George Colfax reads the Nation, despises the spoils system and votes for the best men, until his own interests make him a law-breaker. Robert Grant, a Boston judge, fills the other stories with lawyers, clients, property disputes, a romance of a soul and neighbours across the way, testing comfortable citizens’ ideals.
Shrewd, ironic stories of American manners and morals by the author of Unleavened Bread. Download the free EPUB.