(Others in Preparation.)

HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS, NEW YORK

Copyright, 1909, by Harper & Brothers.

All rights reserved.

Published September, 1909.

CONTENTS

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Introduction[ix]
I. Adventures in a Boy's Town
HOW PONY BAKER CAME PRETTY NEAR RUNNING OFF WITH A CIRCUS[3]
THE CIRCUS MAGICIAN[13]
JIM LEONARD'S HAIR-BREADTH ESCAPE[23]
II. Life in a Boy's Town
THE TOWN[41]
EARLIEST MEMORIES[45]
HOME LIFE[47]
THE RIVER[51]
SWIMMING[55]
SKATING[61]
MANNERS AND CUSTOMS[64]
GIRLS[68]
MOTHERS[69]
A BROTHER[73]
A FRIEND[79]
III. Games and Pastimes
MARBLES[89]
RACES[91]
A MEAN TRICK[93]
TOPS[96]
KITES[98]
THE BUTLER GUARDS[103]
PETS[108]
INDIANS[124]
GUNS[129]
NUTTING[138]
THE FIRE-ENGINES[145]
IV. Glimpses of the Larger World
THE TRAVELLING CIRCUS[151]
PASSING SHOWS[163]
THE THEATRE COMES TO TOWN[168]
THE WORLD OPENED BY BOOKS[171]
V. The Last of a Boy's Town[183]

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