Far from the Maddening Girls

Far From the Maddening Girls by Guy Wettmore Carryl is the humorous tale about Uncle Ezra, a matchmaker, and potential young wives. Excerpt: "I was on the threshold, so to speak, of thirty when my Uncle Ezra gave his first evidence of being aware of my existence by leaving me a competency. He had never seen me, nor I him, and he misspelled my very name several times in the course of his will; but nevertheless, he contrived, in this manner, to awaken in me what I may call a posthumous affection for him…"