Cover image for Download download author: William O. Stoddard published: 1878 language: English wordcount: 69,070 / 198 pg flesch-kincaid reading ease: 88.9 loc category: PZ downloads: 1,847 mnybks.net#: 7792 genres: Young Readers, Fiction and Literature Read Online in Browser Here "William O. Stoddard has written capital books for boys. His 'Dab Kinzer' and 'The Quartet' are among the best specimens of 'Juveniles' produced anywhere. In his latest volume, 'Winter Fun, ' Mr. Stoddard gives free rein to his remarkable gift of story-telling for boys. Healthful works of this kind cannot be too freely distributed among the little men of America." --New York Journal of Commerce. Show Excerpt >"Any t'ing in de pockets?" he asked. "Guess not," said Dab; "but there's lots of room." "Say dar was," exclaimed Dick. "But won't dese t'ings be warm?" It was quite likely; for the day was not a cool one, and Dick never seemed to think of getting off what he had on, before getting into his unexpected present. Coat, vest, and trousers, they were all pulled on with more quickness than Dab had ever seen the young African display before. "I's much obleeged to ye, Mr. Kinzer," said Dick very proudly, as he strutted across the road. "On'y I dasn't go back fru de village." "What'll you do, then?" asked Dab. "S'pose I'd better go a-fishin'," said Dick. "Will de fish bite?" "Oh! the clothes won't make any odds to them," said Dabney. "I must go back to the house." And so he did: while Dick, on whom the cast-off garments of his white friend were really a pretty good fit, marched on down the road, feeling grander than he ever had before in all his life. "Tha