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Title: Oscar
The Boy Who Had His Own Way

Author: Walter Aimwell

Release Date: April 11, 2006 [eBook #18153]

Language: English

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The Aimwell Stories

OSCAR:

Or The Boy Who Had His Own Way.

by

WALTER AIMWELL,

Author of "Clinton," "Boy's Own Guide," Etc.

With Illustrations.

[Frontispiece: Winter Scene on Boston Common.]

[Title-Page: Vignette.]

Boston:
Gould and Lincoln,
69 Washington Street.
New York: Sheldon and Company.
Cincinnati: Geo. S. Blanchard.
1861.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1854, by
Gould and Lincoln,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court,
of the District of Massachusetts

PREFACE.

In the story of OSCAR is portrayed the career of a bright but somewhat
headstrong boy, who was over-indulged by his parents, and who usually
managed to "have his own way," by hook or by crook. The book is designed
to exhibit some of the bad consequences of acquiring a wayward and
lawless spirit, and of falling into indolent, untruthful, and disobedient
habits. These are its main lessons, intermingled with which are a
variety of others, of scarcely less importance to the young.

_Winchester, Mass._

ADVERTISEMENT.

"PRECEPTS MAY LEAD BUT EXAMPLES DRAW."

"THE AIMWELL STORIES" are designed to portray some of the leading phases
of juvenile character, and to point out their tendencies to future good
and evil. This they undertake to do by describing the quiet, natural
scenes and incidents of everyday life, in city and country, at home and
abroad, at school and upon the play-ground, rather than by resorting to
romantic adventures and startling effects. While their main obj