The Parkhurst Boys, and other stories of school life
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- Title
- The Parkhurst Boys, and other stories of school life
- Publication year listed
- 1880
- Format
- Public domain eBook
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About this book
The Parkhurst Boys, and other stories of school life
Author: Talbot Baines Reed (1852-1893)
Year: 1880
This is a collection of short stories and articles, mostly about boys at school. There are four groups of these stories: seven about a school called Parkhurst, detailing major events such as matches and boat races. The second section consists of eleven discourses on different types of boy, such as "The Sneak". The third section contains twelve stories about boys who have played their part in English History, such as the two young "Princes in the Tower", Dick Whittington, Edward the Sixth, and so on. The final section consists of seven general stories of greater length than the foregoing. The whole book, though not really long, is quite amusing, though of course very dated. You’ll enjoy it. I personally prefer to listen to these books. REED, Talbot Baines (1852-93). English author of books for boys, born in London, the son of Sir Charles Reed (1819-91), chairman of the London School Board. He became head of his father's firm of typefounders, and wrote books on the history of printing (such as History of the Old English Letter-foundries (1887). His robust, moral, but entertaining school stories first appeared in the Boy's Own Paper. They include The Fifth Form at St. Dominic's (1881)