The Delights at Dedham and the Lexington Ride
Delight Leland aids militia at Mary Draper’s Dedham home during the Lexington era. She travels by horse with family, brings food and comfort to weary troops, and shares tea while plans unfold for resistance. Archie McPhendris poses as a peddler, and Delight contends with danger and romance amid war’s strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottler
Mmothy Lyland
Audi Draper
Dedham
Cambridge
Wig
Jones
Phineas
Denppe
Esther
Draper
Delight
Atinet Salome
Aunt Draper
Dettzht
Sylvia
Burke” Horsty
Delight Leland
Delght
Phineas Jones
Boston
Elyn
Mary Draper's
Déedham Town
Marcel
Mary Draper
Uattle
Lexington
New York Fort
Eoabeth
de- Visht
Mary
Pierre
Equestrienie
Kate
Lexington Green
Mistress Draper
Archiald McPhendris
Tony
Delleht
Tie
Archie
Pitcairnu
Cures for Rheumatism in Folk Belief and Lore
A reader excerpt lists popular folk cures for rheumatism, noting no universal remedy exists. It cites buckeye nuts, red pepper in shoes, lemons and salt, copper bracelets, electric currents, whale bones, and various charms as claimed preventatives or remedies, while warning many cures lack evidence.
Literary gossip and author news from old periodicals
A fragmented literary column discusses writers and works including Onlda and la Stroga iod Other Stories, Mary Dickens preparing a new book, Archibald Guenter and his recent novel in progress, Mrs. Steele in North Wales devoted to literature and flowers, Warner's That Fortune, Burns relics, and a bookseller’s note on cover color influencing sales, with general musings on reader taste and ambition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onlda
la Stroga
Mary Dickens
Archibald Claverton Guenter
Gunter
Mra
Ora
Annie Steele
North
Wales
Dualgerth
Pennant
Charles Dudley Warner
May House
Edinburgh
Robert Louis Stevenson
Burns
Heckles
Combs
Irvine
Cummin
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Anilihe
Elart
Losiel
Jesson
Paul
Colosse
Piilemony
Ont Onesinu
Colossians
Vpaul
Christ
Jesus
Jolie
Vaal
Pit
Lesvasva
Iteviow