Daisy's Necklace, and What Came of It

"Daisy's Necklace, and What Came of It" by Thomas Bailey Aldrich is an attempt to write in an auto-biographical sort of way, a well-meaning, but somewhat vain young gentleman, who, having flirted desperately with the Magazines, takes it into his silly head to write a novel, all the chapters of which are laid before the reader, with some running criticism by T. James Barescythe, Esquire, the book-noticer of "The Morning Glory." This humorous romp follows not just Daisy, but an entire cast of characters that show how dramatic and quirky American society has always been.