The Further Adventures of Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason's Corner Folks

The Further Adventures of Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason's Corner Folks

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The Further Adventures of Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason's Corner Folks by Charles Felton Pidgin

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"To do that any story must be 'going some,' and that is just what the new book does. It goes all the time without a dull page or line."--The Boston Globe

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government. It must not be inferred that the members of the Council are aristocrats--far from it, but with the lieutenant-governor they form a "house of lords" which may or may not agree with the policies of the chief magistrate. They can aid him greatly, or they can "clip his wings" and materially curb his freedom of action. The Council is a relic of the old provincial and colonial days, its inherited aristocratic body clothed in democratic garments. As its duties could be performed by the Senate without loss of dignity, and with pecuniary saving, its retention as a part of the body politic is due to the "let well enough alone" policy of the American citizen which has supplanted the militant, progressive democracy of his forefathers.

At the end of the short corridor was the office of the Executive Secretary and his stenographer from which, through an opening hung with portières, one passed into the general reception room where the faithful messenger stood guard, authorized to learn the busines

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