The Young Salesman. [ On Board the Arcturus; The First Day in New York; Scott Learns a Lesson; Tracking the Thief; An Unpleasant Surprise; At Niagra Falls; etc]

New York : A.L. Burt, [c.1896], 1896. Book. Fair. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 313 p. ; 19 cm. ; LC: PS1029.A3; Dewey: 813/.4 ; OCLC: 2853213 ; illustrated grey, green and black cloth ; illustrated endpapers ; front hinge starting ; tear to edge of spine ; foxing (of course) ; name on flyleaf ; covers soiled ; a penciling on one page ; reprinted in 2007 as ISBN: 1417917563 ; "When Scott Walton's father dies, he leaves him with the names of two relatives in America. Penniless, Scott must travel to New York City to meet his uncle, Ezra Little. Mr. Little grudgingly hires Scott, paying him only room and board. While he is staying with his uncle, he meets an older relative of the family, the kind Seth Lawton, who comes to visit. When Mr. Little's son, a spoiled young boy, steals his mother's pocketbook and implicates Scott. Anxious to be rid of Scott, Mr. Little fires him and asks him to leave his house. Luckily, Scott is soon able to get a job as a traveling salesman. When Scott is sent to Buffalo on business he is able to buy a bankrupt wholesale firm's goods for his company at a discount. For this, the company gives him a commission and a promotion. Now able to support himself, Scott is even more ecstatic when he learns Lawton's secret that cements his future." ; FAIR.