A Roaming Heiress Seeks Fame Beyond Courtship
Milly Fairfax, eighteen, faces a family verdict on her future after her father dies intestate. Rejected by kin, she plans to become an author, fleeing to London with forty pounds annuity and a vow to avoid governess work. Henry Fairfax, her cousin and would-be protector, offers marriage but she insists on independence. She later reveals her writing life at a Hampstead cottage, where Henry begins to suspect her secret identity as a literary writer.
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Mabel
Henry Fairfax
Ife
Thad
Henry
Faiy
Mary Ann
Milly
Lecome Mywife
Ilenry
Fale
Tan
London
Sam
Ian
Tecan
Trope
Sappho
Corinne
Chance
Stani
Amy
Mildred Fairfax
Cousin Henry
Mildred
Srephel
Hampstead
Nan de Phime
Roast Turkey Prank at College Involving Turkey and Wire
Two students in a college room hatch a prank by suspending a dressed turkey from a wire over the mantel. A tutor visits, suspects cooking fumes, and finds only bones and a note reading send another. The lower room appropriates the dangling turkey, and the duo are dubbed the books.
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George Coleman
George
Shenley
Myself
Tie
Mohammed
Heaven
Earth
Family of kittens and mother cat in sunlit porch scene
A narrator observes a mother cat resting while her four kittens play nearby. The piece reflects on care, poverty, and the inevitability of life and death, noting the kittens’ carefree play and the mother’s quiet devotion before summarizing human concerns about provision and future. Timothy Lecand Mix comments on appearance versus reality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timothy Lecand
The Negroes Cotton Gathering Expose in Colorful Detail
A Hilton Mead letter describes extensive slave labor on cotton islands, paid at $1 per hundred pounds, overseen by assistants and clerks. It notes high yields aboard a steamboat with bags made by enslaved people, the value of island cotton, and plans to compensate loyal owners, with further remarks on holiday labor and management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilton Mead
Col. Nobles
Massa
New York
France
Power of the Wild Children and Moods in Family Life
Timothy Titcomb argues moods arise from will and can be controlled. He notes children and adults alike often blame moods for poor behavior, but urges deliberate effort to shake off irritability. He cites parental discipline as a catalyst for emotional release and asserts healthful self-control as a duty.
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John
Timothy Titcomb
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Ladies’ Own Journal
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Fairax
Animal
Maykry
Mons. Chailly
Gorrilla
Scotland
Rascal
Ilz
Ines
Bulwer Lytton
Mr. Wig
Gins
Migs
Power of the Wild
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