1varielle
US Fiction
1. Lady Rose's Daughter, Mary Augusta Ward 4 copies on LT
2. Gordon Keith, Thomas Nelson Page 0 copies
3. The Pit, Frank Norris 0 Copies
4. Lovey Mary, Alice Hegan Rice 4 copies
5. The Virginian, Owen Wister 306 copies
6. Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch, Alice Hegan Rice 62 copies
7. The Mettle of the Pasture, James Lane Allen 1 copy
8. Letters of a Self-Made Merchant to His Son, George Horace Lorimer 0 copies
9. The One Woman, Thomas Dixon Jr. 0 copies
10. The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come, John Fox Jr.
24 copies
1. Lady Rose's Daughter, Mary Augusta Ward 4 copies on LT
2. Gordon Keith, Thomas Nelson Page 0 copies
3. The Pit, Frank Norris 0 Copies
4. Lovey Mary, Alice Hegan Rice 4 copies
5. The Virginian, Owen Wister 306 copies
6. Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch, Alice Hegan Rice 62 copies
7. The Mettle of the Pasture, James Lane Allen 1 copy
8. Letters of a Self-Made Merchant to His Son, George Horace Lorimer 0 copies
9. The One Woman, Thomas Dixon Jr. 0 copies
10. The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come, John Fox Jr.
24 copies
3oregonobsessionz
I have a copy of The Virginian, but have not read it.
The Virginian was covered in a You Must Read This segment on NPR in September 2007.
More on this book here.
The Virginian was covered in a You Must Read This segment on NPR in September 2007.
More on this book here.
5geneg
I really enjoyed Norris's The Octopus which I found interesting and prescient, aside from being a really good read.
7shmjay
I have read a book or two by Mrs Humphry Ward but not that one. Marcella is a political novel from 1897 or so.
8edwinbcn
Letters from a self-made merchant to his son
Finished reading: 1 August 2012
The autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is a biography presented as an instructive, exemplary guide to young people how to develop a successful lifestyle. It has been a steady best seller ever since its publication.
Letters from a self-made merchant to his son by George Horace Lorimer is written in the same vein. It was a best seller in its time, 1902, but is now largely forgotten. The book consists of 20 letters by a father to his son, counseling him on major issues is life. It's subtitle reads Being the Letters written by John Graham, Head of the House of Graham & Company, Pork-Packers in Chicago, familiarly known on 'Change as "Old Gorgon Graham," to his Son, Pierrepont, facetiously known to his intimates as "Piggy."
Contrary to Franklin's Autobiography, which appeals to the audience at large, Lorimer's Letters are of more specific interest to the so called nouveau riche upper class of "captains of industry". John Graham, the pork-packer, counsels his son on the relative merit of postgraduate education, frugality and various other virtues. The latter part is concerned with the question of choice of a wife. The first candidate, a spoilt daughter of a vastly rich family is resolutely rejected by father Graham, as she would soon wreck the family. The ultimate counsel is that a man needs a proper wife to take care of him, and then all should be well.
Much of the advice given by Graham to his son is, and would still be, sound, but the overbearing didactic tone of the father's voice in the letters is a bit straining. Despite its apparently different audience, Letters from a self-made merchant to his son is close to The autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, in the sense that it gives very practical advice on matters which are immediate and close to people's experience. In that aspect it is much more direct than for example Arnold Bennett's How to Live on 24 Hours a Day or The plain man and his wife which were published only a few years later, but approached lifestyle from much more elevated plane, aiming for higher values and more abstract goals. Bennett, though of humble origins, aspires to higher, aristocratic values, while Lorimer represent the much more practical class of self-made new millionaires, which was so much despised by Bennett.
Finished reading: 1 August 2012
The autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is a biography presented as an instructive, exemplary guide to young people how to develop a successful lifestyle. It has been a steady best seller ever since its publication.
Letters from a self-made merchant to his son by George Horace Lorimer is written in the same vein. It was a best seller in its time, 1902, but is now largely forgotten. The book consists of 20 letters by a father to his son, counseling him on major issues is life. It's subtitle reads Being the Letters written by John Graham, Head of the House of Graham & Company, Pork-Packers in Chicago, familiarly known on 'Change as "Old Gorgon Graham," to his Son, Pierrepont, facetiously known to his intimates as "Piggy."
Contrary to Franklin's Autobiography, which appeals to the audience at large, Lorimer's Letters are of more specific interest to the so called nouveau riche upper class of "captains of industry". John Graham, the pork-packer, counsels his son on the relative merit of postgraduate education, frugality and various other virtues. The latter part is concerned with the question of choice of a wife. The first candidate, a spoilt daughter of a vastly rich family is resolutely rejected by father Graham, as she would soon wreck the family. The ultimate counsel is that a man needs a proper wife to take care of him, and then all should be well.
Much of the advice given by Graham to his son is, and would still be, sound, but the overbearing didactic tone of the father's voice in the letters is a bit straining. Despite its apparently different audience, Letters from a self-made merchant to his son is close to The autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, in the sense that it gives very practical advice on matters which are immediate and close to people's experience. In that aspect it is much more direct than for example Arnold Bennett's How to Live on 24 Hours a Day or The plain man and his wife which were published only a few years later, but approached lifestyle from much more elevated plane, aiming for higher values and more abstract goals. Bennett, though of humble origins, aspires to higher, aristocratic values, while Lorimer represent the much more practical class of self-made new millionaires, which was so much despised by Bennett.
9vpfluke
To see how things have grown in LT.
Gordon Keith now has 17 copies.
The Pit, a story of Chicago now has 135.
The One Woman: a story of modern Utopia now has 5.
The Mettle of the Pasture now has 9.
Lovely Mary now has 23.
Sometimes the old numbers were collected before effective combining of titles had been done (e.g. whether the subtitle is listed with the work or not).
Gordon Keith now has 17 copies.
The Pit, a story of Chicago now has 135.
The One Woman: a story of modern Utopia now has 5.
The Mettle of the Pasture now has 9.
Lovely Mary now has 23.
Sometimes the old numbers were collected before effective combining of titles had been done (e.g. whether the subtitle is listed with the work or not).
102wonderY
I came looking for anyone who has read The One Woman, to see what I should do with my copy. I’m trying to clear shelves and I believe I will toss it. I’ve read another of Thomas Dixon’s books and was not at all impressed.
However, I have read several others on this year’s list. Mrs. Wiggs is about a family always having to overcome hardships, and doing so with humor and a certain flair. Lovey Mary is about an orphan girl who stumbles into the Cabbage Patch and is befriended by the gang there. Both are heartwarming.
Letters of a Self-Made Merchant to His Son is humor. Tongue in cheek all the way. There are one or two follow-up books to it as well.
However, I have read several others on this year’s list. Mrs. Wiggs is about a family always having to overcome hardships, and doing so with humor and a certain flair. Lovey Mary is about an orphan girl who stumbles into the Cabbage Patch and is befriended by the gang there. Both are heartwarming.
Letters of a Self-Made Merchant to His Son is humor. Tongue in cheek all the way. There are one or two follow-up books to it as well.
11rocketjk
>10 2wonderY: Dixon was a savagely racist author. One reads his books these days only for the historical perspective of how dark that era could be, given that his was considered in very many circles a legitimate mainstream point of view. The book made the best sellers list for its year, after all.
