Square and Compasses; Or, Building the House
Square and Compasses; Or, Building the House
By Oliver Optic
15 Nov, 2019
"SQUARE AND COMPASSES" is the third volume of "THE BOAT-BUILDER SERIES." All the characters connected with the Beech Hill Industrial School who were presented in the preceding story will appear in the present issue. In addition to these, the students
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"SQUARE AND COMPASSES" is the third volume of "THE BOAT-BUILDER SERIES." All the characters connected with the Beech Hill Industrial School who were presented in the preceding story will appear in the present issue. In addition to these, the students of another educational institution, on the other side of the lake, are introduced, as well as a gang of ruffianly young marauders residing in the vicinity of the Champlain mechanics. These additions to the acting force of the story are made, not merely for the sake of the incidents and adventures to which their appearance gives rise, but for the contrast between well-behaved mechanics and ill-behaved gentlemen, and between boys well-trained and those not trained at all, as in the example of the Topovers. Less