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Stories for Boys

Chapter 2: LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
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This collection presents short, episodic tales centered on boys navigating spirited adventures, sports contests, pranks, and schemes. Narratives range from humorous misadventures to moments of quiet reflection, often showing resourcefulness, loyalty, and the awkward lessons of growing up. Settings and incidents shift between outdoor exploits and encounters with adult institutions, and the tone alternates between comic satire and affectionate realism. Each story focuses on youthful energy and consequence, offering lively scenes, character sketches, and moral glimpses rather than sustained narrative arcs.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

“I never saw a King,” Gordon remarked, “and I’m sure I never expected to see one sitting on a log in the rain,” Frontispiece
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About time to begin on the goats! 44
To the North towered three magnificent hulls of the White Squadron, 86
“Which do I think will win?” said the veteran boat-builder of Manasquan, 96
As the two Prescotts scrambled up on the gunwale of their boat, the defeated crew saluted them with cheers, 112
He took a large roll of bills from his pocket and counted them, 198