[Illustration: FISHING ON THE SWIMMING ROCK (page 169)] Being a Boy by Charles Dudley Warner [Illustration] _With Illustrations from Photographs by Clifton Johnson_ Boston and New York Houghton, Mifflin and Company The Riverside Press, Cambridge Mdcccxcvii COPYRIGHT, 1877, BY JAMES R. OSGOOD AND CO. 1897, BY HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND CO. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED CONTENTS PAGE PREFACE TO THE ILLUSTRATED EDITION vii I. BEING A BOY 1 II. THE BOY AS A FARMER 8 III. THE DELIGHTS OF FARMING 15 IV. NO FARMING WITHOUT A BOY 22 V. THE BOY'S SUNDAY 30 VI. THE GRINDSTONE OF LIFE 38 VII. FICTION AND SENTIMENT 47 VIII. THE COMING OF THANKSGIVING 56 IX. THE SEASON OF PUMPKIN-PIE 65 X. FIRST EXPERIENCE OF THE WORLD 73 XI. HOME INVENTIONS 82 XII. THE LONELY FARM-HOUSE 92 XIII. JOHN'S FIRST PARTY 101 XIV. THE SUGAR CAMP 113 XV. THE HEART OF NEW ENGLAND 123 XVI. JOHN'S REVIVAL 134 XVII. WAR 150 XVIII. COUNTRY SCENES 164 XIX. A CONTRAST TO THE NEW ENGLAND BOY 179 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE FISHING ON THE SWIMMING ROCK (see page 169) _Frontispiece._ BEING A BOY 2 THE FARM OXEN 4 AT THE PASTURE BARS 8 IN THE CATTLE PASTURE 10 AFTER A CROW'S NEST 16 A STRING OF SPECKLED TROUT 20 WATCHING FOR SUNSET 28 RIDING BAREBACK 32 TURNING THE GRINDSTONE 36 SNARING SUCKERS 45 PICKING UP POTATOES 48 LEAP-FROG AT RECESS 50 POUNDING OFF SHUCKS 58 RUNNING ON THE STONE WALL 75 COASTING 83 IN SCHOOL 89 A REMOTE FARM-HOUSE 93 GOING HOME WITH CYNTHIA 111 A YOUNG SUGAR MAKER 119 WATCHING THE KETTLES 121 THE VILLAGE FROM THE HILL 127 TREEING A WOODCHUCK 131 LOOKING FOR FROGS 136 TROUT FISHING 140 FORCED TO GO TO BED 148 SLIPPERY WORK 165 RIGGING UP THE FISHING-TACKLE 169 WATCHING THE FISHES 170 ENTERING THE OLD BRIDGE 178