Word: lyme
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...fiction of the number consists of "The Mayor of Lyme Regis," by S. P. Duffield, and "Mile. Pourgeot's Cat," by H. P. Dodge. The former is a description of the struggle which the mayor of a sleepy, contented old English village goes through when he is besought by an American cousin to come to the land of "booms" and make his fortune. The peace of mind which comes to the old man when he finally comes to his senses and rids himself of the "latent germ of greediness and ambition," is delightfully portrayed...