Desk and Debit

Desk and Debit

Oliver Optic, Noted academic, author, and Massachusetts state legislator (1822-1897)


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Table of Contents

- About This Book

- Dedication

- Preface

- In Which Phil Has A Talk With His Father, And Reviews His Past History

- In Which Phil Starts For Chicago And Hears A Familiar Name

- In Which Phil Makes The Acquaintance Of Mrs. Whippleton

- In Which Phil Is Chivalrous, But Has His Eyes Opened

- In Which Phil Takes A Room At Mrs. Whippleton's Boarding House

- In Which Phil Is Engaged As Entry Clerk For Collingsby And Whippleton

- In Which Phil Takes A Sail On The Lake With Mr. Whippleton

- In Which Phil Attempts To Make Out A Trial Balance

- In Which Phil Is Perplexed About Certain Invoices

- In Which Phil Takes Charge Of Mrs. Whippleton's Earthly Treasure

- In Which Phil Visits The House Of Mr. Collingsby, And Sees Miss Marian

- In Which Phil Looks Into The Operations Of The Junior Partner

- In Which Phil Meets With A Serious Catastrophe

- In Which Phil Goes To Work In The Cook-room Of The Marian

- In Which Phil Promises Not To Desert Miss Collingsby

- In Which Phil Puts A Check On The Operations Of Mr. Ben Waterford

- In Which Phil Protests With The Boat-hook, But Is Protested

- In Which Phil Profits By Circumstances, And Weighs Anchor In The Marian

- In Which Phil Sails The Marian Across Lake Michigan

- In Which Phil Answers Some Inquiries About The Fawn, And Other Matters

- In Which Phil Is Bewildered, And The Marian Sails For Chicago

- In Which Phil In The Marian Gets The Weather Gage Of The Florina

- In Which Phil Goes To Sleep And His Severest Catastrophe Comes

- In Which Phil Suffers Much Pain, And Marian Is Very Resolute

- In Which Phil Finds The Tables Turned, And The Marian Runs Into Chicago River

- In Which Phil Visits Mr. Collingsby Again And Is A Hero In Spite Of Himself

- In Which Phil Moralizes Upon Worldly Wisdom And Bids Farewell To Desk And Debit