Aladdin & Co - A Romance of Yankee Magic

Aladdin and Co by Herbert Quick is about a lovesick young delegate at the Chicago National Convention. Excerpt: "Clearly the convention hall was no place for me. "Hang the speech of the temporary chairman, anyhow!" thought I; "and as for the platform, let it point with pride, and view with apprehension, to its heart's content; it is sure to omit all reference to the overshadowing issue of the day—Alice!" All the world loves a lover, and a true lover loves all the world,—especially that portion of it similarly blessed…"