Arthur Johnson Memorial Library

Poems in praise of practically nothing (Record no. 733)

082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 811 Hof
Item number 14
090 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED LC-TYPE CALL NUMBER (OCLC); LOCAL CALL NUMBER (OCLC)
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092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC)
Classification number 811 Hof
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Hofferstein, Samuel frey50
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Poems in praise of practically nothing
Statement of responsibility, etc by Samuel Hoffenstein
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Name of publisher, distributor, etc Garden City Publishishing Co., Inc.
Date of publication, distribution, etc 1939
Place of publication, distribution, etc New York
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 217 p.
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Title Poem; Songs to break the tedium of riding a bicycle, seeing one's friends, or heartbreak; Verses demonstrating that no man can be unhappy amid the infinite variety of this world, and giving the reader chouice of several titiles, the author's favorite being, "some play golf and some do not"; Poems of passion carefully restrained so as too offend nobody; Psalm; Poems intended to incite the utmost depression; Poems in praise of practically nothing; Notes for a superfluous poem; A garden of verses for the little ones, including orphans and step-children, and their parents and guardians also; Pancea; Songs about life and brighter things yet; A survey of the entire earthly panorama, animal, vegetable, and mineral, with appropriate comment by the author, of a philosophic, whimsical, humorous, or poetic nature -- A truly remarkable undertaking; Songs for an old fashioned lute; Litany before election; the mimc muse; Songs of faith in the year after next; Anthropological note; Interlude, for a solitary flute; Songs of fairly utter despair; Carol for the day after christmas; Love songs, at once tender and informative -- An unusual combination in verses of this character; Epilogue
650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element American Poetry
Chronological subdivision 20th Century
650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Humor (grappigheden)
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Koha item type 800 - 899
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Holdings
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  Arthur Johnson Memorial Library Arthur Johnson Memorial Library 811 Hof 19308 2007-07-31