A weary scribe gives up a walking tour because he cannot stand nature, a rosebud flirts through Lent, a reformer is gently mocked, and a shop girl answers a petition for an eight-hour day. Baker’s light verse moves among ballrooms, record offices and summer resorts, poking fun at fashionable New York with rhyme and polish.
Elegant American vers de société of the 1870s, for readers who enjoy Praed and Locker-Lampson. Download the free EPUB.