Excerpt from Shifting for Himself: Or Gilbert Greyson's Fortunes The school was not a large one. There were twenty-four boarding pupils, and an equal number Of day-scholars from the village of Westville, in which the school had been established twenty years before. It was favorably Situated, being only forty miles from New York. Half the boarding-scholars were from the city, and half from more distant places. Generally two or three pupils were sent to college each year, and, as the principal was a thorough scholar, maintained a creditable, Often a high rank. The school-session was over, and the boys separated into little knots. The day - scholars mostly went home, carrying their books under their arms. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.