Adelbert and Bastel : or, Every man in his place. A story for boys.

This edition has images. Title: Adelbert and Bastel : or, Every man in his place. A story for boys. Original Publication: London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1884. Summary: "Adelbert and Bastel" by Franz Hoffmann is a didactic children's novel written in the mid-19th century. It contrasts a wealthy Hamburg merchant’s imaginative son with a charcoal-burner’s sturdy boy from the Harz to examine vocation, class, and character under the moral theme “Every man in his place.”...