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Gelett Burgess

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artist, art critic, poet, author and humorist

Born 1866
Died 1951

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  • Cover of: Goops and how to be them: a manual of manners for polite infants inculcating many juvenile virtues both by precept and example, with ninety drawings

    Cover of edition goopshowtobethemburg Cover of edition goopshowtobethem00burg Cover of edition isbn_9781500289638 Cover of edition goopsandhowtobe01burggoog First published in 1900 — 27 editions
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  • Cover of: Are you a bromide?: or, The Sulphitic theory expounded and exemplified according to the most recent researches into the psychology of boredom, including many well-known bromidioms now in use

    Cover of edition areyouabromide00burgrich Cover of edition areyouabromideo00burggoog Cover of edition areyouabromide00burggoog Cover of edition areyoubromide00burg First published in 1906 — 14 editions
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  • Cover of: The romance of the commonplace

    Cover of edition romanceofcommonp01burg Cover of edition romanceofcommonp00burgiala Cover of edition romanceofcommonp00burgrich Cover of edition romancecommonpl00burggoog Cover of edition romancecommonpl01burggoog First published in 1902 — 13 editions
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  • Cover of: More goops and how not to be them: a manual of manners for impolite infants depicting the characteristics of many naughty and thoughtless children, with instructive illustrations

    Cover of edition moregoopshownott00burg Cover of edition moregoopsandhow00burggoog Cover of edition moregoopshownott0000gele Cover of edition moregoopshownott0000burg_u2f4 First published in 1903 — 13 editions
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  • Cover of: The heart line: a drama of San Francisco

    Cover of edition heartlinedramofs00burgrich Cover of edition heartlineadrama00burggoog First published in 1907 — 10 editions
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  • Cover of: The picaroons

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  • Cover of: The Burgess nonsense book: being a complete collection of the humorous masterpieces of Gelett Burgess ...

    First published in 1901 — 9 editions
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  • Cover of: The maxims of Methuselah: being the advice given by the patriarch in his nine hundred sixty and ninth year to his great grandson at Shem's coming of age, in regard to women

    First published in 1907 — 6 editions
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  • Cover of: Burgess unabridged: a new dictionary of words you have always needed

    Cover of edition burgessunabridg00burggoog First published in 1914 — 6 editions
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  • Cover of: Goop tales: alphabetically told

    First published in 1904 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: reign of Queen Isyl

    Cover of edition reignqueenisyl00irwigoog First published in 1903 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: The purple cow, and other nonsense.

    First published in 1961 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Lady Mechante: or, Life as it should be: being divers precious episodes in the life of a naughty nonpareille; a farce in filigree

    Cover of edition ladymechanteorl00burggoog First published in 1909 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: A little sister of destiny

    Cover of edition alittlesisterof00burgrich Cover of edition littlesisterofde00burg Cover of edition littlesisterofde00burgrich Cover of edition alittlesisterde00burggoog First published in 1906 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: My maiden effort: being the personal confessions of well-known American authors as to their literary beginnings

    Cover of edition mymaideneffortb00amergoog First published in 1921 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: The lively city o' Ligg: a cycle of modern fairy tales for city children

    Cover of edition livelycityoliggc00burg First published in 1899 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Ladies in Boxes

    First published in 1942 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Find the woman

    First published in 1911 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Mrs. Hope's husband

    First published in 1917 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: The Rubaiyat of Omar Cayenne

    First published in 1904 — 4 editions
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Photo of Gelett Burgess

artist, art critic, poet, author and humorist

Born 1866
Died 1951

Subjects

Etiquette, Etiquette for children and teenagers, American wit and humor, Fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, English language, Fiction, thrillers, general, Humor, Nonsense verses, Poetry, Vocabulary, Wit and humor, Anecdotes, Children's stories, English, Etiquette, poetry, Etymology, Humorous poetry, Juvenile Wit and humor, Little magazines, Women, American Almanacs, American Authors, American Satire, American literature

Places

California, San Francisco, San Francisco (Calif.), Boston (Mass.), Western Front

People

Omar Khayyam

Time

19th-20th centuries

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Alternative names

  • Burgess, Gelett
  • Gellett Burgess
  • Frank Gelett Burgess
  • Burgess Gelett

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December 8, 2022 Edited by mheiman merge authors
September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
May 19, 2014 Edited by Alessandro Francesco Pernice Edited without comment.
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import