On a summer holiday the Reverend David Sewell kindly praises the bad poetry of Lemuel Barker, a farm boy. Lemuel takes him at his word and comes to Boston, where he is robbed, arrested, and passed from lodging house to hotel to the homes of the rich, while Sewell must face the consequences of saying pleasant things.
A wise, funny Howells novel of 1887 about class, conscience and the city, featuring the minister from The Rise of Silas Lapham. Download the free EPUB.