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Syringa vulgaris is a large deciduous shrub or multi-stemmed small tree, growing to 6–7 m (20–23 ft) high. It produces secondary shoots from the base or roots, with stem diameters up to 20 cm (8 in), which in the course of decades may produce a small clonal thicket. [1]
The Mystery at Lilac Inn is the fourth volume in the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories series. It was first published in 1930 under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene. [1] Mildred Wirt Benson was the ghostwriter of the 1930 edition. [2] In 1961, Harriet Stratemeyer Adams extensively revised the novel, creating a completely different story. The original ...
She likes to welcome others under her roof: it is a book full of buried hints and encouragements." [3] Francesca Wade in the Financial Times concludes: "Each of Smith's stories is a gem: fast-paced and incongruous, every situation made immediately intriguing by deft detail and sharply humorous dialogue. Throughout the book runs a wry impatience ...
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A book is a garden you can carry in your pocket." -Arabian proverb "Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counsellors, and the most patient of teachers." -Charles W. Eliot "The contents of someone's bookcase are part of his history, like an ancestral portrait." -Anatole Broyard
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Havemeyer was a trustee of the American Museum of Natural History [58] He and his brothers gave Havemeyer Hall for a School of Mines to Columbia University as a memorial for their father Frederick C. Havemeyer Jr. who studied at Columbia College from 1821 to 1823. [59] Havemeyer gave a school to the Town of Greenwich, Connecticut. [60]