OUS OF GROWING IN VIRTUE; TOGETHER WITH
OTHER MATTERS OF INTEREST AND IMPORTANCE HARDLY TO BE FOUND
ELSEWHERE.

II.

_The First Sorrow_ 46

SHOWING HOW GEORGE MET WITH THE FIRST GREAT SORROW OF HIS LIFE
IN THE DEATH OF HIS FATHER; AND HOW HIS MOTHER WAS LEFT A YOUNG
WIDOW, WITH THE CARE OF A LARGE FAMILY; WITH SOME REMARKS ON THE
PRUDENCE AND WISDOM SUE DISPLAYED IN THE REARING OF HER
CHILDREN; TOGETHER WITH THE STORY OF THE SORREL COLT, WHICH
UNCLE JUVINELL INTRODUCES BY WAY OF ILLUSTRATING THE CHARACTERS
OF BOTH MOTHER AND SON.

III.

_Playing Soldier_ 54

WHEREIN THE YOUNG READER WILL FIND HOW GEORGE FIGURED AS A
LITTLE SOLDIER AT SCHOOL; WITH SOME REMARKS TOUCHING HIS
WONDERFUL STRENGTH AND ACTIVITY OF BODY, AND COURAGE OF SPIRIT;
AND HOW HE WOULD HAVE FIGURED AS A LITTLE SAILOR, HAD HE NOT
BEEN PREVENTED BY A MOTHER'S ANXIOUS LOVE; WHICH INFLUENCED NOT
ONLY THE WHOLE COURSE OF HIS FUTURE LIFE, BUT ALSO THE DESTINY
OF HIS NATIVE COUNTRY, AND, IT MAY BE, THAT OF THE WHOLE WORLD;
AS THE LITTLE READER WILL FIND OUT FOR HIMSELF. IF HE BUT HAVE
THE PATIENCE TO BEAR UNCLE JUVINELL COMPANY TO THE END OF THIS
INTERESTING HISTORY.

IV.

"_Rules of Behavior_" 61

AFFORDING TO THE READER ANOTHER AND HIS LAST GLIMPSE OF
WASHINGTON AS A SCHOOL-BOY. HERE HE WILL LEARN OF WASHINGTON'S
MANY INGENIOUS MODES OF GAINING AND RETAINING KNOWLEDGE, AND HIS
HABITS OF PUTTING IT TO PRACTICAL USES; AND WILL FIND HIS RULES
OF BEHAVIOR IN COMPANY AND IN CONVERSATION, WRITTEN AT THE AGE
OF THIRTEEN, WHICH UNCLE JUVINELL WOULD EARNESTLY RECOMMEND HIM,
AND, IN FACT, ALL HIS READERS, BE THEY BOYS OR GIRLS, MEN OR
WOMEN, TO STORE AWAY IN THEIR MEMORIES, IF THEY BE DESIROUS OF
GROWING IN VIRTUE. AND OF DEPORTING THEMSELVES IN SUCH A MANNER
AS TO GAIN THE GOOD-WILL AND ESTEEM, AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE
HAPPINESS, OF ALL AROUND THEM.

V.

_In the Wilderness_ 70

IN WHICH WILL BE SEEN HOW GEORGE BECAME ACQUAINTED WITH OLD LORD
FAIRFAX, AND WAS EMPLOYED BY THIS GREAT NOBLEMAN TO ACT AS
SURVEYOR OF ALL HIS WILD LANDS; WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE HE
LED IN THE WILDERNESS, AND A SOMEWHAT HIGHLY COLORED PICTURE OF
A WAR-DANCE PERFORMED BY A PARTY OF INDIANS FOR THE