“They are written with great skill for the tastes and necessities of children, and they are written conscientiously, with a moral and Christian effort unobtrusively operative upon every page.”—Congregationalist.
“A better series of books for children were never written. The author has studied deeply and accurately the feelings, hopes, and thoughts of youth.”—Boston Mail.
“The boys and girls must be grateful to Master Aimwell. He hits the mark decidedly. So all of them, within our knowledge, who have read ‘Oscar’ and ‘Clinton,’ pronounce, with one voice, and so they will say after reading ‘Ella.’”—Christian Watchman and Reflector.
“The author of the ‘Aimwell Stories’ has a happy knack at combining amusement and instruction. Under the guise of a story, he not only teaches a moral lesson, which is or ought to be a leading object of every tale for children, but he gives his readers instruction in philosophy, geography, and various other sciences. So happily are these introduced, however, that the youthful reader must learn in spite of himself.”—Boston Journal.
“It is the best series of juvenile books with which we are acquainted.”—Northampton Gazette.
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The Aimwell Stories.
I.
OSCAR; or, the Boy who had his Own Way. By Walter