Frank Fairlegh: Or Scenes From the Life of a Private Pupil
Frank E. Smedley
Hardcover
(Forgotten Books, Jan. 30, 2018)
Excerpt from Frank Fairlegh: Or Scenes From the Life of a Private PupilHaving, from causes of a physical nature, much leisure time upon my hands, I amused myself by working into a story my recollections of certain boyish escapades at a private tutor's. My reason for selecting such a theme was twofold. In the first place, it struck me, that while volume after volume had been devoted to Schoolboy Days, and College Life, the mys teries of that paradise of public-school-fearing mammas Private Tutor's - yet continued unrevealed and I resolved to enlighten these tender parents as to the precise nature of the rosehed into which they were so anxious to transplant their darlings. In the second place I wished to prove to the young Hopefuls themselves, that a lad, hitherto shielded from evil by the hallowing influences of home, may successfully resist the new trials and temptations to which, on this his first essay in life, he may be subjected that the difficulties which surround him will yield to a little firmness and decision and that such a course, steadily persisted in, will alike gain him the esteem of his companions, and lay the foundation of the character which it should be his aim to support through life - viz., that of a Christian and a gentleman. Lvith such views, the earlier Scenes from the Life of a Private Pupil were written, and appeared originally in the pages of sharpe's magazine.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.