Letters from a Son to His Self-Made Father: Being the Replies to Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son

Letters from a Son to His Self-Made Father, published in 1903 by Charles Eustace Merriman, is an epistolary novel featuring humorous letters from Pierrepont Graham, a Harvard student, to his father, John Graham, a self-made merchant. The correspondence highlights the generational divide between the father's pragmatic business mindset and the son's whimsical outlook on life. Through witty anecdotes and reflections on college life, Merriman explores themes of familial expectations and self-discovery, making this work a notable commentary on the challenges faced by children of the affluent.