Silas X. Floyd's Short Stories for Colored People Both Old and Young / Entertaining, Uplifting, Interesting
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"The cover image (the dust jacket of the source publication) and possibly some of the illustrations are for a combined edition of two different books; this e-text only contains the Short Stories for Colored People Both Old and Young." --Transcriber's NotesTruly the boys and girls of to-day ought to be thankful that they are alive. There never was such a golden age for childhood and youth as the present. To say nothing of the rich opportunities for mental and spiritual development, what a multitude of things have been provided for the innocent pleasure, the wholesome recreation of the young peo...
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- SILAS X. FLOYD’S SHORT STORIES for COLORED PEOPLE BOTH OLD AND YOUNG
- PREFACE.
- PUBLISHER’S NOTE.
- CONTENTS
- THE COWARDLY HERO.
- THE GREAT SPELLING MATCH.
- THE TRUTH ABOUT LUCK.
- AN EVENING AT HOME.
- THE MAKING OF A MAN.[1]
- FALSE PRIDE.
- THANKSGIVING AT PINEY GROVE.
- THE LOUD GIRL.
- THE ROWDY BOY.
- HONESTY.
- UNCLE NED AND THE INSURANCE SOLICITOR.
- THE STRENUOUS LIFE.
- A HUMBUG.
- HOW TO BE HANDSOME.
- PATIENCE.
- BEAUTIFUL EYES.
- GOING WITH THE CROWD.
- MARY AND HER DOLLS.
- JAKY TOLBERT’S PLAYMATES.
- A VALENTINE PARTY.
- “NO MONEY DOWN.”
- TOMMY’S BABY BROTHER.
- KEEPING SCHOOL.
- THE SCHOOL OF THE STREET.
- THE FOX HUNT.
- A BOLD VENTURE.
- THE ROAD TO SUCCESS.
- KEEPING ONE’S ENGAGEMENTS.
- A MIDNIGHT MISHAP.[2]
- FREDERICK DOUGLASS.
- OUR DUMB ANIMALS.
- A PLUCKY BOY.
- A HEART-TO-HEART TALK.
- A GHOST STORY.
- GOOD CHEER.
- LIFE A BATTLE.
- AN IDLE BOY.
- HUNTING AN EASY PLACE.
- AT THE ZOO.
- THE BIG BLACK BURGLAR.
- PIN-MONEY MADE WITH THE NEEDLE.
- SELF-HELP.
- AIMING AT SOMETHING.
- “THE BLACK SHEEP” OF THE REYNOLDS FAMILY.
- THE HOLY BIBLE.
- ANDREW CARNEGIE’S ADVICE TO YOUNG MEN.
- DIRECTIONS FOR LITTLE GENTLEMEN.
- THE RIGHT TO PLAY.
- A CHRISTMAS PRESENT.
- THE NICKEL THAT BURNED IN FRANK’S POCKET.
- A MONUMENT TO A BLACK MAN
- THE BAD BOY—WHO HE IS.
- THE BAD BOY—HOW TO HELP HIM.
- THOMAS GREENE BETHUNE (“BLIND TOM”)
- NOT FIT TO KNOW.
- THE RIGHT WAY.
- KEEPING FRIENDSHIP IN REPAIR.
- LITTLE ANNIE’S CHRISTMAS.
- THE VELOCIPEDE RACE.
- FAULT-FINDING.
- GROSS DECEPTION.
- RANDOM REMARKS.
- BENJAMIN BANNEKER, THE NEGRO ASTRONOMER.
- “A LITTLE CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM.”
- DIRECTIONS FOR LITTLE LADIES.
- THREE WORDS TO YOUNG PEOPLE.
- “A LAMP UNTO MY FEET.”
- THREE BRIGADES.
- “HOME, SWEET HOME.”
- EACH ONE OF US OF IMPORTANCE
- The Poetry of Life
- ON BEING IN EARNEST.
- YOUNG PEOPLE AND LIFE INSURANCE.
- THE LITTLE SAILOR CAT.
- Advice to Little Christians
- A WORD TO PARENTS.
- THE UNSEEN CHARMER.
- OUR COUNTRY.
- THE “DON’T-CARE” GIRL.
- A PRAYER.
- FREDERICK DOUGLASS TO YOUNG PEOPLE.
- A GOOD FELLOW.
- THE FUTURE OF THE NEGRO.
- THE TRAINING OF CHILDREN.
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