Frank_Oldfield

Frank_Oldfield

Author: Rev. Theodore Wilson (died 1881)

Year: 1872

Preface The Committee of the United Kingdom Band of Hope Union having offered prizes of One Hundred Pounds, and Fifty Pounds respectively, for the two best tales illustrative of Temperance in its relation to the young, the present tale, “Frank Oldfield,” was selected from eighty-four tales as the one entitled to the first prize. The second tale, “Tim Maloney,” was written by Miss M.A. Paull, of Plymouth, and will shortly be published. Appended is the report of the adjudicators:— We the adjudicators appointed by the Committee of the United Kingdom Band of Hope Union, to decide upon the Prize Tales for which premiums of One Hundred Pounds, and Fifty Pounds, were offered by advertisement, hereby declare that we have selected the tale with the motto “Nothing extenuate, or set down aught in malice,” as that entitled to the First Prize of One Hundred Pounds; and the tale with the motto “Hope on, Hope ever,” as that entitled to the Second Prize of Fifty Pounds. As witness our hands, Thomas Cash, T. Geo. Rooke, B.A., John Clifford, M.A., Ll.B., &c. United Kingdom Band of Hope Union Office, 5 Red Lion Square, London. August 3, 1869. This book was well-written, and generally exciting through