Word: fathers
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...which is in one act, is laid on a barren island in the South Atlantic. Robert Chilton, a rich stock broker, has been wrecked on its reefs while cruising in his yacht, the "Rover"; from all the ship's company, the only survivors were Barbara, Chilton's wife, whose father is a Gloucester fisherman, and Jabez, the boatswain. The action of the play is furnished by the struggle between the men for the possession of Barbara...
...broad scholarship and his inspiring teaching. Among his famous pupils there have been many Harvard men. His ancestors for generations have been conspicuous in the musical life of Germany. His grandfather,--Heinrich Baermann, was a famous clarinet player and an intimate friend of Mendelssohn, Meyerbeer and von Weber. The father of Carl Baermann inherited the musical talent of Heinrich, and was also a widely known composer of clarinet music...
...even a lumber-camp. On the whole, I am inclined to care most for the tale of the Idiot Boy, "Jonathan," who inadvertently slew his pet cricket. The tragedy was due to an indigestion brought on by eating dough. The end is charming: "Jonathan is 'a great hand,' his father tells me, at running a village store. But somehow I wish I could forget the dead and buried look that lurks in Jonathan's eyes." But, oh, the difference...