"THE VILLAGE GOSSIPS WONDERED WHO HE WAS, WHAT HE WAS,WHAT HE CAME FOR, AND HOW LONG HE INTENDED TO STAY."

QUINCY
ADAMS
SAWYER

AND

Mason's Corner Folks

A PICTURE OF NEW
ENGLAND HOME LIFE

BY

CHAS. FELTON PIDGIN

B   o   s   t   o   n
C.  M.  CLARK
PUBLISHING COMPANY
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Respectfully dedicated tothe Memory of the lateHON JAMESRUSSELL  LOWELLthe perusal of whosef a m o u s   p o e m"T h e   C o u r t i n"supplied the inspirationthat led to the writingof this book.

AUTHOR'S PREFACE.

QUINCY ADAMS SAWYER'S

only title was plain "Mr." His ancestorswere tradesmen, merchants, lawyers, politicians,and Presidents. He, too, was proudof his honored ancestry, and I have endeavoredin this book to have him live up toan ideal personification of gentlemanly qualitiesfor which the New England standardshould be fully as high as that of OldEngland; in fact, I see no reason why theheroes of American novels, barring the singlematter of hereditary titles, should not comparefavorably as regards gentlemanly attributeswith their English cousins across theseas.

C.F.P.

Gray Chambers,
Boston, October, 1902.

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
CHAPTER I. THE REHEARSAL
CHAPTER II. MASON'S CORNER FOLKS
CHAPTER III. THE CONCERT IN THE TOWN HALL
CHAPTER IV. ANCESTRY VERSUS PATRIOTISM
CHAPTER V. MR. SAWYER MEETS UNCLE IKE
CHAPTER VI. SOME NEW IDEAS
CHAPTER VII. "THAT CITY FELLER"
CHAPTER VIII. CITY SKILL VERSUS COUNTRY MUSCLE
CHAPTER IX. MR. SAWYER CALLS ON MISS PUTNAM
CHAPTER X. VILLAGE GOSSIP
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