Besides, my father's name is well known, and I'll take care to mention it.

Sometimes influence goes farther than merit, you know." "I should like to increase my income by writing for the city papers.
Even if I only made fifty dollars a year, it would all be clear gain." Harry's desire was natural.

He had no idea how many shared it.
Every editor of a successful weekly could give information on this subject.

Certainly there is no dearth of aspiring young writers--Scotts and Shakspeares in embryo--in our country, and if all that were written for publication succeeded in getting into print, the world would scarcely contain the books and papers which would pour in uncounted thousands from the groaning press.
When the two boys arrived in Boston they took a carriage to Oscar's house.

It was situated on Beacon Street, not far from the Common,--a handsome brick house with a swell front, such as they used to build in Boston.