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Silas X. Floyd's Short Stories for Colored People Both Old and Young

Silas X. Floyd's Short Stories for Colored People Both Old and Young

by Silas Xavier Floyd

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Author
Floyd, Silas Xavier, 1869-1923
Title
Silas X. Floyd's Short Stories for Colored People Both Old and Young Entertaining, Uplifting, Interesting
Credits
Produced by hekula03, Harry Lamé and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)
Language
English
LoC Class
PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject
African Americans -- Juvenile fiction
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 60780
Release Date
November 25, 2019
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.SILAS X. FLOYD’S SHORT STORIES for COLORED PEOPLE BOTH OLD AND YOUNG
  2. 2.PREFACE.
  3. 3.PUBLISHER’S NOTE.
  4. 4.CONTENTS
  5. 5.THE COWARDLY HERO.
  6. 6.THE GREAT SPELLING MATCH.
  7. 7.THE TRUTH ABOUT LUCK.
  8. 8.AN EVENING AT HOME.
  9. 9.THE MAKING OF A MAN. [1]
  10. 10.FALSE PRIDE.
  11. 11.THANKSGIVING AT PINEY GROVE.
  12. 12.THE LOUD GIRL.
  13. 13.THE ROWDY BOY.
  14. 14.HONESTY.
  15. 15.UNCLE NED AND THE INSURANCE SOLICITOR.
  16. 16.THE STRENUOUS LIFE.
  17. 17.A HUMBUG.
  18. 18.HOW TO BE HANDSOME.
  19. 19.PATIENCE.
  20. 20.BEAUTIFUL EYES.
  21. 21.GOING WITH THE CROWD.
  22. 22.MARY AND HER DOLLS.
  23. 23.JAKY TOLBERT’S PLAYMATES.
  24. 24.A VALENTINE PARTY.
  25. 25.“NO MONEY DOWN.”
  26. 26.TOMMY’S BABY BROTHER.
  27. 27.KEEPING SCHOOL.
  28. 28.THE SCHOOL OF THE STREET.
  29. 29.THE FOX HUNT.
  30. 30.A BOLD VENTURE.
  31. 31.THE ROAD TO SUCCESS.
  32. 32.KEEPING ONE’S ENGAGEMENTS.
  33. 33.A MIDNIGHT MISHAP. [2]
  34. 34.FREDERICK DOUGLASS.
  35. 35.OUR DUMB ANIMALS.
  36. 36.A PLUCKY BOY.
  37. 37.A HEART-TO-HEART TALK.
  38. 38.A GHOST STORY.
  39. 39.GOOD CHEER.
  40. 40.LIFE A BATTLE.
  41. 41.AN IDLE BOY.
  42. 42.HUNTING AN EASY PLACE.
  43. 43.AT THE ZOO.
  44. 44.THE BIG BLACK BURGLAR.
  45. 45.PIN-MONEY MADE WITH THE NEEDLE.
  46. 46.SELF-HELP.
  47. 47.AIMING AT SOMETHING.
  48. 48.“THE BLACK SHEEP” OF THE REYNOLDS FAMILY.
  49. 49.THE HOLY BIBLE.
  50. 50.ANDREW CARNEGIE’S ADVICE TO YOUNG MEN.
  51. 51.DIRECTIONS FOR LITTLE GENTLEMEN.
  52. 52.THE RIGHT TO PLAY.
  53. 53.A CHRISTMAS PRESENT.
  54. 54.THE NICKEL THAT BURNED IN FRANK’S POCKET.
  55. 55.A MONUMENT TO A BLACK MAN
  56. 56.THE BAD BOY—WHO HE IS.
  57. 57.THE BAD BOY—HOW TO HELP HIM.
  58. 58.THOMAS GREENE BETHUNE (“BLIND TOM”)
  59. 59.NOT FIT TO KNOW.
  60. 60.THE RIGHT WAY.
  61. 61.KEEPING FRIENDSHIP IN REPAIR.
  62. 62.LITTLE ANNIE’S CHRISTMAS.
  63. 63.THE VELOCIPEDE RACE.
  64. 64.FAULT-FINDING.
  65. 65.GROSS DECEPTION.
  66. 66.RANDOM REMARKS.
  67. 67.BENJAMIN BANNEKER, THE NEGRO ASTRONOMER.
  68. 68.“A LITTLE CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM.”
  69. 69.DIRECTIONS FOR LITTLE LADIES.
  70. 70.THREE WORDS TO YOUNG PEOPLE.
  71. 71.“A LAMP UNTO MY FEET.”
  72. 72.THREE BRIGADES.
  73. 73.“HOME, SWEET HOME.”
  74. 74.EACH ONE OF US OF IMPORTANCE
  75. 75.The Poetry of Life
  76. 76.ON BEING IN EARNEST.
  77. 77.YOUNG PEOPLE AND LIFE INSURANCE.
  78. 78.THE LITTLE SAILOR CAT.
  79. 79.Advice to Little Christians
  80. 80.A WORD TO PARENTS.
  81. 81.THE UNSEEN CHARMER.
  82. 82.OUR COUNTRY.
  83. 83.THE “DON’T-CARE” GIRL.
  84. 84.A PRAYER.
  85. 85.FREDERICK DOUGLASS TO YOUNG PEOPLE.
  86. 86.A GOOD FELLOW.
  87. 87.THE FUTURE OF THE NEGRO.
  88. 88.THE TRAINING OF CHILDREN.
  89. 89.Transcriber’s Notes

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