Keeping Up with Lizzie by Irving Bacheller is about how the voice of reason Socrates Potter must convince Lizzie to make sensible decisions when she takes the town for a wild ride. Excerpt: “The Honorable Socrates Potter was the only “scientific man” in the village of Pointview, Connecticut. In every point of manhood, he was far ahead of his neighbors. In a way, he had outstripped himself, for, while his ideas were highly modern, he clung to the dress and manners that prevailed in his youth.”
