ILLUSTRATIONS
INTRODUCTION
I
ADVENTURES IN A BOY'S TOWN
HOW PONY BAKER CAME PRETTY NEAR RUNNING OFF WITH A CIRCUS
THE CIRCUS MAGICIAN
JIM LEONARD'S HAIR-BREADTH ESCAPE
II
LIFE IN A BOY'S TOWN
THE TOWN
EARLIEST MEMORIES
HOME LIFE
THE RIVER
SWIMMING
SKATING
MANNERS AND CUSTOMS
GIRLS
MOTHERS
A BROTHER
A FRIEND
III
GAMES AND PASTIMES
MARBLES
A MEAN TRICK
TOPS
KITES
THE BUTLER GUARDS
PETS
INDIANS
GUNS
NUTTING
THE FIRE-ENGINES
IV
GLIMPSES OF THE LARGER WORLD
THE TRAVELLING CIRCUS
PASSING SHOWS
THE THEATRE COMES TO TOWN
THE WORLD OPENED BY BOOKS
V
THE LAST OF A BOY'S TOWN