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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.

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 somewhatheadstrong boy, who was over-indulged by his parents, and who usuallymanaged to "have his own way," by hook or by crook. The book is designedto exhibit some of the bad consequences of acquiring a wayward andlawless spirit, and of falling into indolent, untruthful, and disobedienthabits. These are its main lessons, intermingled with which are avariety 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 phasesof juvenile character, and to point out their tendencies to future goodand evil. This they undertake to do by describing the quiet, naturalscenes and incidents of everyday life, in city and country, at home andabroad, at school and upon the play-ground, rather than by resorting toromantic adventures and startling effects. While their main object is topersuade the young to lay well the foundations of their characters, towin them to the ways of virtue, and to incite them to good deeds andnoble aims, the attempt is also made to mingle amusing, curious, anduseful information with the moral lessons conveyed. It is hoped that thevolumes will thus be made attractive and agreeable, as well asinstructive, to the youthful reader.

Each volume of the "Aimwell Stories" will be complete and independent ofitself, although a connecting thread will run through the whol

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