The Edward T. LeBlanc Memorial Dime Novel Bibliography

Item - The Desire to be Beautiful

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(New York Weekly edition - source: Stanford Libraries)
(New York Weekly edition - source: Digital Library @ Villanova University)

Combined Summary

Online Full Text: Digital Library @ Villanova University (New York Weekly edition)
Stanford Digital Repository (New York Weekly edition)
Series: New York Weekly v. 32 no. 45 — page 4
New York Weekly v. 50 no. 2 — page 4
Subject / Tag: Sketch
Author: Thorn, Kate
Dates: September 24, 1877 (New York Weekly edition)
November 3, 1894 (New York Weekly edition)
First Sentence: We were all taught in our childhood that "handsome is as that handsome does." (New York Weekly edition)
Last Sentence: And it is doubtless well to teach our children to guard against inordinate vanity; but it is just as useless to tell them that beauty is of no account, as it is to tell them that the sun gives no light. (New York Weekly edition)

Known Editions

New York Weekly edition (page 4 in New York Weekly, v. XXXII, no. 45, September 24, 1877)
New York Weekly edition (page 4 in New York Weekly, v. L, no. 2, November 3, 1894)

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