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On Canal Street in New Orleans "Professor Thomas" finds a young boy in need of help...and embarks on an unexpected adventure in South America in the course of lending him that help. Will the forces of evil prevail against young Jose Maria? And who is this young hero who spares nothing to get him safely home?

Young Harry Dee arrives at St. Maure's thin and pale from his painful experiences involving the murder of his rich uncle. In this last book of the trilogy, Tom and Percy help Harry recover from his early trauma--which involves solving "the mystery of Tower Hill Mansion." After many wild experiences, the three boys graduate from St. Maure's and head toward the life work to which God is calling each of them as young men. Father Francis Finn SJ w...

Reproduction of the original: Bobby in Movieland by Francis J. Finn

Reproduction of the original: Cupid of Campion by Francis J. Finn

Reproduction of the original: Bobby in Movieland by Francis J. Finn

Reproduction of the original: Cupid of Campion by Francis J. Finn

Excerpt from Ethelred Preston: Or the Adventures of a NewcomerI fancy the small boys of Henryton College are going to be awakened from their mid-winter dulness. I must see the vice-president at once/'About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digit...

George Herbert leaves Campion College for a teaching job in Florida…but little does he know he is walking into a wasp's nest of anti-Catholic bigotry. How can he help his students and their parents to learn the truth about the Catholic Church, and restore love and joy to this little town?

Michael Desmond is "That Office Boy" to Father Carney, president of St. Xavier's School in Cincinnati. When the Young Ladies' Sodality decides to enter a popularity contest with the local paper to win a piano, chaos ensues, and it is up to Michael and his friends to use their wits and creativity to carefully steer the boat off the shoals. Find out who wins and how!

Tragedy strikes for Bobby Vernon and his mother on their journey through California, when a sudden earthquake separates them. Thanks to the kindness of strangers, each finds the assistance needed to forge ahead with their lives, but neither can truly rest until they find one another...or find what the other's fate was. Much that is good happens along the way...but what will the future hold for them?

All is sunshine and roses for Clarence Esmond as he saunters down the streets of McGregor, searching for the bright-eyed goddess of adventure. Little does he know he is about to suffer one misadventure after another at her hands! But another good Lady is watching over him from heaven, and with the help of some of her most unlikely devotees, much good is brought out of evil for all involved.

Excerpt from Claude Lightfoot: Or How the Problem Was SolvedHe's lively as a kitten, said Rob Collins. I've been keeping an eye on him ever since the beginning of recess, and I don't think there's a square foot of ground in the {college yard he hasn't passed over. He's tripped up five or six fellows already, and just managed to get off being kicked at least twice. I think, added Rob, solemnly, and bringing into use the latest knowledge he had ...

Excerpt from His Luckiest YearThe Saturday late sleep, in fact, has become a tradition. Ten o'clock on that particular day of the week is the hour of rising. The boy therefore - who, it should be said, was an alien on the street, having resided there only a few weeks - did not expect to meet or greet any of his new friends. But he was agreeably disappointed.Miss Alice O'Shea, residing in the neat two-story frame house which faces and blocks Pi...

Excerpt from Sunshine and FrecklesMrs. Smith, meantime, hurried into the next room - the other room of a suite of two - where she found the entire Smith family whiling away, according to their several fashions, the time before the evening meal. Mrs. Smith cast a critical and severe eye upon her husband and children. Save for Master Tommy, aged eight, who was taking insolent' liberties with the family cat's unhappy tail, all were in good order....

Excerpt from Cupid of CampionIn which Clarence Esmond places himself in the hands of the Bright-eyed Goddess of Adventure, and entrusted by that Deity to the care of a Butcher's Boy.On morning early in September, the sun was shining brightly upon the village of McGregor. Nestled in a coulee between two hills, one rising squarely and rock-ribbed, lacking only the illusion of windows to give it the appearance of a ruined castle, the other to the...

Excerpt from My Strange FriendThe cessation of my morning head ache was almost due when my sister, singing gayly, tripped into my room with a letter, which she handed me with a mock bow.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstru...

Excerpt from The Best Foot Forward: And Other StoriesHere Tommy Madden burst into a giggle, and several others, suspecting some hidden playfulness in the professor's remarks, smiled amiably. Mr. Roberts' face turned a shade darker, and the fur rows on his brow came out in stronger relief.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction o...

Excerpt from Harry Dee: Or Making It Out I hope the reader may not be bored, but I find it necessary to begin my story with a great deal about my insignificant self. I am not the hero, and yet, owing to a strange run of circumstances, am so wrapped up with the characters and events which are to figure in my narrative that I find it impossible to make any sort of a beginning without telling somewhat of my own early history. And, to begin with...

Excerpt from That Office Boy In the outer and inner offices of St. Xavier School all was quiet. Within, Father Carney was looking over the morning paper, without, Michael was sitting before his desk, his head thrown back, his eyes dreamily fixed on the ceiling. It was nine o'clock in the morning, and, to borrow Michael's expression, "there was nothing doing." Twelve hundred children, apportioned, according to sex and different grades of ignor...

Excerpt from Mostly Boys: Short Stories It was five minutes after nine on the morning of December 23d, when a small boy, with an expression akin to the pathetic upon his smug features, entered the Second Academic classroom of Marquette College, Milwaukee, and handed his teacher this note: Mr. Lawton read this communication with a frown. He was impatient of late-comers, as are all earnest teachers. His frown quickly disappeared, however, as a...