton.

Biography for Beginners

Humor & Entertainment

Bentley, Edmund Clerihew

Humor

Dover `

<p>Artist, connoisseur and private detective, Philip Trent, features in this classic and unputdownable collection, comprising eleven short stories. Included are 'The Genuine Tabard', in which a clergyman and unique objets d'art are involved in a neat confidence trick; 'The Foolproof Lift', in which a blackmailing valet is found murdered; and 'The Ordinary Hairpins', in which a golden-haired opera singer commits suicide - but Trent is wisely suspicious.</p>

Trent Intervenes & Other Stories (Philip Trent, 3)

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

House of Stratus

The murder of a sadistic philanthropist sparks off an elaborate investigation led by artist and amateur criminologist Philip Trent, who had been painting the portrait of the man who was murdered. Two subsequent murders and the disappearance of an actress provide subsidiary mysteries in this inventive tale, which sees Trent in an elaborate maze created by ingenious criminal schemes.

Trent's Own Case (Philip Trent)

The Woman in Black

History

Nabu Press

Carl Schwartz burst into the living room of the Moon Valley Ranch house with fire in his eye and pathos in his voice:      "As sheur as I standing here am, dot schwein I'm going to kill!"'      "I'll jest bet yer a million dollars ter a piece o' custard pie yer don't," said Bud Morgan, rising from the lounge where he had been resting after a strenuous day in the big pasture.      "I'll pet you," shouted Carl. "Der pig pelongs mit me der same as you."      "Go ahead, then," said Bud, lying down again. "But I want ter tell yer this, and take it from me, it's ez straight ez an Injun's hair, yer kin kill yer own part o' thet hawg if yer want ter, but if my part dies I'll wallop yer plenty. I've spent too much time teachin' thet pig tricks ter lose it now."      "Vich part der pig you own, anyvay?"      "Ther best part; ther head."

Literary

1st World Library Literary Society

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. This text refers to the Bibliobazaar edition.

Religion & Spirituality

BiblioBazaar

<p>Trent Last Case: The Woman In Black is a detective novel written by Edmund Clerihew Bentley and first published in 1913. Its central character reappeared subsequently in the novel Trent's Own Case (1936) and the short-story collection Trent Intervenes (1938). Trent's Last Case is actually the first novel in which gentleman sleuth Philip Trent appears. The novel is a whodunit with a place in detective fiction history because it is the first major sendup of that genre: Not only does Trent fall in love with one of the primary suspects—usually considered a no-no—he also, after painstakingly collecting all the evidence, draws all the wrong conclusions. Convinced that he has tracked down the murderer of a business tycoon who was shot in his mansion, he is told by the real perpetrator over dinner what mistakes in logical deduction he has made in trying to solve the case. On hearing what really happened, Trent vows that he will never again attempt to dabble in crime detection.</p>

Trent's Last Case

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

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Biography for Beginners

Trent Intervenes & Other Stories (Philip Trent, 3)

Trent's Own Case (Philip Trent)

The Woman in Black

The Woman in Black

The Woman in Black

The Woman in Black

The Woman in Black

Trent's Last Case

The Woman in Black