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Title: Seek and Find
or The Adventures of a Smart Boy

Author: Oliver Optic

Release Date: December 31, 2008 [EBook #27666]

Language: English

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Oliver Optic]

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SEEK AND FIND;

OR,

THE ADVENTURES OF A SMART BOY.

BY

OLIVER OPTIC,

AUTHOR OF "YOUNG AMERICA ABROAD," "THE ARMY AND NAVY STORIES,"
"THE WOODVILLE STORIES," "THE BOAT-CLUB STORIES,"
"THE RIVERDALE STORIES," ETC.

BOSTON
LEE AND SHEPARD PUBLISHERS

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1867, by
WILLIAM T. ADAMS,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District
of Massachusetts.

COPYRIGHT, 1895, BY WILLIAM T. ADAMS.
_All rights reserved._

SEEK AND FIND.

=TO=

My Young Friend,

_ALICE LEE GOOKIN_,

=This Book=

IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED.

PREFACE.

"SEEK AND FIND" is the third of the serial stories published in "OUR
BOYS AND GIRLS," where it appeared as the sequel of "BREAKING AWAY." The
author had no more reason to complain of its reception than of that
accorded to its predecessors; and he returns his sincere thanks to all
those young friends who have written hundreds of letters to him,
containing the most generous commendation, with an occasional criticism,
which was by no means unwelcome.

Ernest Thornton is a smart boy--perhaps he is too smart; but his
smartness is not worldly cunning; it is made up of those elements of
character which constitute a noble and true man--good judgment, quick
perception, and manly decision, mingled with those moral and religious
attributes which are the leading