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Title: Max and Maurice
a juvenile history in seven tricks

Author: William [Wilhelm] Busch

Translator: Charles T. Brooks

Release Date: May 16, 2009 [EBook #28847]

Language: English

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Max and Maurice

A

Juvenile History

IN

Seven Tricks,

BY

WILLIAM BUSCH.

FROM THE GERMAN BY

CHARLES T. BROOKS.

BOSTON:
LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY,
1902.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1870, by
ROBERTS BROTHERS,
In the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington

_Copyright, 1898,_
BY LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.

UNIVERSITY PRESS . JOHN WILSON
AND SON . CAMBRIDGE U.S.A.

MAX AND MAURICE.

PREFACE.

[Illustration]

AH, how oft we read or hear of
Boys we almost stand in fear of!
For example, take these stories
Of two youths, named Max and Maurice,
Who, instead of early turning
Their young minds to useful learning,
Often leered with horrid features
At their lessons and their teachers.
Look now at the empty head: he
Is for mischief always ready.
Teasing creatures, climbing fences,
Stealing apples, pears, and quinces,
Is, of course, a deal more pleasant,
And far easier for the present,
Than to sit in schools or churches,
Fixed like roosters on their perches.
But O dear, O dear, O deary,
When the end comes sad and dreary!
'Tis a dreadful thing to tell
That on Max and Maurice fell!
All they did this book rehearses,
Both in pictures and in verses.

TRICK FIRST.

[Illustration]