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."