31.   Brockman, of Brockman Inc., with a penthouse office in Manhattan just off Fifth Avenue, may have more scientists as clients than any other literary agent.

32.   But a literary agent looked it over and pronounced it a real book.

33.   But as the U.S. Hispanic population grows, many literary agents are beginning to believe that Hispanic authors could eventually tap into a new, gigantic market.

34.   But from finding a literary agent to marketing a book that has been published, an author may find that age raises the bar at every step.

35.   But like other Boston-based literary agents, he figures he spends most of his time on straight publishing deals.

36.   But many industry sources, other editors, publishers, literary agents, and ad directors, have trouble putting their fingers on what Talk is.

37.   But Mrs. Tripp contends it was Lucianne Goldberg, a New York literary agent, who encouraged her to do so.

38.   But some literary agents remained concerned about the potential consolidation.

39.   Clarkson Nott Potter, a publisher, writer and literary agent who founded an imprint in his own name, died Sunday at his home in Jamestown, R.I.

40.   Connor is a literary agent.