CONTENTS.

PREFACE.

Chapter I. The Story Opened.

Chapter II. Will's Lucky Blunder.

Chapter III. Will's Native Village.

Chapter IV. The Heroes of this History

Chapter V. An Unpleasant Ride for Will.

Chapter VI. Steve's Retaliation.

Chapter VII. The Young Moralist. A Clever Scheme.

Chapter VIII. George Comes Out Ahead.

Chapter IX. "Three Wise Men Went to Sea in a Bowl."

Chapter X. The "Bowl" Comes to Grief.

Chapter XI. A Talented Lecturer.

Chapter XII. An Extraordinary Mad Dog.

Chapter XIII. The Six go to a Picnic.

Chapter XIV. Disaster Rather Than Fun

Chapter XV. A Lesson in Ballooning.

Chapter XVI. Unheard-of Adventures with Balloons.

Chapter XVII. They Prepare to Giantize.

Chapter XVIII. The Cousins See More Than They Bargained For.

Chapter XIX. Within and Without the Demon's Cave.

Chapter XX. A Glorious Triumph.

Chapter XXI. Uncle Dick Himself Again.

Chapter XXII. Uncle Dick Evolves His Story.

Chapter XXIII. The Sage's Experiment.

Chapter XXIV. The Sage Unearths a Treasure.

Chapter XXV. The Bitten Boy Takes Revenge.

Chapter XXVI. Bob's Downfall.

Chapter XXVII. They Propose to Turn the Tables.

Chapter XXVIII. The Tables Turned with a Vengeance.

Chapter XXIX. A Horrible Plot. The Haunted House.

Chapter XXX. The Blunderer at Work Again.

Chapter XXXI. Will Mends His Ways.

Chapter XXXII. The Arch-Plotter Arrives.

Chapter XXXIII. "A Lesson in French."

Chapter XXXIV. Henry takes his Bearings. A Stampede.

Chapter XXXV. Marmaduke Grasps the Situation.

Chapter XXXVI. To the Rescue!

Chapter XXXVII. Marmaduke Struggles with Romance.

Chapter XXXVIII. The Startlers Themselves are Startled.

Chapter XXXIX. Repentant Plotters. The Heroes Re-united.

Chapter XL. The Heroes Figure as Hunters.

Chapter XLI. How Will Lost His Deer.

Chapter XLII. What Curiosity Cost the Hunters.

Chapter XLIII. Things Begin to Get Interesting.

Chapter XLIV. Is the Mystery Solved?

Chapter XLV. The Last Blunder. A Last Conversation.

Chapter XLVI. The Story Closed.

Title: A Blundering Boy

A Humorous Story

Author: Bruce Weston Munro

Language: English

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A BLUNDERING BOY.

A BLUNDERING BOY.

A Humorous Story.

BY
BRUCE W. MUNRO.

PUBLISHED BY
BRUCE W. MUNRO,
TORONTO.

Entered according to Act of Parliament of Canada, in the year one
thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, by Bruce W. Munro,
in the office of the Minister of Agriculture.

TO THAT SUPREME AUTOCRAT,
THE SMALL BOY OF NORTH AMERICA,
THIS BOOK IS, WITHOUT PERMISSION, MOST
RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED.

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