Preliminaries
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EM Haynes
Bought of Tuttle Co.
Aug. 9 1914
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Helen S. Gerson
Aug. 9 1914
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JOSEPH AND HIS FRIEND:
A Story of Pennsylvania.
BY
BAYARD TAYLOR.
The better angel is a man right fair;
The worser spirit a woman colour'd ill.
Shakspeare: Sonnets.
NEW YORK:
G. P. PUTNAM & SONS,
FOURTH AVENUE AND TWENTY-THIRD STREET.
LONDON:
S. Low, Son & Marston.
1870.
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Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1870, by
BAYARD TAYLOR,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.
The New York Printing Company,
81, 83, and 85 Centre St.,
New York.
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Preface
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* To those who prefer quiet pictures of life to startling
incidents, the attempt to illustrate the development of
character to the mysteries of an elaborate plot, and the presentation
of men and women in their mixed strength and
weakness to the painting of wholly virtuous ideals and
wholly evil examples: who are as interested in seeing moral
and intellectual forces at work in a simple country community
as on a more conspicuous plane of human action: who
believe in the truth and tenderness of man's love for man,
as of man's love for woman: who recognize the trouble
which confused ideas of life and the lack of high and intelligent
culture bring upon a great portion of our country
population,—to all such, no explanation of this volume is
necessary. Others will not read it.
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CONTENTS.
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I. Joseph 1
II. Miss Blessing 11
III. The Place and People 22
IV. Miss Blessing calls on Rachel Miller 31
V. Elwood's Evening, and Joseph's 43
VI. In the Garden 53
VII. The Blessing Family 66
VIII. A Consultation 81
IX. Joseph and his Friend 89
X. Approaching Fate 101
XI. A City Wedding 113
XII. Clouds 123
XIII. Presentiments 133
XIV. The Amaranth 142
XV. A Dinner Party 155
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XVI. Joseph's Trouble, and Philip's 168
XVII. A Storm 179
XVIII. On the Railroad Track 190
XIX. The “Wharf-rat” 201
XX. A Crisis 208
XXI. Under the Water 218
XXII. Kanuck 231
XXIII. Julia's Experiment 242
XXIV. Fate 256
XXV. The Mourners 268
XXVI. The Accusation 280
XXVII. The Labels 290
XXVIII. The Trial 303
XXIX. New Evidence 315
XXX. Mr. Blessing's Testimony 325
XXXI. Beginning another Life 337
XXXII. Letters—I. Joseph to Philip 348
XXXIII. All are Happy 357
Taylor, Bayard, 1825-1878 [1870], Joseph and his friend: a story of Pennsylvania (G. P. Putnam & Sons, New York) [word count] [eaf715T].