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The Project Gutenberg EBook of Rollo in Society, by George S. Chappell This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: Rollo in Society A Guide for Youth Author: George S. Chappell Illustrator: William Hogarth, Jr. Release Date: March 3, 2010 [EBook #31478] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ROLLO IN SOCIETY *** Produced by D Alexander, Juliet Sutherland and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net ROLLO IN SOCIETY A GUIDE FOR YOUTH BY GEORGE S. CHAPPELL EMBELLISHED WITH CUTS BY WM. HOGARTH, JR. _A NEW EDITION, REVISED BY THE AUTHOR_ G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS NEW YORK AND LONDON The Knickerbocker Press 1922 Copyright, 1922 by George S. Chappell Made in the United States of America [Illustration: ROLLO] NOTICE TO PARENTS Although this little book is primarily intended for the entertainment of youthful readers, it is hoped by the writer that it may also aid in accomplishing a number of useful purposes and may prove to be, in the hands of parents, a guide for the modern child through the devious paths which his or her feet must inevitably tread. It is now many years since our little friend Rollo has appeared between the covers of a book. Readers of an earlier generation will recall that Rollo's environment in their day was that of the farm, the woods, the fields, the brooks, and, at proper intervals and always under the care of Jonas, the village. Inevitably time has wrought changes with these simple elements of our social background and it was to be expected that Rollo's family would, at some period, be swept by the current of events into closer contact with the life of the great cities which were growing up about them. Thus it is with no surprise that parents should see the little fellow in situations far removed from the woodshed and the hay-barn. Rollo has much to learn in the City, much of cleverness, of politeness, and of knowledge of seemly behaviour amid surroundings to which he has been a stranger. But it is the belief of the author that while Rollo may learn much, he too may teach. He, too, brings with h
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