Floyd's Flowers

Front matter

Reading edition

Transcriber’s Note:

The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.

SILAS X. FLOYD _AUTHOR_ JOHN HENRY ADAMS _ARTIST_

FLOYD’S FLOWERS OR DUTY AND BEAUTY FOR COLORED CHILDREN BEING ONE HUNDRED SHORT STORIES GLEANED FROM THE STOREHOUSE OF HUMAN KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE SIMPLE AMUSING ELEVATING

PROF. SILAS X. FLOYD, A. M., D. D.,

Author of “The Gospel of Service and other Sermons,” “Life of Charles T. Walker, D. D.,” “National Perils,” etc.

ILLUSTRATED BY

JOHN HENRY ADAMS

Professor of Art at Morris Brown College, Atlanta

HERTEL, JENKINS & CO.

I FEEL A PROFOUNDER REVERENCE FOR A BOY THAN A MAN. I NEVER MEET A RAGGED BOY ON THE STREET WITHOUT FEELING THAT I OWE HIM A SALUTE, FOR I KNOW NOT WHAT POSSIBILITIES MAY BE BUTTONED UP UNDER HIS SHABBY COAT.

—JAMES A. GARFIELD.

Illustration from Floyd's Flowers; Or, Duty and Beauty for Colored Children Being One Hundred Short Stories Gleaned from the Storehouse of Human Knowledge and Experience: Simple, Amusing, Elevating

Gen. Samuel C. Armstrong.