Semi-autobiographical series of incidents in the life of an intellectual American family in the late 19th - early 20th Century as seen by favored daughter, Sylvia Marshall. Her father is an economics professor in a Midwestern state university and she is following in his inquisitive footsteps. Canfield writes this in a matter-of-fact manner with Tarkingtonesque good humor. ( Summary by BellonaTimes )
Chapters
1 I Sylvia's Home 22 min 2 II The Marshall's Friends 33 min 3 III Brother And Sister 26 min 4 IV Every One's Opinion Of Every One Else 14 min 5 V Something About Husbands 19 min 6 VI The Sights Of La Chance 36 min 7 VII "We Hold These Truths To Be Self-Evident..." 51 min 8 VIII Sabotage 27 min 9 IX The End Of Childhood 24 min 10 X Sylvia's First Glimpse Of Modern Civilization 21 min 11 XI Arnold's Future Is Casually Decided 18 min 12 XII One Man's Meat 16 min 13 XIII An Instrument In Tune 15 min 14 XIV Higher Education 19 min 15 XV Mrs. Draper Blows The Coals 27 min 16 XVI Playing With Matches 32 min 17 XVII Mrs. Marshall Sticks To Her Principles 30 min 18 XVIII Sylvia Skates Merrily On Thin Ice 30 min 19 XIX As A Bird Out Of A Snare 25 min 20 XX "Blow, Wind; Swell, Billow; And Swim, Bark!" 35 min 21 XXI Some Years During Which Nothing Happens 9 min 22 XXII A Grateful Carthaginian 27 min 23 XXIII More Talk Between Young Moderns 27 min 24 XXIV Another Brand Of Modern Talk 28 min 25 XXV Nothing In The Least Modern 24 min 26 XXVI Molly In Her Element 39 min 27 XXVII Between Windward And Hemlock Mountains 25 min 28 XXVIII Sylvia Asks Herself "Why Not?" 23 min 29 XXIX A Hypothetical Livelihood 27 min 30 XXX Arnold Continues To Dodge The Renaissance 18 min 31 XXXI Sylvia Meets With Pity 30 min 32 XXXII Much Ado 25 min 33 XXXIII "Whom God Hath Joined..." 14 min 34 XXXIV Sylvia Tells The Truth 33 min 35 XXXV "A Milestone Passed, The Road Seems Clear" 18 min 36 XXXVI The Road Is Not So Clear 19 min 37 XXXVII "... _His wife and children perceiving it 20 min 38 XXXVIII Sylvia Comes To The Wicket Gate 21 min 39 XXXIX Sylvia Drifts With The Majority 32 min 40 XL A Call From Home 20 min 41 XLI Home Again 19 min 42 XLII "_Strange that we creatures of the petty ways 7 min 43 XLIII "_Call now; is there any that will answer thee_?" 15 min 44 XLIV "_A bruised reed will He not break 9 min 45 XLV "_That our soul may swim 11 min 46 XLVI A Long Talk With Arnold 30 min 47 XLVII "...And All The Trumpets Sounded!" 4 min
