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Title: Gutta-Percha Willie

Author: George MacDonald

Release Date: November 15, 2003 [eBook #10093]

Language: English

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Gutta Percha Willie: the Working Genius

BY

GEORGE MACDONALD

With eight black and white illustrations by Arthur Hughes

[Illustration: WILLIE'S HORSE-SHOEING FORGE.]

CONTENTS

I. WHO HE WAS AND WHERE HE WAS
II. WILLIE'S EDUCATION
III. HE IS TURNED INTO SOMETHING HE NEVER WAS BEFORE
IV. HE SERVES AN APPRENTICESHIP
V. HE GOES TO LEARN A TRADE
VI. HOW WILLIE LEARNED TO READ BEFORE HE KNEW HIS LETTERS
VII. SOME THINGS THAT CAME OF WILLIE'S GOING TO SCHOOL
VIII. WILLIE DIGS AND FINDS WHAT HE DID NOT EXPECT
IX. A MARVEL
X. A NEW ALARUM
XI. SOME OF THE SIGHTS WILLIE SAW
XII. A NEW SCHEME
XIII. WILLIE'S NEST IN THE RUINS
XIV. WILLIE'S GRANDMOTHER
XV. HYDRAULICS
XVI. HECTOR HINTS AT A DISCOVERY
XVII. HOW WILLIE WENT ON
XVIII. WILLIE'S TALK WITH HIS GRANDMOTHER
XIX. A TALK WITH MR SHEPHERD
XX. HOW WILLIE DID HIS BEST TO MAKE A BIRD OF AGNES
XXI. HOW AGNES LIKED BEING A BIRD
XXII. WILLIE'S PLANS BUD
XXIII. WILLIE'S PLANS BLOSSOM
XXIV. WILLIE'S PLANS BEAR FRUIT

ILLUSTRATIONS

BY
ARTHUR HUGHES

WILLIE'S HORSE-SHOEING FORGE (FRONTISPIECE)
MRS WILSON'S STORIES
WILLIE WITH THE BABY
WILLIE TAKEN TO SEE A WATER-WHEEL
WILLIE TOLD HIS FATHER ALL ABOUT IT
"THAT'S WILLIE AGAIN"
WILLIE MAKES A BIRD OF AGNES
WILLIE'S DREAM

Summary:

Gutta Percha Willie, the Working Genius
for all reading ages. We and Willie
discover the value of learning to be useful
with our hands to do that which is good and
before us.

Reading Level: for all reading ages.

THE HISTORY OF GUTTA-PERCHA WILLIE.

CHAPTER I.

WHO HE WAS AND WHERE HE WAS.

When he had been at school for about three weeks, the boys called him
Six-fingered Jack; but his real name was Wi