Passages in a Boy 's Life on Land and Sea . By PHILIP GILBERT HAMERTON . Price $ 1.50 . * * * * * SUSAN COOLIDGE 'S POPULAR BOOKS . -LSB- Illustration : ENTERING PARADISE . -- PAGE 23 . So in they marched , Katy and Cecy heading the procession , and Dorry , with his great trailing bunch of boughs , bringing up the rear . -RSB- WHAT KATY DID . With Illustrations by Addie Ledyard . One handsome , square 16mo volume , bound in cloth , black and gilt lettered . Price , $ 1.50 . These books are sold by all booksellers and newsdealers everywhere . MY BOYS . Feeling that I have been unusually fortunate in my knowledge of a choice and pleasing variety of this least appreciated portion of the human race , I have a fancy to record some of my experiences , hoping that it may awaken an interest in other minds , and cause other people to cultivate the delightful , but too often neglected boys , who now run to waste , so to speak . I have often wondered what they thought of the peculiar treatment they receive , even at the hands of their nearest friends . While they are rosy , roly-poly little fellows they are petted and praised , adorned and adored , till it is a miracle that they are not utterly ruined . But the moment they outgrow their babyhood their trials begin , and they are regarded as nuisances till they are twenty-one , when they are again received into favor . Yet that very time of neglect is the period when they most need all manner of helps , and ought to have them . I like boys and oysters raw ; so , though good manners are always pleasing , I do n't mind the rough outside burr which repels most people , and perhaps that is the reason why the burrs open and let me see the soft lining and taste the sweet nut hidden inside . My first well-beloved boy was a certain Frank , to whom I clung at the age of seven with a devotion which I fear he did not appreciate .
There were six girls in the house , but I would have nothing to say to them , preferring to tag after XXXXX , and perfectly happy when he allowed me to play with him .
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