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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Milton's Poems edited by Thomas Warton and printed in 1791. Given to Coleridge in 1823, it bears upon almost every page notes in the poet's rather cramped, jagged handwriting, and on the fly leaf alone the dedicatory inscription the words "I bequeth this book to Win. Gillman--S. T. Coleridge, 2nd June...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Historic Volume Once in Coleridge's Possession Acquired Yesterday by Widener--Book Plate Pays Tribute to Lowes | 10/27/1927 | See Source »

Carrying one cold chicken, two gallons of tea and four tons of gasoline in a 700-horsepower Hawker-Horsley biplane, Lieutenants C. A. Carr and Lem M. S. Gillman hopped last week from Cranwell, England, bound for Karachi, India, 4,000 miles away. They missed the airdrome wall at the start by a few inches. Over Constantinople they were reported to be doing well. On leaving the Persian Gulf engine trouble developed. They were forced to descend into lukewarm waters, wrecking their Hawker-Horsley some 3,200 miles from home. Soon a ship rescued them, took them to Abadan, Persia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Near Aberdeen | 5/30/1927 | See Source »

Palmer Cox began to draw in 1863, in California, when he was 23 years old. He had some success, came to New York for more. First he drew animals and published his drawings, chiefly in magazines for children. He was asked to illustrate a poem by Arthur Gillman, The Revolt of the Alphabet, to be published in St. Nicholas. It was in the margins around this poem that the first Brownies capered and grimaced; after that the magazine rarely appeared without them. Remarkable creatures they were, about an inch high; their bodies were uncouth but agile ? spindle-shanked, with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chinese Junk* | 8/4/1924 | See Source »

...Central High. W. F. Owen '23, back, 23 170 5.8 Fairmont H. S. R. E. Rutan '23, tackle, 22 185 5.10 Hill. K. B. Smith '24, back, 20 171 5.11 Andover. A. B. Snively Jr. '23, end, 22 176 5.10 Mercersburg. E. Stinson '22, end, 21 174 6. Gillman. H. Thompson '22, back, 26 178 5.11 Los Angeles H. S. H. L. Tyson '24, end, 19 176 5.11 St. Paul...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: STATISTICS OF UNIVERSITY AND PRINCETON ELEVENS | 11/5/1921 | See Source »

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