Pub.d by Wait, Greene & Co.
"When she first sprung up a most exhilarating shout issued fromthe group."
THE
TALISMAN:
A
TALE FOR BOYS.
BOSTON:
WAIT, GREENE & CO.—13, COURT STREET.
1829.
DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS.—to wit:
District Clerk's Office.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the twenty fifthday of June, A. D. 1829, in the fifty third year of the Independenceof the United States of America, WAIT,GREENE & CO. of the said district, have deposited inthis office the title of a book, the right whereof they claimas proprietors, in the words following, to wit:
"The Talisman: a Tale for Boys."
In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the UnitedStates, entitled "An Act for the encouragement of learning,by securing the copies of maps, charts and books, tothe authors and proprietors of such copies, during the timestherein mentioned:" and also to an Act entitled "An Actsupplementary to an Act, entitled, An Act for the encouragementof learning, by securing the copies of maps, chartsand books to the authors and proprietors of such copies duringthe times therein mentioned; and extending the benefitsthereof to the arts of designing, engraving and etching historicaland other prints."
JNO. W. DAVIS,
Clerk of the District of Massachusetts.
PRESS OF PUTNAM & HUNT.
41, Washington Street.
THE TALISMAN.
Frank had heard a great deal about thecity, but he had never seen it, for he livedmore than a hundred miles from NewYork, and still farther from Boston. Hisfather and mother had made visits toboth these places, several times, but it hadnever been convenient to them to takeFrank. On their return, they alwaysbrought him many pretty presents ofbooks or toys, and they told him aboutevery thing they had seen there, whichthey thought would interest him, and heimagined the city to be the most delightfulplace in the world.
Frank had no brother, and only onelittle sister, who was a very pretty play-thing[4]for him, but not much of a companion.There was one boy in the neighbourhood,a farmer's son, with whomFrank played a great deal.
The school was not near them, andFrank's mother had taught him everything he knew. This was not more thanother boys usually know at his age, butFrank thought he knew a great deal, forhe had never seen a boy so well educatedas himself. In the little village where helived, none of the other boys were so fortunateas to have mothers, who couldspare their time to instruct them, and theschool was a poor one, so Frank thoughthimself very wise. When his mother perceivedthis, she invited his little friend,the farmer's son, Sam Brown, to come toher house and study with Frank. Samwas a year older than Frank, a good andintelligent boy, and he gladly accepted theinvitation. Frank was soon obliged tomake unusual exertion to keep up withhim, but the pleasure he felt in having acompanion in his studies, compensatedhim for his trouble.
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