GRIT-A-PLENTY
DILLON WALLACE
GRIT A-PLENTY
GRIT A-PLENTY
A Tale of the Labrador Wild
Illustrated
GROSSET & DUNLAP, Publishers
NEW YORK
by arrangement with Fleming H. Revell Co.
Copyright, 1918, by
FLEMING H. REVELL COMPANY
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Chicago: 17 North Wabash Ave.
London: 21 Paternoster Square
Edinburgh: 75 Princes Street
TO
THE BRAVE
JAMIES AND DAVIDS AND ANDYS
EVERYWHERE
WHO KEEP THEIR GRIT
AND DO THEIR BEST
WHEN THE MISTS
HANG LOW
FOREWORD
Tempting boys to be what they should be—giving them in wholesome formwhat they want—that is the purpose and power of Scouting. To helpparents and leaders of youth secure books boys like best that arealso best for boys, the Boy Scouts of America organized EVERY BOY’SLIBRARY. The books included, formerly sold at prices ranging from$1.50 to $2.00 but, by special arrangement with the several publishersinterested, are now sold in the EVERY BOY’S LIBRARY Edition at $1.00per volume.
The books of EVERY BOY’S LIBRARY were selected by the LibraryCommission of the Boy Scouts of America, consisting of George F.Bowerman, Librarian, Public Library of the District of Columbia;Harrison W. Craver, Director, Engineering Societies Library, New YorkCity; Claude G. Leland, Superintendent, Bureau of Libraries, Board ofEducation, New York City; Edward F. Stevens, Librarian, PrattInstitute Free Library, Brooklyn, N. Y., and Franklin K, Mathiews,Chief Scout Librarian. Only such books were chosen by the Commissionas proved to be, by a nation wide canvas, most in demand by the boysthemselves. Their popularity is further attested by the fact that inthe EVERY BOY’S LIBRARY Edition, more than a million and a quartercopies of these books have already been sold.
We know so well, are reminded so often of the worth of the good bookand great, that too often we fail to observe or understand theinfluence for good of a boy’s recreational reading. Such books mayinfluence him for good or ill as profoundly as his play activities, ofwhich they are a vital part. The needful thing is to find storiesin which the heroes have the characteristics boys so muchadmire—unquenchable courage, immense resourcefulness, absolutefidelity, conspicuous greatness. We believe the books of EVERY BOY’SLIBRARY measurably well meet this challenge.