Books with author Henry A. Shute

A Masterpiece of Humor One of the merriest, sweetest, most wholesome books ever written. Here is a book from which you would not spare a single line or word. You will laugh and cry, and laugh and cry again and again, before you turn the last page of this incomparable record of boyhood life. Young and old, schooled and unschooled, will find the same infinite charm in its pages, and all because, (says ‘Life’) “It is a tag end of the Magic Carpet. Open its pages and, Presto! The years fall away and we are ten again!’” “It is very funny.” -Springfield Republican “The laughs the Diary arouses are hearty reminiscent laughs.” -New York Sunday “It seems too clever to be real.” -Boston Herald “It is a delightful book that takes you back to boyhood days and presents all the fun and frolic of country life.” -Boston Journalist “Delicious humor, contagious fun.” -New York World “For spontaneous, unconscious humor this Diary ranks with the best works of modern fun-makers, and it gains an added interest from the fact that nearly all of the 125 persons who figure in its are still alive, and many of them are now prominent in business or professional life.” -People & Patriot, Concord, N. H. "In his own time he was a living legend – as lawyer, judge, musician, and especially, as author….An estimated 20,000 persons witnessed the parade that concluded the 1938 celebration, one in which they saw carried aloft a 'huge copy' of Shute's best-loved work, 'The Real Diary of a Real Boy,' a work so beloved that it went into at least seventeen editions in his lifetime and at least three more after it (and so beloved that he wrote not one but several sequels to it)." -Malcolm Freiberg, Massachusetts Historical Society “This is a happy, healthy, jolly book.” -Cambridge Tribune “Yes, it’s a real Diary of happy, carefree days, full of native humor, and of special interest because of the revelations of the boyhood of certain conspicuous men.” -Paterson, N. J., Guardian “It is our impression that the boy grew into a very decent and manly man.” -New York Evening Sun “No man will read this book without indulging in personal reminiscence.” -Boston Advertiser “Interesting addition to the study of juvenile psychology, the working of the boyish idea.” -Boston Courier "No interpretation of boyhood and its unconscious humor is any truer or funnier." -Publishers Weekly “Should be read by every teacher who has the care of boys, and by parents as well. They would surely have a better knowledge of the ways of a boy’s heart after the reading. A most charming book.” -Spirit of ’76 “If ‘all the world loves a lover,’ it is equally true that everyone is interested in, and amused by the average boy. The ‘real boy’ of this book is a typical boy, and he wrote his diary in a way to call out a hearty laugh to each line. He found, as a boy, the humor and the tragedy of boy life, and even the tragedy was humorous. He lived I Exeter, N. H., and he and his boon companions called the academy boys ‘Stewdcats.’ Their favorite occupation, when they had nothing better to do, was ‘plugin stewdcats.’ Many of the characters are now distinguished men of affairs. The book is unique in its way and is well worth the price to catch up and laugh over when one feels an impending attack of ‘the blues.’” -Education, Volume 23, September, 1902

The continuing Adventures of Plupy, Beany, and Pewt. "Sequil" is indeed the sequel to Henry A. Shute's beloved 'Diary of a Real Boy'. Henry A. Shute was widely considered the Mark Twain of New England during his lifetime. Transport yourself to a simpler time and laugh along with our heroes as they navigate through the trials and tribulations of boyhood in the late 1800s.

.....being the doings of Plupy, Beany, Pewt, Puzzy, Whack, Bug, Skinny, Chick, Pop, Pile, and some of the girls. This children's book was published in 1905. From the Author: TO MY READERS "Were any of you born in New England, in the good old cate- chising, church-going, school-going, orderly times?" — Stowe. In bringing these sketches before the public in book form, I have been greatly influenced by the unexpected favor with which other books of mine, relating to the same characters, have been received, and by the many letters from those who professed a desire to know something more of Plupy, Beany, Pewt and the others. The books already issued were written from a boy's point of view. This book is from a man's point of view, but, I trust, a man who has not forgotten and never will forget a happy boyhood in a delightful of New England town. Many of the characters, who appear before the public under their true names and nicknames, and, I may also state, in their true light, are still living, and all are, strange as it may seem, my friends. With them I passed many of the happiest and most eventful days of my life, and by the recital of some of these events I hope to interest you. Henry A. Shute, Exeter, N. H, June I, 1905.

Excerpt from Farming ItAnd it seemed to me that any recital of actual experiences that might possibly deter a person seeking country life as a means of pecuniary profit, from taking the plunge, might perhaps be injudicious.But the more I considered the matter the more I became convinced that the representations of the beautifully illustrated nature-magazines, the seductive stories in Sunday paper supplements, farm and garden pamphlets, seed catalogues, poultry periodicals, pigeon monthlies, and like literature, were a trifle overdrawn, and only too often had the effect of luring the unwary city dweller to forsake the undeniable luxuries and comforts of city life, for the hard, and often, at first, unremunerative labor on a farm.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.

The continuing Adventures of Plupy, Beany, and Pewt. "Sequil" is indeed the sequel to Henry A. Shutes beloved Diary of a Real Boy. Henry A. Shute was widely considered the Mark Twain of New England during his life time. Transport yourself to a simpler time and laugh along with our heros as they navigate through the trials and tribulations of boyhood in the late 1800's.

Excerpt from The Real Diary of a Real Boy The examination of this copy-book lasted the rest of the day, and it was read with the peculiar pleasure one experiences in reviewing some of the events of a happy boyhood. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.