Jessie; Or, Trying to Be Somebody

About this eBook

Author

Aimwell, Walter, 1822-1859

Title

Jessie : or, trying to be somebody

Original Publication

Boston: Gould and Lincoln, 1858.

Credits

Richard Tonsing, Richard Hulse, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres

Subject

Teachers -- Education -- Juvenile fiction

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 75385

Release Date

February 16, 2025

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.JESSIE; OR, TRYING TO BE SOMEBODY.
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.Illustrations. — CHAPTER I. THE NEW HOME.
5. 5.CHAPTER II. SOMETHING ABOUT DIARIES. — SPECIMEN OF A DIARY—IN DRY MEASURE — SPECIMEN OF A DIARY—IN LONG MEASURE. — SPECIMEN OF A DIARY—IN SOLID MEASURE.
6. 6.CHAPTER III. SNOW AND ICE.
7. 7.CHAPTER IV. THE REFEREE CASE. — “AWARD OF REFEREES. — Key to the Gallery of Literary Portraits.
8. 8.CHAPTER V. A DAY AT SCHOOL.
9. 9.CHAPTER VI. SWEETS AND BITTERS.
10. 10.CHAPTER VII. HOW TO BE HAPPY.
11. 11.CHAPTER VIII. SABBATH LESSONS.
12. 12.CHAPTER IX. RAINY-DAY DIVERSIONS.
13. 13.CHAPTER X. ALL FOOLS’ DAY.
14. 14.CHAPTER XI. SCHOLARS.
15. 15.CHAPTER XII. A FEW BUSINESS MATTERS.
16. 16.CHAPTER XIII. THE NEW GAME. — PETER CODDLE’S TRIP TO NEW YORK. — PETER’S STORY. — PHRASES TO SUPPLY THE BLANKS.
17. 17.CHAPTER XIV. JUST OUT OF JAIL.
18. 18.CHAPTER XV. SHOW AND SUBSTANCE.
19. 19.CHAPTER XVI. GETTING UP IN THE WORLD.
20. 20.CHAPTER XVII. TIDINGS.
21. 21.CHAPTER XVIII. THE SURPRISE PARTY.

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