AUTHOR OF "THE POOR BOY AND MERCHANT PRINCE," "THE POOR GIRL
AND TRUE WOMAN," "FROM POOR-HOUSE TO PULPIT,"
"TALES FROM THE BIBLE," ETC., ETC.
BOSTON:
J. E. TILTON AND COMPANY.
1862.
Entered according to Act of Congress; in the year 1860, by
J. E. TILTON AND COMPANY,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the District of
Massachusetts.
University Press, Cambridge:
Printed by Welch, Bigelow, and Company.
PREFACE.
The design of this volume is to show the young how "odd moments" andsmall opportunities may be used in the acquisition of knowledge. Thehero of the tale—Nat—is a living character, whose actualboyhood and youth are here delineated—an unusual example of energy,industry, perseverance, application, and enthusiasm in prosecuting alife purpose.
The conclusion of the story will convince the reader, that the group ofcharacters which surround Nat are not creations of the fancy, and thateach is the bearer of one or more important lessons to the young. Whilesome of them forcibly illustrate the consequences of idleness,disobedience, tippling, and kindred vices, in youth, others are brightexamples of the manly virtues, that always command respect, and achievesuccess.
| CHAPTER I. | |
| A GOOD BEGINNING. | |
| The patch of squashes—counting chickens before they are | |
| hatched—ifs—ducks, and the bright side—explanation—hopeful | |
| Nat—Nathaniel Bowditch—Sir Humphrey Davy—Buxton—benefit | |
| of hopefulness—the squashes coming up—Frank Martin—"all | |
| play and no work"—Ben Drake—scene when Nat was four | |
| years old—"thinking on his own hook"—men of mark think | |
| for themselves—"niggers' work"—great men not ashamed of | |
| useful work—the harvest-day—Frank's surprise—Nat as a peddler—his | |
| sister—his drawings—Samuel Budgett, Dr. Kitto, | |
| and the rich merchant peddling—"creep before you can walk"—the | |
| errand-boy and his success—what his culture of squashes | |
| shows | 1-17 |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| UPWARD AND ONWARD. | |
| Winter—in school—proposition to declaim—the dialogue, "Alexander | |
| the Great and a Robber"—Nat is the robber—his reason—sympathy | |
| for the poor and unfortunate—the dialogue learned | |
| and spoken—Nat's eloquence—some boys who declaim poorly | |
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