From Jest to Earnest by Edward Payson Roe

23 Sep 2019·
Edward Payson Roe
Edward Payson Roe
· 2 min read

"He vindicates his right to use the talent which God has given him for the instruction and interest of the thousands who read his works." — New York Evangelist.


"The hero is simple, strong, and manly; much such a man as Mr. Lincoln must have been had he turned his attention to theology instead of politics." — New York World.


"It is surprising to find how genuinely interesting his stories always are. There is nothing of the vulgarly sensational about them." — Eclectic Magazine.

Book Contents

  • Reviews
  • Preface.
  • 1 A Practical Joke.
  • 2 The Victim.
  • 3 Puzzled And Interested.
  • 4 A Little Pagan.
  • 5 Plain Talk.
  • 6 A Sleigh-ride And Something More.
  • 7 Another Spell Than Beauty’s.
  • 8 Finding One’s Level.
  • 9 “The Other Set.”
  • 10 Human Nature.
  • 11 A Possible Tragedy.
  • 12 Miss Marsden Asks Sombre Questions.
  • 13 A Lover Quenched.
  • 14 Lottie A Mysterious Problem.
  • 15 Hemstead Sees “Our Set.”
  • 16 How Woman Makes Or Mars.
  • 17 Midnight Vigils.
  • 18 Hemstead’s Heavy Gun And Its Recoil.
  • 19 The Preacher Taught By The Pagan
  • 20 The Dawning Light.
  • 21 Misunderstood.
  • 22 “You Must Wait And See.”
  • 23 A Rationalist Of The Old School.
  • 24 The Terror Of A Great Fear.
  • 25 A True Knight.
  • 26 On A Crumbling Ice-floe.
  • 27 The Meeting And Greeting.
  • 28 The Trail Of Love.
  • 29 Hemstead’s Advice, And Lottie’s Colors.
  • 30 Around The Yule-log.
  • 31 Under The Mistletoe.
  • 32 The Christmas Sunday.
  • 33 The End Of The “Jest.”
  • 34 Loyal.
  • 35 Mr. Dimmerly Concludes To “Meddle.”
  • 36 A Night In The Snow.
  • 37 In Earnest.
  • Copyright Information

Publication Information

  • Lutheran Library edition first published: 2019-09-23
  • Updated: 2019-09-23
  • Copyright: CC BY 4.0