"Chambers' Miscellany" was in the accidental lot, and good for him it was.

"Chambers' Miscellany" is better reading than much that is given to the world to-day, and the boy rioted in the adventure-flavored tales and sketches.

Scott's poetical works were there, and Shakespeare, but the latter was read only for the story of the play, and "Titus Andronicus" outranked even "Hamlet" among the tragedies.

As for Scott, the stirring rhymes had marked effect, and this had one curious sequence.

Tales of the lance and tilting have ever captivated boys, and Grant was no exception.