Word: schoolmarm
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...From Shirt Sleeves to Shirt Sleeves" and "The Story of Thorgeir the Unlucky" are contributed by R. W. Herrick and H. Bates, respectively. The former tells of the ambitions and disappointments of Eben Williams and the "schoolmarm." The scene of the latter is laid in Iceland. It is written in the old English style, which the author has been particularly happy in catching. The description of the combat is rather improbable, but the story as a whole has great literary merit...