Ethelred Preston; or, The Adventures of a Newcomer

by Francis J. Finn, S.J.

22 chapters4h 55mEnglish1896

About this book

Ethelred Preston is a story for boys written by Fr. Finn, SJ. The hero, Ethelred, while on his way to college, meets Packy Jarloe, a peddler, who induces him to change places with himself, so that Packy goes to Henrytown College, announcing himself as Ethelred Preston, while Ethelred takes Packy's peddler's pack and sets out on the road to make his fortune There is a mixture of the ludicrous and serious in what follows, but the fraud is finally discovered and Ethelred after much suffering finds himself installed as a regular student and universal favorite at Henrytown College. (From Donahoe's Magazine #37, 1897)

Chapters (22)

1A Letter from Ethelred's Mamma

804

2In Which Things Begin to Go Badly with Earl Meriwether

605

3The Story of Earl

757

4Master Ethelred Preston

450

5In Which Ethelred Proposes to Run Away

1083

6Ethelred Puts On the Boxing Gloves

580

7Ethelred in the Frying Pan

803

8In Which Ed Devereux Proposes to Help Ethelred to Run Away

825

9In Which Ethelred Finds it Hard to Sleep Undisturbed

952

10In Which Earl Meriwether Receives Another Public Abmonition

971

11In Which Ethelred Takes More Rope than Devereux Had Counted Upon

449

12In Which Ethelred "Gets Religion" and Turns Over a New Leaf

843

13In Which Ethelred Becomes More Mysterious and Earl More Heroic

775

14In Which Earl Has a Momentous Invterview with Father Noland

927

15In Which the Darling Goes into Business and the Midgets into Bankruptcy

1623

16In Which Eddie Devereux Becomes a Godfather

455

17In Which Darling Runs Away in Good Earnest

846

18A Memorable Morning

630

19Ethelred Preston, Brighton, Albany Villa

373

20Why Ethelred Failed to Reach Henryton in Due Time

2157

21In Which Ethelred Finds the Best of Mothers

388

22Chapter the Last

461

Ethelred Preston; or, The Adventures of a Newcomer

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Chapters (22)

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