Word: bluff
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Dates: during 1900-1900
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...story is somewhat unlikely. "Belknap Inn," by R. W. Child, and "Vanitas Vanitatum," by F. M. Class, are both well told, the former with some descriptive power, the latter with a good insight into the characters which it contains. By far the most original story, however, is "The Bluff of Rogers," by R. W. Ruhl. It is full of a droll humor that lightens what would otherwise be a rather sombre tale, and besides some admirable touches of description, the "moral" of the story is brought out forcibly and without affectation...