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Talbot Baines Reed. Parkhurst Boys, and Other Stories of School Life
Parkhurst Boys, and Other Stories of School Life
Table of Contents
Talbot Baines Reed
"Parkhurst Boys"
Chapter One
My First Football Match
Chapter Two
The Parkhurst Paper-chase
Chapter Three
The Parkhurst Boat-race
Chapter Four
Parkhurst versus Westfield
Chapter Five
A Boating Adventure at Parkhurst
Chapter Six
“Fivers” versus “Sixers” at Parkhurst
Chapter Seven
Athletic Sports at Parkhurst
Chapter Eight
The Sneak
Chapter Nine
The Sulky Boy
Chapter Ten
The Easy-going Boy
Chapter Eleven
The Boy who is “Never Wrong.”
Chapter Twelve
The Untidy Boy
Chapter Thirteen
The Scapegrace
Chapter Fourteen
The Unoriginal Boy
Chapter Fifteen
The Duffer
Chapter Sixteen
The Dandy
Chapter Seventeen
The Growler
Chapter Eighteen
The Bully
Chapter Nineteen
William the Atheling; or, The Wreck of the “White Ship.”
Chapter Twenty
John Plantagenet, the Boy who broke his Father’s Heart
Chapter Twenty One
Arthur of Brittany, the Boy who should have been King of England
Chapter Twenty Two
Richard the Second, the Boy who quelled a Tumult
Chapter Twenty Three
Richard Whittington, the Scullery Boy who became Lord Mayor
Chapter Twenty Four
Edward the Black Prince, the Boy who won a Battle
Chapter Twenty Five
Henry of Monmouth, the Prince whom a Judge sent to Prison
Chapter Twenty Six
Lambert Simnel, the Baker’s Boy who pretended to be a King
Chapter Twenty Seven
Edward and Richard Plantagenet, the Boys who were murdered in the Tower
Chapter Twenty Eight
Edward of Lancaster, the Boy whose Life a Robber saved
Chapter Twenty Nine
Edward the Sixth, the good King of England
Chapter Thirty
Henry Stuart, the Boy whom a Nation loved
Chapter Thirty One
The Troubles of a Dawdler
Chapter Thirty Two
A Night on Scafell Pike
Chapter Thirty Three
Very much abroad
Chapter Thirty Four
Bilk’s Fortune—A Ghost Story. Chapter I. Superstition
Chapter Two. Science
Chapter Thirty Five
A Night in the Dreadnought. Chapter One. Stowaways
Chapter Two. The Rescue
Chapter Thirty Six
Hannibal Trotter the Hero—A Chapter of Autobiography
Chapter Thirty Seven
The Heroes of New Swishford. A School Episode In Four Chapters. Chapter One. Consultation
Chapter Two. Preparation
Chapter Three. Consternation
Chapter Four. Consolation
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Talbot Baines Reed
Published by Good Press, 2019
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“Blades does; you’ve got to cox the boat this afternoon instead of Wilson. Look sharp!” he said, “as they’re waiting to start.”
Off I went, without another word, filled with mingled feelings of wonder, pride, and trepidation. I knew Wilson, the former coxswain of the school boat, had been taken ill and left Parkhurst, but this was the first I had ever heard of my being selected to take his place. True, I had steered the boat occasionally when no one else could be got, and on such occasions had managed to keep a moderately good course up the Two Mile Reach, but I had never dreamed of such a pitch of good fortune as being called to occupy that seat as a fixture.
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