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A DUTCH BOY FIFTY YEARS AFTER
BY
EDWARD BOK
ADAPTED FROM "THE AMERICANIZATION OF EDWARD BOK"
JOHN LOUIS HANEY, PH.D.
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
NEW YORK CHICAGO BOSTON ATLANTA SAN FRANCISCO
1921
TO THE SCHOOLBOYS AND SCHOOLGIRLS OF AMERICA I DEDICATE THIS STORY OF A BOY WHO BELIEVED THAT AN OBSTACLE IS NOT SOMETHING TO BE AFRAID OF BUT IS ONLY A DIFFICULTY TO BE OVERCOME AND WHO TOOK FOR HIS MOTTO AS I HOPE EVERY ONE WHO READS THESE PAGES WILL DO THESE LINES BY MADELINE S. BRIDGES: "Give to the world the best you have And the best will come back to you."
INTRODUCTION
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
Edward W. Bok . . . Frontispiece
Edward Bok at the age of six
Edward Bok's birthplace at Helder, Netherlands
The grandmother
The Dutch grandfather [Transcriber's note: missing from book]
Where Edward Bok is happiest: in his garden
AN INTRODUCTION OF TWO PERSONS
A DUTCH BOY FIFTY YEARS AFTER
CHAPTER I
THE FIRST DAYS IN AMERICA
CHAPTER II
THE FIRST JOB: FIFTY CENTS A WEEK
CHAPTER III
THE HUNGER FOR SELF-EDUCATION
CHAPTER IV
A PRESIDENTIAL FRIEND AND A BOSTON PILGRIMAGE
CHAPTER V
GOING TO THE THEATRE WITH LONGFELLOW
CHAPTER VI
PHILLIPS BROOKS'S BOOKS AND EMERSON'S MENTAL MIST
CHAPTER VII
A PLUNGE INTO WALL STREET
CHAPTER VIII
STARTING A NEWSPAPER SYNDICATE
CHAPTER IX
THE FIRST "WOMAN'S PAGE," "LITERARY LEAVES," AND ENTERING SCRIBNER'S
CHAPTER X
THE CHANCES FOR SUCCESS
CHAPTER XI
LAST YEARS IN NEW YORK
CHAPTER XII
SUCCESSFUL EDITORSHIP
CHAPTER XIII
BUILDING UP A MAGAZINE
CHAPTER XIV
MEETING A REVERSE OR TWO
CHAPTER XV
ADVENTURES IN ART AND IN CIVICS
CHAPTER XVI
THEODORE ROOSEVELT'S INFLUENCE
CHAPTER XVII
THE PRESIDENT AND THE BOY
CHAPTER XVIII
ADVENTURES IN MUSIC
CHAPTER XIX
A WAR MAGAZINE AND WAR ACTIVITIES
CHAPTER XX
THE THIRD PERIOD
CHAPTER XXI
WHERE AMERICA FELL SHORT WITH ME
CHAPTER XXII
WHAT I OWE TO AMERICA
EDWARD WILLIAM BOK
BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
THE EXPRESSION OF A PERSONAL PLEASURE
INDEX
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