British Royal series used in education. At one stage this booked belonged to Charles Meynell Withers, youngest son of artist Walter Withers.VaMaryrious names handwritten in ink: Inside Cover (Crossed out) C. Withers Title Page W.R. McDonald Montmorencyw. mcdonald, charles meynell pitt withers

Owned by Elsie PumpfictionInside front cover: Elsie Pump July 4th/ 22. For best poetry. Doncaster State School

Typed notes mentioning the earning of pocket money, The Great Gold Transaction which tells of two boys, aged 7 and 8 going to the Bank of Victoria in View Street and selling their gold, the visit by American sailors to Bendigo, A Matter of Morals and Ethics which tells of two boys who were given 3d by some ladies preparing for a tea-meeting to buy some milk. After a mishap crossing a gully they lost the 3d, so they went to a herd of goats and milked some to fill their pail. The boy’s mother was horrified. Also mentions the train crash at the Sunshine Station and about their house and the tradesmen who called, e g the milkman, baker, etc.document, the great gold transaction and a matter of morals and ethics, bendigo advertiser, bendigo independent, mrs jones, mrs james mcduff, lewis ad whitteys blacking, bill leigh, bank of victoria, c b c of sydney, great white fleet, arnold street methodist sunday school, nelson and sons, highroads of history