Floyd's Flowers Or Duty and Beauty For Colored Children
Being One Hundred Short Stories Gleaned from the Storehouse
of Human Knowledge and Experience Simple Amusing Elevating
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FLOYD’S FLOWERS OR DUTY AND BEAUTY FOR COLORED CHILDREN BEING ONE HUNDRED SHORT STORIES GLEANED FROM THE STOREHOUSE OF HUMAN KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE SIMPLE AMUSING ELEVATING
PUBLISHER’S NOTE.
THE PICTURES AND WHO MADE THEM
PREFACE.
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
I. A SPELLING LESSON.
II. THE TRUTH ABOUT LUCK.
III. AN EVENING AT HOME.
IV. THE MAKING OF A MAN.[1]
V. FALSE PRIDE.
VI. THANKSGIVING AT PINEY GROVE.
VII. THE LOUD GIRL.
VIII. THE ROWDY BOY.
IX. HONESTY.
X. UNCLE NED AND THE INSURANCE SOLICITOR.[2]
XI. THE STRENUOUS LIFE.
XII. A HUMBUG.
XIII. A CANDIDATE FOR BAPTISM.[3]
XIV. GOING WITH THE CROWD.
XV. MARY AND HER DOLLS.
XVI. JAKY TOLBERT’S PLAYMATES.
XVII. A VALENTINE PARTY.
XVIII. “NO MONEY DOWN.”
XIX. TOMMY’S BABY BROTHER.
XX. KEEPING SCHOOL.
XXI. THE SCHOOL OF THE STREET.
XXII. THE FOX HUNT.
XXIII. A BOLD VENTURE.
XXIV. A HERO IN BLACK.
XXV. THE ROAD TO SUCCESS.
XXVI. SAMUEL C. ARMSTRONG.
XXVII. HOW TO BE HANDSOME.
XXVIII. PATIENCE.
XXIX. THE BITER BIT.[4]
XXX. THE ALPHABET OF SUCCESS.
XXXI. EASTER MONDAY IN WASHINGTON.
XXXII. KEEPING ONE’S ENGAGEMENTS.
XXXIII. A MIDNIGHT MISHAP.[5]
XXXIV. FREDERICK DOUGLASS.
XXXV. OUR DUMB ANIMALS.
XXXVI. A PLUCKY BOY.
XXXVII. A HEART-TO-HEART TALK.
XXXVIII. A GHOST STORY.
XXXIX. GOOD CHEER.
XL. LIFE A BATTLE.
XLI. RULED BY PRIMITIVE METHODS.[6]
XLII. HUNTING AN EASY PLACE.
XLIII. BURT BANKSTON’S BEQUEST.
XLIV. THE BIG BLACK BURGLAR.
XLV. PIN-MONEY MADE WITH THE NEEDLE.
XLVI. SELF-HELP.
XLVII. HENRY WARD BEECHER’S TESTIMONY.
XLVIII. ROUNDING UP A CHICKEN THIEF.
XLIX. SHIELDS GREEN, THE MARTYR.
L. AIMING AT SOMETHING.
LI. “THE BLACK SHEEP” OF THE REYNOLDS FAMILY.
LII. THE HOLY BIBLE.
LIII. ANDREW CARNEGIE’S ADVICE TO YOUNG MEN.
LIV. DIRECTIONS FOR LITTLE GENTLEMEN.
LV. THE LETTER OF THE LAW.
LVI. THE BEST BOOKS FOR CHILDREN.
LVII. THE RIGHT TO PLAY.
LVIII. A CHRISTMAS PRESENT.
LIX. DRINKING AND SMOKING.
LX. THE NICKEL THAT BURNED IN FRANK’S POCKET.
LXI.
LXII. THE BAD BOY—WHO HE IS.
LXIII. THE BAD BOY—HOW TO HELP HIM.
LXIV. THOMAS GREENE BETHUNE.
LXV. NOT FIT TO KNOW.
LXVI. THE RIGHT WAY.
LXVII. KEEPING FRIENDSHIP IN REPAIR.
LXVIII. LITTLE ANNIE’S CHRISTMAS.
LXIX. THE VELOCIPEDE RACE.
LXX. FAULT-FINDING.
LXXI. THE PURITANS’ SABBATH.
LXXII. THE DEVIL ON AN EXCURSION.
LXXIII. RANDOM REMARKS.
LXXIV. BENJAMIN BANNEKER, THE NEGRO ASTRONOMER.
LXXV. “A LITTLE CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM.”
LXXVI. DIRECTIONS FOR LITTLE LADIES.
LXXVII. THREE WORDS TO YOUNG PEOPLE.
LXXVIII. “A LAMP UNTO MY FEET.”
LXXIX. THREE BRIGADES.
LXXX. “HOME, SWEET HOME.”
LXXXI. EDMUND ASA WARE.
LXXXII. AN ANTE-BELLUM NEGRO PREACHER.
LXXXIII. PURITY OF CHARACTER.
LXXXIV.
LXXXV.
LXXXVI ON BEING IN EARNEST.
LXXXVII. YOUNG PEOPLE AND LIFE INSURANCE.
LXXXVIII. THE LITTLE SAILOR CAT.
LXXXIX.
XC. A WORD TO PARENTS.
XCI. A HELPFUL MESSAGE.
XCII. THE UNSEEN CHARMER.
XCIII. OUR COUNTRY.
XCIV. THE “DON’T-CARE” GIRL.
XCV. NEGRO HEROES.
XCVI. FREDERICK DOUGLASS TO YOUNG PEOPLE.
XCVII. TOO HIGH A DAM.
XCVIII. A GOOD FELLOW.
XCIX. THE FUTURE OF THE NEGRO.
C THE TRAINING OF CHILDREN.
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