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The narrative follows Whistler, a young boy who spends a country vacation with relatives and learns steady virtues through ordinary incidents. Daily tasks, outdoor excursions, and small crises — including accidents, encounters with local characters, and lessons about plants and animals — reveal habits of courage, self-control, industry, and compassion. Family guidance, practical farm work, and schoolroom study are mixed with clear explanations of natural history and simple crafts to teach by example rather than by abstract precepts. Episodes emphasize how consistent effort, considerate conduct, and moral reflection shape a boy toward responsible adulthood.

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Title: Whistler; or, The Manly Boy

Author: Walter Aimwell

Release date: March 27, 2022 [eBook #67723]
Most recently updated: October 18, 2024

Language: English

Original publication: United States: Gould and Lincoln, 1856

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Whistler; or, the Manly Boy


THE FOREST PICNIC. (See page 123.)


The
Aimwell
Stories.

By
Walter Aimwell.

Whistler

TAKE HEED WILL SURELY SPEED

Gould & Lincoln


The Aimwell Stories.

WHISTLER;
OR,
THE MANLY BOY.
BY
WALTER AIMWELL,
AUTHOR OF “OSCAR,” “CLINTON,” “ELLA,” ETC.
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS.
BOSTON:
GOULD AND LINCOLN,
59 WASHINGTON STREET.
NEW YORK: SHELDON, BLAKEMAN & CO.
CINCINNATI: GEORGE S. BLANCHARD.
1857.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1856, by
GOULD AND LINCOLN,
In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.
Electro-Stereotyped by
G. J. STILES & COMPANY,
23 Congress Street, Boston.