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قراءة كتاب The Human Boy Again
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THE HUMAN BOY AGAIN
THE HUMAN BOY AGAIN
BY
EDEN PHILLPOTTS
AUTHOR OF "THE HUMAN BOY"
"There are those who scoff at the school-boy, calling
him frivolous and shallow. Yet it was the school-boy
who said, 'Faith is believing what you know ain't
so.'"—Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar.
"Man is more childish than woman. In the true
man there is a child hidden: it wanteth to play."—F. NIETZSCHE.
LONDON CHAPMAN AND HALL, LTD. 1908
RICHARD CLAY & SONS, LIMITED,
BREAD STREET HILL, E.C., AND
BUNGAY, SUFFOLK.
TO MY DEAR FRIEND,
MARK TWAIN,
FATHER OF 'TOM SAWYER' AND
'HUCKLEBERRY FINN,'
THESE HUMAN BOYS,
WITH SINCEREST REGARD.
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
HE CANED ME FOR INSOLENCE, COMBINED WITH IRREVERENCE (see p. 66)
"WOULD YOU RATHER BE A GREATER FOOL THAN YOU LOOK, OR LOOK A GREATER FOOL THAN YOU ARE?"
MOST OF THE ACTUAL WORK WAS DONE BY MOONLIGHT
"THE TOTAL LIABILITIES ARE EXACTLY TWO POUNDS," SAID GIDEON
FRECKLES OFTEN WENT TO LOOK AT IT IN THE DOCTOR'S STUDY
"WE WENT OUT OF BOUNDS ON THE RAILWAY EMBANKMENT"
AT ONE SPOT THE DESCENT WAS VERY PERILOUS
"THE FIGHTING WAS VERY WILD AND UNSCIENTIFIC"
PETERS, DETECTIVE
No. I
PETERS, DETECTIVE
I
Being from the first the chum and friend of Peters, I can tell about his curious ways better than anybody. In fact we shared our pocket-money, which is always a great sign of friendship; and it was understood that if ever I got