The Boat-Builder Series.
I.
ALL ADRIFT;
OR,
THE GOLDWING CLUB.
II.
SNUG HARBOR;
OR,
THE CHAMPLAIN MECHANICS.
III.
SQUARE AND COMPASSES;
OR,
BUILDING THE HOUSE.
IV.
STEM TO STERN;
OR,
BUILDING THE BOAT.
V.
ALL TAUT;
OR,
RIGGING THE BOAT.
VI.
READY ABOUT;
OR,
SAILING THE BOAT.
"The stem of the Winooski struck the bow of the
Chesterfield barge."—Page 68.
THE BOAT-BUILDER SERIES
SQUARE AND COMPASSES
OR
BUILDING THE HOUSE
BY
OLIVER OPTIC
AUTHOR OF "YOUNG AMERICA ABROAD," "THE GREAT WESTERN
SERIES," "THE ARMY AND NAVY SERIES," "THE WOODVILLE
SERIES," "THE STARRY FLAG SERIES," "THE BOAT-CLUB
STORIES," "THE ONWARD AND UPWARD SERIES,"
"THE YACHT-CLUB SERIES," "THE LAKE-SHORE
SERIES," "THE RIVERDALE SERIES," "ALL
ADRIFT," "SNUG HARBOR," ETC., ETC.
With Illustrations
BOSTON
LEE AND SHEPARD PUBLISHERS
NEW YORK CHARLES T. DILLINGHAM
Copyright,
1884,
By Lee and Shepard.
All Rights Reserved.
SQUARE AND COMPASSES.
TO
MY YOUNG FRIEND,
ROBERT M. BAKER,
THIS BOOK
IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED.
PREFACE.
"Square and Compasses" is the third volume of "The Boat-Builder Series."All the characters connected with the Beech Hill Industrial School whowere 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 ofruffianly young marauders residing in the vicinity of the Champlain mechanics.
These additions to the acting force of the story are made, not merelyfor the sake of the incidents and adventures to which their appearancegives rise, but for the contrast between well-behaved mechanics andill-behaved gentlemen, and between boys well-trained and those nottrained at all, as in the example of the Topovers.
It is true that the writer regards a reasonable amount of excitingincident and adventure as necessary to hold the attention of hisreaders, but he has never been satisfied to present only these. Whilenaked did