Project Gutenberg 2004-06-01 Public domain in the USA. 229 Alger, Horatio, Jr. 1832 1899 Putnam, Arthur Lee Starr, Julian Preston, Charles F. Alger, Horatio Walter Sherwood's Probation Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team HTML file produced by David Widger "Walter Sherwood's Probation" by Horatio Alger, Jr. is a novel written during the late 19th century that follows the life and challenges faced by a young man named Walter Sherwood. Walter, a college student, finds himself in a precarious situation when he discovers that he is spending money extravagantly despite losing most of his fortune. With the guidance of his guardian, Doctor Ezekiel Mack, he is forced to leave college to seek employment and reassess his priorities. The opening portion of the book introduces us to the characters and sets the stage for Walter's impending journey of self-discovery. The narrative begins with a letter from Walter to Doctor Mack, revealing his financial struggles as he navigates the expectations of college life. Doctor Mack, concerned about Walter’s spending habits and well-being, decides to visit him secretly at college. Through their interactions and the subsequent observations of college life, we see the burgeoning conflict within Walter as he balances the allure of social activities with the need for responsibility. This tension is further compounded by the revelation of his impending financial crisis when Walter learns from Doctor Mack that he will need to leave college to pursue a more stable path. Overall, the beginning of this novel encapsulates key themes of growth, responsibility, and the transition from youth to adulthood. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 85.3 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Orphans -- Juvenile fiction Coming of age -- Juvenile fiction Wealth -- Juvenile fiction Self-reliance -- Juvenile fiction West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Children's Fiction Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Fiction 368664 2025-06-03T06:25:46.718620 text/html 395818 2021-01-28T06:54:02 text/html; charset=utf-8 111491 2021-01-28T06:54:02 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 194728 2025-06-03T06:25:56.174613 application/epub+zip 200706 2025-06-03T06:25:50.195641 application/epub+zip 191223 2025-06-03T06:25:48.765638 application/epub+zip 400273 2025-06-03T06:26:00.648083 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 362086 2025-06-03T06:25:55.249667 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 324031 2022-09-03T09:40:22.072856 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 290821 2025-06-03T06:25:45.124654 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 290585 2018-03-03T12:37:14 text/plain; charset=utf-8 103325 2018-03-19T12:25:26 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 281347 2013-04-10T09:01:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 102242 2013-04-10T09:02:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21900 2025-06-03T06:26:00.801076 application/rdf+xml 12593 2025-06-03T06:25:49.349654 image/jpeg 3351 2025-06-03T06:25:49.059611 image/jpeg 185813 2025-06-03T06:25:46.746632 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia