ILLUSTRATED CONTENTS Page MR. AND MRS. WILLIS CAMPBELL 7 MR. WELLING; MR. CAMPBELL 29 MRS. CAMPBELL; MR. WELLING; MR. CAMPBELL 34 JANE; MRS. CAMPBELL; WELLING; CAMPBELL 39 MRS. CAMPBELL; WELLING; CAMPBELL 41 JANE; MRS. CAMPBELL; WELLING; CAMPBELL 43 MRS. CAMPBELL; WELLING; CAMPBELL 44 MISS RICE, MISS GREENWAY, and the OTHERS 48 MISS GREENWAY; MR. WELLING 50 MISS RICE; then MR. and MRS. CAMPBELL, and the OTHERS 53 ILLUSTRATIONS "THE MOST EXCITING PART OF IT" Frontispiece MR. WELLING EXPLAINS Facing page 52 A BOY'S TOWN DESCRIBED FOR "HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE" BY W. D. HOWELLS CONTENTS. CHAPTER PAGE I. Earliest Experiences 1 II. Home and Kindred 10 III. The River 24 IV. The Canal and its Basin 36 V. The Hydraulic and its Reservoirs.—Old River 45 VI. Schools and Teachers 53 VII. Manners and Customs 67 VIII. Plays and Pastimes 80 IX. Circuses and Shows 93 X. Highdays and Holidays 110 XI. Musters and Elections 121 XII. Pets 133 XIII. Guns and Gunning 148 XIV. Foraging 161 XV. My Boy 171 XVI. Other Boys 183 XVII. Fantasies and Superstitions 197 XVIII. The Nature of Boys 205 XIX. The Town Itself 215 XX. Traits and Characters 228 XXI. Last Days 237 ILLUSTRATIONS. "ONE DAY HE CAME UP TO MY BOY WHERE HE SAT FISHING" Frontispiece. THE "FIRST LOCK" Facing p. 2 "THE PASSENGER IS A ONE-LEGGED MAN" " 8 "RUN, RUN! THE CONSTABLE WILL CATCH YOU!" " 18 "HE TOLD THEM THAT HE HAD GOT THEM NOW" " 44 "THAT HONOR WAS RESERVED FOR MEN OF THE KIND I HAVE MENTIONED" " 50 "A CITIZEN'S CHARACTER FOR CLEVERNESS OR MEANNESS WAS FIXED BY HIS WALKING ROUND OR OVER THE RINGS" " 82 KITE TIME " 92 "THE BOYS BEGAN TO CELEBRATE IT WITH GUNS AND PISTOLS" " 110 THE "BUTLER GUARDS" " 122 "ALL AT ONCE THERE THE INDIANS WERE" " 150 FORAGING " 168 "THE BEACON OF DEATH " " 180 "HE ALWAYS RAN BY THE PLACE AS FAST AS HE COULD" " 198 "THE ARTIST SEEMED SATISFIED HIMSELF" " 220 "MY BOY REMEMBERS COMING FROM CINCINNATI IN THE STAGE" " 224