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100 1 _aGladstone, George, Mrs.,
_d1829-1890
245 1 0 _aTom Gillies
250 _aNew edition.
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2026
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2026-01-24
520 _a"Tom Gillies" by Mrs. George Gladstone is a children's novel written in the late 19th century. It follows a mischievous island boy whose impulses and bad companionship collide with stern discipline and gentle influences, charting his first steps from defiance toward conscience. Set against a rugged coastal working community, it foregrounds themes of honesty, work, repentance, and faith. The opening of the novel presents Norton Island and nearby Dixtown, where lively Tom, the sixth of eleven, runs wild with his daring friend Dick Potter until his mother places him with Miss Pringle, a severe baker. Before leaving, the boys steal a last day out in a borrowed boat, and later a cruel prank leads to the loss of Tom’s grandmother’s cherished cat, whose quiet burial underscores the harm he has caused. We also meet Mother Crampton, a kind, devout shopkeeper, and Miss Pringle’s lodgers: the ailing Mr. Newton and his capable daughter Annie, who befriends Tom and lends him a devotional booklet. At his new place Tom endures frugal meals, hard chores, and rebukes, steals fruit, and hears sermons and scriptures that prick his conscience, while Mother Crampton’s counsel offers a gentler path. Early reassurance that his part in the cat’s death is undiscovered steadies him briefly, and the section closes with Dick reappearing as Tom is sent to gather blackberries. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cLondon: James Nisbet & Co., 1881
653 _aChristian life -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aConduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aTeenage boys -- Juvenile fiction
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77762
999 _c118482
_d118482