PEDDLER'S BOY;
Reading edition
OR,
"I'LL BE SOMEBODY."
With Tinted Illustrations.
BY UNCLE FRANK, AUTHOR OF "A PEEP AT OUR NEIGHBORS," "WILLOW LANE STORIES," "THE DIVING BELL," ETC., ETC.
BOSTON: PHILLIPS, SAMPSON & CO., PUBLISHERS.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1851, by PHILLIPS, SAMPSON & CO., In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
C.W. BENEDICT, Stereotyper and Printer, 201 William st., N.Y.
CONTENTS.
PAGE
A Bird's-Eye Glance, 7
Peddlers and Peddling, 14
The Other Side, 32
Deacon Bissell, 36
The Youngest Boy, 48
A Noble Resolution, 60
A Talk About the Future, 75
Thanksgiving and Temptation, 80
Patriotism and Powder, 89
The Glass of Gin, 100
Life in a Factory, 111
A Glance at Frederick, 120
Samuel in Boston, 132
The Flour Store, 140
The Winding Up, 152
ILLUSTRATIONS.
The Peddler and his Grandchildren, (Frontispiece)
Vignette title-page, 1
Samuel and the Schoolmaster, 52
Looking through the Telescope, 65
A Talk about the Future, 74
The Young Drummer, 93
The Drunkard, with his Father, 128
Mr. Bissell and his Children, 147