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CONFESSIONS OF BOYHOOD

By JOHN ALBEE

BOSTON RICHARD G. BADGER THE GORHAM PRESS 1910

Copyright 1920 by John Albee All Rights Reserved The Gorham Press, Boston, U.S.A.

CONTENTS

Introduction

The Walls of the World

Shadows and Echoes

Holidays

The Amputation

Country Funerals

My Mother's Red Cloak

My Uncle Lyman

The Dorr War and Millerism

Woods and Pastures

Apprenticeships

Home and Homesickness

The Saw Mill

Bootmaking

Love and Luxury

Shop Boy

Pistol Maker

The Awakening

Student Life

School Master

Farm Hand

Conclusion