Phil, the Fiddler

by Horatio, Jr. Alger · language: en

Vocabulary level: Elementary · Flesch–Kincaid grade 6 · 2,375 sentences

Vocabulary level is estimated from word frequency, not an official CEFR classification.

Subjects: Child abuse — Juvenile fiction · New York (N.Y.) — History — 1865-1898 — Juvenile fiction · Runaways — Juvenile fiction · Violinists — Juvenile fiction

Words worth knowing: opportunely · newsboy · cupidity · rigor · pallet · temerity · schoolhouse · quarrelsome

PHIL, THE FIDDLER By Horatio Alger, Jr.

PREFACE Among the most interesting and picturesque classes of street children in New York are the young Italian musicians, who wander about our streets with harps, violins, or tambourines, playing wherever they can secure an audience.

They become Americanized less easily than children of other nationalities, and both in dress and outward appearance retain their foreign look, while few, even after several years’ residence, acquire even a passable knowledge of the English language.

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