" 14

"GOOD-MORNING, BOYS" " 16

PLAYING "SCHOOL" " 18

THE BOY'S SCOTCH GRANDFATHER " 20

THE HOUSE OF THE BOY'S GRANDFATHER--CORNER
OF HUDSON AND NORTH MOORE STREETS " 22

"ALWAYS IN THE WAY" " 24

READY FOR A NEW-YEAR'S CALL " 26

A NEW-YEAR'S CALL " 28

TOM RILEY'S LIBERTY-POLE " 30

THE BOY ALWAYS CLIMBED OVER " 32

THE CHIEF ENGINEER " 34

"MRS. ROBERTSON DESCENDED IN FORCE UPON THE
DEVOTED BAND" " 36

THE BOY AS VIRGINIUS " 38

JOHNNY ROBERTSON " 40

JANE PURDY " 42

JOE STUART " 44

BOB HENDRICKS " 46

MUSIC LESSONS " 48

THE BOY'S FATHER " 56

WHISKIE " 62

PUNCH " 64

MOP AND HIS MASTER " 68

ROY AND HIS MASTER " 74

ROY " 76

"HE TRIES VERY HARD TO LOOK PLEASANT" " 80

ROY " 82

THE WAITING THREE " 84

MOP 87

INTRODUCTORY NOTE

The papers upon which this volume is founded--published here by the
courtesy of The Century Company--appeared originally in the columns of
_St. Nicholas_. They have been reconstructed and rearranged, and not a
little new matter has been added.

The portraits are all from life. That of The Boy's Scottish grandfather,
facing page 20, is from a photograph by Sir David Brewster, taken in St.
Andrews in 1846 or 1847. The subject sat in his own garden, blinking at
the sun for many minutes, in front of the camera, when tradition says
that his patience became exhausted and the artist permitted him to move.
The Boy d