After the sudden collapse of his uncle’s business, a young man works to establish himself in Detroit; meanwhile, a young German immigrant girl finds work as a governess in Milwaukee.
Edward Everett Hale (1822-1909), a Unitarian minister and prominent American social reformer, also wrote several novels. This one, though sometimes marred by its author’s enthusiasms, has some lively characters and several interesting settings.
A “quiet story of domestic life in America . . . , a life as homely and picturesque as any that Mrs. Gaskell or George Eliot has described.” Saturday Review, October 25, 1873
“A very characteristic story of American life . . . written with humour and pathos.” Spectator, November 29, 1873
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