CHARLEY'S MUSEUM.
A Story
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
PHILADELPHIA:
THEODORE BLISS & CO.
Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1855
BY H. C. PECK & THEO. BLISS,
in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Eastern District ofPennsylvania.
CONTENTS
CHARLEY'S MUSEUM.
Charley Carter was a bright, active lad, of twelve years old, the son ofa farmer, who lived a few miles distant from Philadelphia. He was a verygreat favorite of his uncle Brown, his mother's brother, who was awealthy merchant in the city. He was also a favorite of another brotherof his mother, who[Pg 6] had been, for many years a sea captain, sailing toall parts of the world. So, you see, our Charley, with a kind father andmother, and two such uncles, was very well provided for.
Charley was a lively, inquiring boy, who liked to find out all he couldabout the animals he saw, whether they flew through the air, or swamthrough the water, or walked on the ground, or crawled in the dirt.
MR. BROWN AND CHARLEY.Luckily for our Charley, his uncle Brown had had, from boyhood, the sametaste for Natural History, which our little friend was beginning[Pg 7] tohave, and you can imagine how pleased his uncle was to see this taste inhis little nephew. Our sea captain was pleased also, and so[Pg 8] was hisfather, and all three of them together, determined that our little boyshould have the opportunity and the means to cultivate his taste.
So, as Mr. Carter had a big attic to his house, with two good sizedwindows fronting the south, he got a carpenter and had a nice room madefor Charley, that should be his own Museum. Don't you think our Charleywas pleased, that his father was so kind to him? When the room was allfinished, uncle Brown, who had, for a long time, a bit of a Museum inhis own house, in the city, brought out, one[Pg BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!
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