Letters to the Joneses

Josiah Gilbert Holland (1819 - 1881)

We watch our news and live our lives and see many things wrong with society today. It is easy for us to claim that things were better in "The Good Old Days."
It appears Solomon was correct when he said, "There is nothing new under the Sun," because Timothy Titcomb tackles many of the same societal ills in 1863 that we do today.
In Letters to the Joneses, we are privy to "letters" that a former Schoolmaster writes to various citizens of Jonesville. Each one deals with his pithy response to a fabricated individual who acts as a model of a type of person who is troubling himself and much of the town.
In his letters, we can find many of our own acquaintances and even ourselves. This would be fantasitc reading for young people today to learn what traits to avoid to help their own Jonesville to function as well as possible. (Summary by Keith Salis)

Genre(s): Humorous Fiction, Published 1800 -1900

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 Preface Keith Salis
00:03:05
Play 01 First Letter - To Deacon Solomon Jones Keith Salis
00:19:59
Play 02 Second Letter - To Mrs. Martha Jones Keith Salis
00:20:10
Play 03 Third Letter - To F. Mendelssohn Jones Keith Salis
00:23:36
Play 04 Fourth Letter - To Hans Sachs Jones Keith Salis
00:18:55
Play 05 Fifth Letter - To Edward Payson Jones Keith Salis
00:22:04
Play 06 Sixth Letter - To Mrs. Jessy Bell Jones Keith Salis
00:20:07
Play 07 Seventh Letter - To Salathiel Fogg Jones, Spiritualist Keith Salis
00:23:14
Play 08 Eighth Letter - To Bejamin Franklin Jones, Mechanic Keith Salis
00:19:15
Play 09 Ninth Letter - To Washington Allston Jones Keith Salis
00:21:12
Play 10 Tenth Letter - To Rev. Jeremiah Jones, D.D. Keith Salis
00:22:04
Play 11 Eleventh Letter - To Stephen Girard Jones Keith Salis
00:20:07
Play 12 Twelfth Letter - To Noel Jones Keith Salis
00:20:25
Play 13 Thirteenth Letter - To Rufus Choate Jones, Lawyer Keith Salis
00:22:01
Play 14 Fourteenth Letter - To Mrs. Royal Purple Jones Keith Salis
00:22:37
Play 15 Fifteenth Letter - To Mrs. Felicia Hemans Jones Keith Salis
00:19:41
Play 16 Sixteenth Letter - To Jehu Jones Keith Salis
00:19:30
Play 17 Seventeenth Letter - To Thomas Arnold Jones, Schoolmaster Keith Salis
00:20:47
Play 18 Eighteenth Letter - To Mrs. Rosa Hommin Jones Keith Salis
00:19:38
Play 19 Ninteenth Letter - To Jefferson Davis Jones, Politician Keith Salis
00:23:03
Play 20 Twentieth Letter - To Dr. Benjamin Rush Jones Keith Salis
00:22:12
Play 21 Twenty-First Letter - To Diogenes Jones Keith Salis
00:15:45
Play 22 Twenty-Second Letter - To Saul M. Jones Keith Salis
00:17:54
Play 23 Twenty-Third Letter - To John Smith Jones Keith Salis
00:19:54
Play 24 Twenty-Fourth Letter - To Goodrich Jones, Jr. Keith Salis
00:19:06