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Twenty-two essays on diverse subjects, along with one sonnet, less than half of which have previously appeared in book form. Mr. Cory was Santayana's associate and literary executor.
Pub Date: Sept. 1st, 1949
ISBN: 0231102771
Page count: 190pp
Publisher: Columbia Univ.
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Kirkus Reviews Issue: June 15th, 1968


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