Raymond Macdonald Alden (1873-1924) was an American scholar and educator, born in New Hartford, N. Y. He studied at Rollins College, Fla., and at the University of Pennsylvania, from which he graduated in 1894. In 1894-95 he was instructor in English at Columbian (now George Washington) University; in 1896-97 assistant in English at Harvard; and in 1898-99 senior fellow in English at the University of Pennsylvania. He was chosen to fill the position of assistant professor of English literature and rhetoric at Leland ...
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Raymond Macdonald Alden (1873-1924) was an American scholar and educator, born in New Hartford, N. Y. He studied at Rollins College, Fla., and at the University of Pennsylvania, from which he graduated in 1894. In 1894-95 he was instructor in English at Columbian (now George Washington) University; in 1896-97 assistant in English at Harvard; and in 1898-99 senior fellow in English at the University of Pennsylvania. He was chosen to fill the position of assistant professor of English literature and rhetoric at Leland Stanford, Jr., University in 1899, then became associate professor there in 1909. He accepted the chair of English at the University of Illinois in 1911. He edited several plays of Shakespeare and other Elizabethan dramatists and in 1910 an edition of Thoreau's Walden. Alden also became known as a contributor to educational journals and short stories to magazines. In 1913 he edited an edition of Shakespeare's Sonnets and A Lover's Complaint. His writings include: The Art of Debate (1900), Consolation: An Ode (1903) and Why the Chimes Rang (1906).
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Fair. Hardcover. Ex-library, with stamps throughout and card pocket, etc. Pictorial cover with the boards covered in a buckram cloth. Boards are discolored and dirty. Age-toned pages with fingerprint smudges throughout. The sewn (re) binding is still in nice shape. Book does not twist and there are no loose pages. The board tips are bumped with scraping to the edges and lightly dented spine ends. There is a bowing to the book. Textblock has darkened. Book remains quite readable. 247 pages.
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Acceptable. Acceptable condition. No Dust Jacket Former Library book. (Short Stories, Juvenile Fiction) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.
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Good. Good condition. (children, fiction, christmas, short stories) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
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Good. Reprint. Illustrated by Katharine Sturges. Frontispiece loose and laid in, tear on another illustration, lengthy pencil, pen and crayon notations, front hinge cracked, extremities frayed and worn, marker on front board title, spine mottled, a good only copy lacking the dustwrapper.
