Rumpole and the Primrose Path Rumpole and the Primrose Path Rumpole and the Primrose Path is a light hearted legal comedy, one of six short stories in an anthology by writer John Mortimer. It is the 12th in a series based in part on his own past experiences as a barrister but also notable for their use of themes topical at the time each was published. It begins with the eponymous hero marooned in a nursing home where he feels some shady business is going on. It was later the first episode in a short series of 45 minute radio plays starring real life husband
Jacob Bailey Moore sons George Henry, an author and librarian, and Frank, a journalist, also lived in New York. His brother Henry Eaton Moore was a composer, and another brother, John Weeks Moore, edited musical publications. Elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1821. Jacob Bailey Moore Jacob Bailey Moore (31 October 1797 – 1 September 1853) was an American journalist and historical writer. His ancestors emigrated to the United States from Scotland. His father, who had the same name, was a physician (born in Georgetown, Maine, 5 September 1772; died in Andover, New Hampshire, 10 January 1813). His father studied