A children's novel by Oliver Optic, the pen name of William T. Adams, published in 1891. The title 'Three Millions!' and subtitle 'The Way of the World' point to a story about money, character, and worldly lessons for young readers. It is worth listening to as a window into nineteenth-century American juvenile fiction and its moral ideals.
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Cover of the original edition (Project Gutenberg, public domain).
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Opening of the book
TO HIRAM CLAPP, ESQ., This Book IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED BY HIS FRIEND WILLIAM T. ADAMS. DRIFTING TO SEA.
title page
THREE MILLIONS!
OR
THE WAY OF THE WORLD
BY
WILLIAM T. ADAMS
(OLIVER OPTIC)
AUTHOR OF “LIVING TOO FAST,” “IN DOORS AND OUT,” “TAKEN BY THE
ENEMY,”
“WITHIN THE ENEMY’S LINES,” “ON THE BLOCKADE,” ETC.
ILLUSTRATED
BOSTON MDCCCXCI
LEE AND SHEPARD PUBLISHERS
10 MILK STREET NEXT “THE OLD SOUTH MEETING HOUSE”
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1866, by
WILLIAM T. ADAMS,
In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the District of
Massachusetts.
Copyright, 1894, by WƗƯƯƗĵƽ T. AŠĵƽǪ
THE WAY OF THE WORLD
CONTENTS. CHAPTER PAGE I. THREE MILLIONS. 7 21 II. MR. ELIOT BUCKSTONE. III. THE HUNGERFORD FAMILY. 33 IV. Off THE GREAT BELL. 45 V. THE KINGMAN FAMILY. 28 71 VI. А STRANGE STORY. POOR MARY! 83 VII. VIII. To Europe And Back. 96 IX. HEALING THE WOUNDS. 109 Х. 122 ROSS KINGMAN. XI. DOCTOR BILKS. 135 DICK BIRCH. 144 ХП. XIII. DICK UNDER A SHADOW. 161 XIV. IN THE LIBRARY. 174 XV. DR. BILKS ON THE STAND. 188 XVI. DR. BILKS'S BABY. 203 THE SETTLEMENT. 217 XVII. XVIII. EVIDENCE WANTED. 231 XIX. THE ROPE AND THE WEIGHT. 244 256 XX. THE SHADOW AT PINE HILL. XXI. THE DEMIGOD OF PINE HILL. 269 XXII. DICK BIRCH'S SUGGESTION. 282 XXIII. JULIA HUNGERFORD. 296 XXIV. POPPLETON GOSPEL. 309 XXV. DOCTOR LYNCH. 321 335 XXVI. THE PENITENT DEMIGOD.
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