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Anecdotes for Boys, by Harvey Newcomb
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Title: Anecdotes for Boys
Author: Harvey Newcomb
Release Date: May 20, 2008 [EBook #25540]
Language: English
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ANECDOTES FOR BOYS.
[Illustration: MRS. S. C. HALL'S RESIDENCE BROMPTON.--See page 118.]
ANECDOTES FOR BOYS.
ENTERTAINING NARRATIVES AND ANECDOTES, ILLUSTRATIVE OF PRINCIPLES AND CHARACTER.
BY
HARVEY NEWCOMB, AUTHOR OF "HOW TO BE A LADY," "HOW TO BE A MAN," ETC.
SIXTH THOUSAND.
BOSTON: GOULD AND LINCOLN, 59 WASHINGTON STREET. 1851.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1847,
BY GOULD, KENDALL AND LINCOLN,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.
STEREOTYPED BY S. N. DICKINSON, BOSTON.
PREFACE.
I have noticed that young people are fond of reading anecdotes, narratives, parables, &c. This taste of theirs sometimes leads them to devour all the trash that comes in their way, w