Author : Oliver Optic
Publisher : anboco
ISBN 13 : 3736408935
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (364 download)
Book Synopsis Desk and Debit; or, The Catastrophes of a Clerk by : Oliver Optic
Download or read book Desk and Debit; or, The Catastrophes of a Clerk written by Oliver Optic and published by anboco. This book was released on 2016-08-25 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Desk and Debit" is the third of "The Upward and Onward Series," in which Phil Farringford appears as a clerk. The principal events of the story are located in Chicago and on Lake Michigan—the latter, perhaps, because the author finds it quite impossible to write a story without a boat, which also involves the necessity of a broad sheet of water, or a long river. In this, as in its predecessors, evil-minded characters are introduced, to show the contrast between vice and virtue; but the hero, in whom the sympathies of the reader are supposed to be centred, is still faithful to his Christian duties, still reads his Bible, and "prays without ceasing." Young and old are injured only by the precept and example of those whom they love, respect, or admire; and the writer has no fear that his readers will love, respect, or admire Charles Whippleton or Ben Waterford, or that they will fail to condemn their errors and their vices. The author hopes and expects that his young friends, while they follow Phil in his exciting experience in the counting-room, and in the "Marian" on Lake Michigan, will love and respect his virtues as well as his courage and resolution. Harrison Square, Boston,