In London Salon Jerry and Bellenden Dream of Sisters
In a crowded room Jerry, a bright fifteen, confides in Captain Bellenden, imagining a sisterly bond and future adventures. They joke about age, riding, and shared plans as Cecil Raymond arrives, shifting the mood and stakes. The pair trade fears and fantasies, revealing vanity and longing beneath polished manners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellenden
Jerry
Cecil
Granny
Raymond
Ethel
Thel
Jim
London
Cecil Raymond
Jerry and Cecil at Inchmavon a delicate family scene
In Inchmavon a tense family visit unpins dynamics between Cecil Bellenden and young Jerry. Jerry admires Captain Bellenden while seething at Cecil’s propriety and meddling remarks. The dinner, arm etiquette, and looming Falkirk plans shape a coming of age moment for Jerry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil
Jerry
Bellenden
Raymond
Macalister
Falkirk Trust
Palkirk Trust
Macallister
Flo
Grandmamma
Capt. Bellenden
Inchmaven
Soldiers at Home and Confederate Reunion Tales
A veteran recounts a campland whisky caper where soldiers siphoned keg liquor using rice straws, followed by a sharpshooter tale and a widower-like Bible returned to Col. Cabaniss. The piece ends with details of a Confederate reunion set for May 20 in Houston, Texas with anticipated 50,000 visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Virginia
John Barleycorn
Kentucky
Yonder Knoll
New England
Col. Cabaniss
Congress
Georgia
Express
J. I. Zahm
Toledo
Ohio
T. B. Cabaniss
Battefield
Carrick’s Ford
Paul Howards
Fourteenth
Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Mr. Zahm
Cabaniss
Mississippi
Atlanta
Zahm
Campbell
trans-Mississippi Department
John B. Gordon
Fitzhugh Lee
Houston
Texas
Adjt
Mabry
State Military
Austin
American literary chatter and Cleveland household hints
The piece surveys American editions and authors including Conan Doyle and Stevenson, notes a new Chicago Caxton club, praises Mrs. Cleveland’s literary taste, and quotes a Cleveland biographer’s view on public papers. It covers portraits, book editions, and social witticisms with period tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conan Doyle
Bookman
New American Authors’ Guild
America
Appleton
Dictionary of Biography
Edward Cary
George William Curtis
American Men of Letters
McClure
Crockett
Chicago
The
Caxton
George Moore
White House
Cleveland
Congress
Swinburne
Critic
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs. Campbell
Baron Haussman
Hector Berlioz
Paris Conservatory
Cherubini
Berlioz
Haussman
Herriot
OL. J. C. Rathboure
Kansas
West Virginia
Eleventh Union Volunteers
Roane
Wirt
Jackson
Ritchie
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Sherman
Sea
Joe Johnson
Washington
Grand Army
Leutenant
Linsey Woolsey
Rockville
Clay
Kanawha
Lee
McClellan
Meade
Hooker
Burnside
Blair
Nathan Goff
Ian
England
Eton
Elisabeth Robinson Scogil
Ladies’ Home Journal
Pearson's Weekly
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