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The Crown of Success

A. L. O. E.

This children's story follows the lives of Dame Desley and her four children—Dick, Matty, Lubin, and Nelly—as they navigate the challenges of education and personal growth after their mother must leave them in the care of a character named Mr. Learning.

"The Crown of Success" by A. L. O. E. is a fictional work. This children's story follows the lives of Dame Desley and her four children—Dick, Matty, Lubin, and Nelly—as they navigate the challenges of education and personal growth after their mother must leave them in the care of a character named Mr. Learning.

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MERRY life had Dame Desley and her four children led in their rural home. The sound of their cheerful voices, the patter of their little feet, the laugh, the shout, and the song, had been heard from morning till night. I will not stop to tell of all the daisy-chains and cowslip-balls made by the children under the big elm-tree that grew on their mother's lawn; or how they gathered ripe blackberries in autumn; or in the glowing days of summer played about the hay-cocks, and buried one another in the hay. Their lives were thoughtless and gay, like those of the sparrows in the garden, or the merry little squirrels in the wood.

[8] But a time came at last when these careless days must end. Dame Desley had to take a long journey—she would be absent for many a month—and on the evening before her departure she called her four children around her.

"My dear children," she said, "I must leave you; I must give you up for a while to the care of another. But I have chosen a guardian for you who is worthy of all your respect. Mr. Learning is coming to see you to-morrow, just an hour before I start; and I hope that he will find you all good and obedient children during my absence. Whatever he may bid you do, do for the love of me, and when you attend to Mr. Learning, think that you are pleasing your mother."

When the four children were alone together, just before going to rest, they began eagerly to talk over what Dame Desley had told them.

Contents

  1. 01Chapter I. The Dame's Departure.
  2. 02Chapter II. Mr. Learning at Breakfast.
  3. 03Chapter III. The Cottages of Head.
  4. 04Chapter IV. Plain-Work and Fancy-Work.
  5. 05Chapter V. Mr. Alphabet.
  6. 06Chapter VI. Mr. Reading's Fine Shop.
  7. 07Chapter VII. The Ladder of Spelling.
  8. 08Chapter VIII. Breaking Down.
  9. 09Chapter IX. Mr. Learning's Visit.
  10. 10Chapter X. Dick's Mishap.
  11. 11Chapter XI. Miss Folly.
  12. 12Chapter XII. A Visit to Arithmetic.
  13. 13Chapter XIII. The Wonderful Boy.
  14. 14Chapter XIV. The Thief of Time.
  15. 15Chapter XV. Duty and Affection.
  16. 16Chapter XVI. Grammar's Bazaar.
  17. 17Chapter XVII. Pride and Folly.
  18. 18Chapter XVIII. The Carpet of History.
  19. 19Chapter XIX. Hammering in Dates.
  20. 20Chapter XX. The Pursued Bird.
  21. 21Chapter XXI. Plans and Plots.
  22. 22Chapter XXII. The Cockatoo, Parade.
  23. 23Chapter XXIII. The Cage of Ambition.
  24. 24Chapter XXIV. A Visit to Mr. Chemistry.
  25. 25Chapter XXV. A Lesson.
  26. 26Chapter XXVI. Hearing the Truth.
  27. 27Chapter XXVII. A Brave Effort.
  28. 28Chapter XXVIII. Expectation.
  29. 29Chapter XXIX. Empty and Furnished.
  30. 30Chapter XXX. Fruits of Needlework.
  31. 31Chapter XXXI. The Crown of Success.
  32. 32The "Little Hazel" Series.
  33. 33The A. L. O. E. Series.
  34. 34Uniform with the "Little Hazel" Series.

About this edition

Author
A. L. O. E.
Language
English
Era
Modern (c. 1800–1945)
Reading level
Intermediate: some philosophy helps
Formats
EPUB, PDF
Length
161 pages
This edition
Modern Philosophers

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