Tennis Day and a Summer Banter in Coburn’s Verse
A fragmentary piece from Coburn in Century recounts a tennis scene on a summer day where a young man tries to win favor with a girl. The narrative voice notes their awkward play and a witty reply that “Love is nothing,” leaving the outcome unresolved as the sun sets.
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Coburn
Century
Boston Post
Heron Courter
Iowa
Chicago
Louisville Journal
V. C. Picayune
Nick
Ani
Solier
Mason
Burdette
The
Oregonian
Portland
Montana
Alaska
Elder Brown's Backslider On a May Morning Ride
Elder Brown departs for Maine with his donkey Balaam and a church hymn on his lips. A series of comic misadventures follows from riding to town to buying a bonnet, drinking, and a wild, farcical return, ending with Hannah's stern mercy and a dawn reconciliation.
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Maine
Elder Brown
Brown
Sreckon
Eleo
Sonny
Biag
Balaam
Hannah
St Kant
Balaan
Hannah Brown
Aleck
Essum
William
Hansen Brown
S. Edwards
Harper's Magazine
Various Opinions and Notes From Contemporary Publications
A collage of brief items notes literary commentary, college news, and religious affairs. It cites S Edwards on an 19th century scene, discusses chess legends from ancient cultures, remarks that many obtain liberal education without professional plans, and reports on Bowdoin’s president and P T Barnum's contributions. It adds data on Smith College enrollment and paths, Wheeling grammar graduates, Jesuit privileges on the Pacific coast, and Mission San Jose priest training changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdoin
Theological Seminary
Dakota
Missionary Fund
Chicago Times
P. T. Barnum
Tutt’s College
Bridgeport, Conn
Barnum Museum of National History
Hartford Courant
Seelye
Smith College
Northampton
Mass
Bawyers
Grammar Department
Public Schools
Wheeling
W. Va
Mazon
Dixon
Riordan
Pacific Coast
Archbishop Alemany
Alemany
Roman Catholic School For
Mission San Jose
Santa Clara County
Cal
Colle
Baltimore
San Francisco Chronic! Cna
Pungent Paragraphs and Snatches of Wit From The Era
A collage of quips and anecdotes from various papers recounts sharp humor on fashion vanity, dieting, flirtation rogues gallery, money totals, etiquette advice, a buckskin sighting in Oregon, butter etiquette, old South Carolina manners, and a jovial sewing society moment.
The Solitude of Steep and Silent Sleep
The piece muses on true solitude found not in crowds but in nature and sleep. It contrasts human companionship with the quiet, reserved sleep world where one wanders alone, leaving even a beloved companion behind for peaceful isolation.
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Mar
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Strothfefr Bros
Mount Desert
Senate
Jorey
Ealinty
Macon
Te Elder
Pig
Lise
Bia Phata
Thomas
Walten
Mr. Brown
Bisness
Otter
Dean
Hannah-Maria-Jemimy Goldarna
Nestle
Schrup
Pat Sorspirelows
Vantain
Nan
Contless
Bile Brown
Takloz
Jawa
Birdie
Bomes
Nancy
Nancy's Head's Red, Red As A Woodpeck's. Sorrel
Balam
Balham
Coriolanus
Rome
Honnor
Hamlet
Pala“medes
Troy
Springfield
Orion
South Carolina
City Bakery
Barton & Wachenfeld
Abi
C. B. Ross
Ross & Cish, Physicians and Surgeons
Broadway
Hawk & Gleissner’s
W. P. Seeds
Abilene, Kansas
Stambaugh & Hurd
Attorneys AT Law
First National Bank
Ailens
Abilene Bank
GML
Thomas Kirby
M. L. Potter
Woodbine P. D
Kansas
W. W. Liggett
Don
Adiness
B. Wilson
W. W. Wilson
F. B. Wilson & Son
Fireman's Fund, of
California
Union, of
North German Insurance Co
Merchants’, of
Newark
Mattoon Life Insurance Co
Illinois
Hartford Life and Annuity
Lém
Hartford
Connecticut
Western Home Nursery
Detroit
Vermont
Reflector
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