Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Portfolio of Samuel G. McClure Jr.
A few words may not be amiss in giving to the friends of the young author, whose tragic death touched all who knew him so deeply, these frag mentary products of a pen that was just learning to respond to the mastery of his mind.
His childhood and youth had been that of a real boy, care-free, fond of sports and all outdoor life, in love with nature, to whom study and books were secondary to the joyous realities of living. Much the same spirit pervaded his years preparing for college and his first year at Yale.
In his second year began an awakening to the beauties of literature and with it a desire for expres sion. Few, except two or three of his intimate college friends, knew of his ambition or of the ef forts he made to achieve it. The discovery of what he had done, which is set forth in' this little volume, came after his death and was a surprise even to the members of his family.
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