Copyright, 1904,

By A. C. McClurg & Co.

Entered at Stationers’ Hall, London.

All rights reserved.

Published September 24, 1904

THE UNIVERSITY PRESS

CAMBRIDGE, U. S. A.


CONTENTS

Chapter Page
I.About my Story[1]
II.Of my Childhood[11]
III.My Home[21]
IV.My Father[32]
V.The District School[43]
VI.The School Readers[56]
VII.The Last Day of School[74]
VIII.Farmington[84]
IX.The Church[96]
X.The Sunday-School[110]
XI.The Burying-Ground[120]
XII.Childhood Surroundings[130]
XIII.Illusions[144]
XIV.About Girls[155]
XV.Fishing[165]
XVI.Rules of Conduct[177]
XVII.Holidays[193]
XVIII.Baseball[208]
XIX.Aunt Mary[220]
XX.Ferman Henry[232]
XXI.Aunt Louisa[243]
XXII.The Summer Vacation[254]
XXIII.How I Failed[264]