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Tom Playfair; or Making a Start

Tom Playfair; or Making a Start

by Francis J. FINN (1859 - 1928)

Tom Playfair; Or Making a Start is a book by a Roman Catholic priest, originally published in 1890, and written for youth ages 9-12.The story opens with 10-year-old Tom Playfair being quite a handful for his well-meaning but soft-hearted aunt. (Tom's mother has died.) Mr. Playfair decides to ship his son off to St. Maure's boarding school — an all-boys academy run by Jesuits — to shape him up, as well as to help him make a good preparation for his upcoming First Communion. Tom is less than enthusiastic, but his adventures are just about to begin: life at St. Maure's will not be dull. (Introduction from Wikipedia)


00 - Preface

01 - In Which the Hero of the Story is Represented in a Doubtful Light

02 - In Which Tom by a Series of Misadventures Brings Down the Wrath of His Father in Such Wise that the Author, For Fear of Forfeiting Tom's Chances of Becoming a Hero in the Reader's Eyes, Discreetly Veils What Actually Happened When Justice Was Administered

03 - In Which Tom Leaves for St. Maure's, and Finds On the Road Thither That Fun Sometimes Comes Expensive

04 - Tom Arrives at St. Maure's, and Makes the Aquaintance of John Green Under Circumstances Not Entirely Grateful to That Interesting Character

05 - In Which Tom Is Persuaded to Go to Sleep

06 - In Which Green and Tom Run a Race Which Proves Disastrous to Both

07 - In Which Tom Usurps Minor Orders with Startling Results

08 - In Which Tom Gets Into Many Difficulties, and Holds an Astonishing Interview With Mr. Middleton

09 - In Which Tom Concludes That Vinegar Never Catches Flies

10 - In Which Tom Gives Green a Bit of Advice, Which, Aided by a Storm, is Not Without Its Effect

11 - The Night of the First Friday in November

12 - Tom's Midnight Adventure

13 - In Which Tom Takes a Trip

14 - In Which Tom Goes to the Theatre

15 - In Which Tom is Lost

16 - In Which Tom Enters Upon a Career of Extravagance

17 - In Which the Prodigal Returns

18 - In Which Tom Astonishes and Horrifies His Aunt

19 - In Which Tom and Keenan Hold a Council of War

20 - Storming of the Snow-Fort - Mr. Beakey Talks at Cross Purposes With the Senior Students

21 - In Which Tom Meets With a Bitter Trial

22 - In Which Tom Wins a New Friend and Hears a Strange Story

23 - In Which the "Knickerbockers" Play the "Red Clippers"

24 - Trouble Ahead

25 - A Joyous Going Forth, and a Sad Journey Home

26 - Sickness

27 - Death

28 - An Escape From Jail, and the Beginning of a Snow-Storm

29 - End of the Snow-Storm

30 - Conclusion