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Title: The Summer Holidays
A Story for Children

Author: Amerel

Release Date: April 22, 2005 [EBook #15684]

Language: English

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THE
SUMMER HOLIDAYS:

A STORY FOR CHILDREN.
BY AMEREL.

NEW-YORK:
D. APPLETON & COMPANY, 200 BROADWAY
1851.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1850, by
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern
District of New York.

[Illustration: DADDY HALL'S DONKEY.]

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I.
Uncle Harvey's Parlor

CHAPTER II.
The Evening Walk

CHAPTER III.
A Visit to Daddy Hall

CHAPTER IV.
The Walk through the Woods

CHAPTER V.
What Uncle Harvey said about Rain

CHAPTER VI.
How Thomas killed a Hawk

CHAPTER VII.
About Bats

CHAPTER VIII.
The Walk to the Creek

CHAPTER IX.
The Hard Battle

CHAPTER X.
About Corn and the uses of Animals

CHAPTER XI
Alice Gray

CHAPTER XII.
Locusts

CHAPTER XIII.
The Return Home

THE SUMMER HOLIDAYS.

CHAPTER I.

UNCLE HARVEY'S PARLOR.

Mr. Harvey's two sons, Thomas and John, were very anxious for their
cousin, Samuel Reed, to spend the August holidays with them. His father
said that he might; and when school was closed for the season, Samuel
bade his father good bye, and was soon in the carriage, driving toward
Uncle Harvey's country seat.

The boys had not seen each other since New Year's day. It was a happy
meeting when Samuel jumped out of the carriage, by the gate leading from
the main road up to Mr. Harvey's house; for there his uncle, and two
cousins, were waiting for him. Thomas and John, each grasped a hand,
while their father led the way to the house. "We were afraid you were
not coming," said John. "How tall you have grown since Christmas,"
exclaimed Thomas. "Were you not tired of being in the hot city such
weather as this?" Samuel said that he was; and then th