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- form y The Altar Stairs ( dir. Lambert Hillyer ) 1922 New York (City) : Universal Film Manufacturing Company , 1922 Z1074318 1922 single work film/TV
Notes
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Dedication: To Prebendary H. Codrington's 'Melanesian Anthropology and Folk-Lore' and to several other books written on the subject of Melanesian life, I wish to acknowledge my indebtedness for an insight into the manners and customs of the people which an ordinary layman could not hope to obtain. G. B. L.
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Epigraph: I falter where I firmly trod/ And falling with my weight of cares/ Upon the great world's altar-stairs/ That slope through darkness up to God,/ I stretch lame hands of faith ... ('In Memoriam').
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Untitled
1914
single work
review
— Appears in: Northern Territory Times and Gazette , 18 June 1914; (p. 3)
— Review of The Altar Stairs 1907 single work novel An extensive synopsis of the 1914 edition of Lancaster's novel. -
New Books
1908
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Town and Country Journal , 23 December vol. 77 no. 2029 1908; (p. 55)
— Review of The Altar Stairs 1907 single work novel
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Untitled
1914
single work
review
— Appears in: Northern Territory Times and Gazette , 18 June 1914; (p. 3)
— Review of The Altar Stairs 1907 single work novel An extensive synopsis of the 1914 edition of Lancaster's novel. -
New Books
1908
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Town and Country Journal , 23 December vol. 77 no. 2029 1908; (p. 55)
— Review of The Altar Stairs 1907 single work novel
Last amended 5 Jul 2017 08:35:10
Subjects:
- Noumea, New Caledonia, South Pacific, Pacific Region,
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cSolomon Islands,cSouth Pacific, Pacific Region,
- New Caledonia, South Pacific, Pacific Region,
Settings:
- 1800-1899
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