Woodville Stories Series

WOODVILLE STORIES SERIES by OLIVER OPTIC (William Taylor Adams) This Series contains 2 existing novels: 1) Work and Win 2) Haste and Waste "Though we are not so young as we once were, we relished these stories almost as much as the boys and girls for whom they were written. They were really refreshing even to us. There is much in them which is calculated to inspire a generous, healthy ambition, and to make distasteful all reading tending to stimulate base desires."--Fitchburg...
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WOODVILLE STORIES SERIES by OLIVER OPTIC (William Taylor Adams) This Series contains 2 existing novels: 1) Work and Win 2) Haste and Waste "Though we are not so young as we once were, we relished these stories almost as much as the boys and girls for whom they were written. They were really refreshing even to us. There is much in them which is calculated to inspire a generous, healthy ambition, and to make distasteful all reading tending to stimulate base desires."--Fitchburg Reveille. About the Author: Oliver Optic (William Taylor Adams July 30, 1822 - March 27, 1897) was a noted academic, author, and Massachusetts state legislator. He was born in Medway, Massachusetts in 1822 to Captain Laban Adams and Catherine Johnson Adams. He became a teacher in the Boston, Massachusetts public schools in 1845, and remained in that capacity through 1865. In 1846, he married Sarah Jenkins, with whom he had two children. He served as a member of the School Board of Dorchester, Massachusetts, for 14 years. In 1869, he became a member of the Massachusetts General Court. He died in Dorchester in 1897.