This 1903 fiction by Charles Eustace Merriman is presented in a series of letters from a son to his wealthy father, who is a self-made merchant. The work begins with a letter where Pierrepont Graham, a new Freshman at Harvard, writes to his father, John, in Chicago, about how he and the University are getting along together and writes more to him giving various interesting accounts of his life. These entertaining letters are full of wit and humor and keep the reader engrossed throughout. Excerpt from the book: “I know you will accuse me of lack of the business promptness which is the red label on your brand of success, but I really couldn't answer your letter before. I have been trying to reconcile your maxims of life with the real thing, and I had to get busy and keep so. Reconciliation has not yet come, leastwise not so as you would notice it.”
