Chapter II · Chapter 2

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.

put in effect

From this reading She invited me to her study and wanted to know what I meant to accomplish in life and urged me to write.

slightly open

From this reading A valuable friend was found in Miss Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, who had just published her _Gates Ajar_.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Next a few months at Andover for music lessons--piano and organ.

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From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.

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From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.

a borough of New York City

From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.

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From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.

past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading "I have so much work called for now that I cannot keep up my contributions to _The Youth's Companion_.

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From this reading "I have so much work called for now that I cannot keep up my contributions to _The Youth's Companion_.

a friend who is frequently in the company of another

From this reading "I have so much work called for now that I cannot keep up my contributions to _The Youth's Companion_.

plural of “contribution” — the effort contributed by a person in bringing about a result

From this reading "I have so much work called for now that I cannot keep up my contributions to _The Youth's Companion_.

a college in New Hampshire

From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.

an administrator in charge of a division of a university or college

From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.

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From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.

daughter of George VI who became the Queen of England and Northern Ireland in 1952 on the death of her father (1926-)

From this reading A valuable friend was found in Miss Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, who had just published her _Gates Ajar_.

plural of “experience” — the accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities

From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.

the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear

From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number

From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.

your parents

From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Next a few months at Andover for music lessons--piano and organ.

set up or found

From this reading A valuable friend was found in Miss Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, who had just published her _Gates Ajar_.

a person you know well and regard with affection and trust

From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.

United States computer entrepreneur whose software company made him the youngest multi-billionaire in the history of the United States (born in 1955)

From this reading A valuable friend was found in Miss Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, who had just published her _Gates Ajar_.

United States journalist with political ambitions (1811-1872)

From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading A valuable friend was found in Miss Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, who had just published her _Gates Ajar_.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading "I have so much work called for now that I cannot keep up my contributions to _The Youth's Companion_.

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading A valuable friend was found in Miss Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, who had just published her _Gates Ajar_.

(Old Testament) king of Judah who abolished idolatry (715-687 BC)

From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.

set up or lay the groundwork for

From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.

past form of “invite” — increase the likelihood of

From this reading She invited me to her study and wanted to know what I meant to accomplish in life and urged me to write.

and nothing more

From this reading A valuable friend was found in Miss Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, who had just published her _Gates Ajar_.

cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”

From this reading "I have so much work called for now that I cannot keep up my contributions to _The Youth's Companion_.

be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about

From this reading She invited me to her study and wanted to know what I meant to accomplish in life and urged me to write.

plural of “lesson” — a unit of instruction

From this reading Next a few months at Andover for music lessons--piano and organ.

a room where books are kept

From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.

a characteristic state or mode of living

From this reading She invited me to her study and wanted to know what I meant to accomplish in life and urged me to write.

United States prizefighter who was world heavyweight champion for 12 years (1914-1981)

From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.

the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field

From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading She invited me to her study and wanted to know what I meant to accomplish in life and urged me to write.

inflected form of “mean” — mean or intend to express or convey

From this reading She invited me to her study and wanted to know what I meant to accomplish in life and urged me to write.

fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind

From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.

plural of “month” — one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year

From this reading Next a few months at Andover for music lessons--piano and organ.

to a great degree or extent

From this reading "I have so much work called for now that I cannot keep up my contributions to _The Youth's Companion_.

an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner

From this reading Next a few months at Andover for music lessons--piano and organ.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.

not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered

From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.

immediately following in time or order

From this reading Next a few months at Andover for music lessons--piano and organ.

in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events

From this reading "I have so much work called for now that I cannot keep up my contributions to _The Youth's Companion_.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.

past form of “offer” — make available or accessible, provide or furnish

From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.

a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function

From this reading Next a few months at Andover for music lessons--piano and organ.

have ownership or possession of

From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.

a workman employed to pack things into containers

From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.

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From this reading A valuable friend was found in Miss Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, who had just published her _Gates Ajar_.

a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds

From this reading Next a few months at Andover for music lessons--piano and organ.

a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)

From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.

the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving)

From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.

someone who supervises (an examination)

From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.

someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university

From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.

prepared and printed for distribution and sale

From this reading A valuable friend was found in Miss Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, who had just published her _Gates Ajar_.

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From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.

not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness

From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.

cut with a saw

From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.

a French marshal who distinguished himself in the War of the Austrian Succession (1696-1750)

From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading She invited me to her study and wanted to know what I meant to accomplish in life and urged me to write.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading "I have so much work called for now that I cannot keep up my contributions to _The Youth's Companion_.

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From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.

plural of “story” — a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program

From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.

United States painter best known for his portraits of George Washington (1755-1828)

From this reading A valuable friend was found in Miss Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, who had just published her _Gates Ajar_.

a detailed critical inspection

From this reading She invited me to her study and wanted to know what I meant to accomplish in life and urged me to write.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading "I have so much work called for now that I cannot keep up my contributions to _The Youth's Companion_.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading She invited me to her study and wanted to know what I meant to accomplish in life and urged me to write.

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading "I have so much work called for now that I cannot keep up my contributions to _The Youth's Companion_.

past form of “urge” — force or impel in an indicated direction

From this reading She invited me to her study and wanted to know what I meant to accomplish in life and urged me to write.

the act of using

From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.

having great material or monetary value especially for use or exchange

From this reading A valuable friend was found in Miss Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, who had just published her _Gates Ajar_.

desired or wished for or sought

From this reading She invited me to her study and wanted to know what I meant to accomplish in life and urged me to write.

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading A valuable friend was found in Miss Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, who had just published her _Gates Ajar_.

used to ask for information about something

From this reading She invited me to her study and wanted to know what I meant to accomplish in life and urged me to write.

which person or people

From this reading A valuable friend was found in Miss Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, who had just published her _Gates Ajar_.

exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity

From this reading "I have so much work called for now that I cannot keep up my contributions to _The Youth's Companion_.

produce a literary work

From this reading She invited me to her study and wanted to know what I meant to accomplish in life and urged me to write.

a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days

From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.

possessive form of “youth” — a young person (especially a young man or boy)

From this reading "I have so much work called for now that I cannot keep up my contributions to _The Youth's Companion_.