Solitude and Contentment in Poetic Meditation
Poem excerpt from Pope extols a simple life on paternal acres with milk, fields, shade, fire, and winter warmth. It counsels unseen, unlamented living and a quiet, self-contained existence free from public memory.
Pair Reunites Love in Paris Amid Scandal
Six years after parting in a Maine seaside village, Alvin Sutton a poor aspiring author and Kate Chamberlain reunite in Paris. Kate spurns a wealthy fiancé, proclaims true love, and they wed before her aunt and society whispers.
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Alvin Sutton
Madame Marschel
Alvin
Kate Chamberlain
Penobscot Bay
Kate
Paris
M. P
Compas
Lord R
Mrs. Chamberlain
Louise
Tam
Katel
America
Annabell Dwight
Seventy-one Degrees Below Zero in Arctic Winter Journey
Frederick Schwatka recalls an Arctic sledge journey near Hudson's Bay during December 1879 to March 1880. The party faced extreme cold with temperatures dropping to 71 below zero, insufficient reindeer food, and improvised camps as they struggled toward home.
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Frederick Schwatka
New York Times
Buck’s Great Fish River
Hudson’s Bay
A Chance Meeting Heals a Misunderstanding
Arthur Carroll and Ida Hamilton confront a ruined engagement after Ida’s father falls on hard times. years later a letter and a reunion reveal both sides erred, and the couple reconciles in a quiet, hopeful moment as she explains her sacrifice and he accepts responsibility.
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Mr. Carroll
Miss Hamilton
Arthur Carroll
Ida
Arthur
Mr. Hamilton
Hamilton
John Ainslie
Friexp Arraur
Joan Ansum
The Right Sort of a Girl Love Poem
A measured verse extols a suitable ideal maiden describing qualities of beauty kindness wit and grace. It praises gentleness dusky charm and modest ambition concluding with a vow to remain united with the beloved.
What He Did and a Beaus Ambitious Pay Rise
A father questions his daughter's beau about his trade and pay. The suitor says he is an entry clerk earning about seven dollars a week. The father muses he could become a night watchman and earn up to fifteen dollars weekly, imagining a brighter future for the couple.
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Mary
Boston Courier
Sir Moses Montefiore’s Final Se Transaction Noted
A fragment notes Montefiore’s last Se transaction involved drawing a check resent to Princess Beatrice and mentions a charming letter of presents.
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Moses Montefiore
Beatrige
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