# Floyd's Flowers Or Duty and Beauty For Colored Children Being One Hundred Short Stories Gleaned from the Storehouse of Human Knowledge and Experience Simple Amusing Elevating

An audiobook by Silas X. Floyd, read by LibriVox volunteers (6 h 47 min, English).

Truly the boys and girls of to-day ought to be thankful that they are alive. There never was such a golden age for childhood and youth as the present. To say nothing of the rich opportunities for mental and spiritual development, what a multitude of things have been provided for the innocent pleasure, the wholesome recreation of the young people of to-day; inventions that remind one of the magic of the “Arabian Nights”; tools of sport so perfect that one cannot imagine how they could be bettered; fascinating games, all unknown in the days gone by; books and papers upon which science, art and literary skill have lavished modern resources—all these and many other wonderful things have fallen to the lot of the favored boys and girls of to-day. And now enterprising publishers of our grand country are going to put the boys and girls of America—and especially the colored boys and girls of America—under obligation to them, because they have decided to add to the list of good books for children and youths already on the market. I use the word “good” advisedly; for from the day that I was engaged to write this book I have had in mind constantly the thought of making it such a book as would…

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## Chapters

0. Publisher's Note and Preface (5:19): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_000_floyd_64kb.mp3
1. A Spelling Lesson (3:25): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_001_floyd_64kb.mp3
2. The Truth About Luck (4:05): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_002_floyd_64kb.mp3
3. An Evening at Home (3:59): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_003_floyd_64kb.mp3
4. The Making of a Man (4:58): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_004_floyd_64kb.mp3
5. False Pride (5:01): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_005_floyd_64kb.mp3
6. Thanksgiving at Piney Grove (12:46): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_006_floyd_64kb.mp3
7. The Loud Girl (4:50): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_007_floyd_64kb.mp3
8. The Rowdy Boy (3:03): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_008_floyd_64kb.mp3
9. Honesty (2:29): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_009_floyd_64kb.mp3
10. Uncle Ned and the Insurance Solicitor (6:06): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_010_floyd_64kb.mp3
11. The Strenuous Life (3:18): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_011_floyd_64kb.mp3
12. A Humbug (2:36): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_012_floyd_64kb.mp3
13. A Candidate for Baptism (9:33): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_013_floyd_64kb.mp3
14. Going with the Crowd (3:36): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_014_floyd_64kb.mp3
15. Mary and Her Dolls (4:11): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_015_floyd_64kb.mp3
16. Jaky Tolberts Playmates (3:58): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_016_floyd_64kb.mp3
17. A Valentine Party (4:15): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_017_floyd_64kb.mp3
18. No Money Down (5:03): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_018_floyd_64kb.mp3
19. Tommys Baby Brother (3:05): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_019_floyd_64kb.mp3
20. Keeping School (3:21): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_020_floyd_64kb.mp3
21. The School of the Street (5:35): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_021_floyd_64kb.mp3
22. The Fox Hunt (6:36): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_022_floyd_64kb.mp3
23. A Bold Venture (3:56): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_023_floyd_64kb.mp3
24. A Hero in Black (4:16): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_024_floyd_64kb.mp3
25. The Road to Success (3:51): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_025_floyd_64kb.mp3
26. Samuel C Armstrong (4:19): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_026_floyd_64kb.mp3
27. How to be Handsome (2:54): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_027_floyd_64kb.mp3
28. Patience (4:33): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_028_floyd_64kb.mp3
29. The Bitter Bit (2:15): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_029_floyd_64kb.mp3
30. The Alphabet of Success (1:47): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_030_floyd_64kb.mp3
31. Easter Monday in Washington (5:15): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_031_floyd_64kb.mp3
32. Keeping Ones Engagements (2:20): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_032_floyd_64kb.mp3
33. A Midnight Mishap (2:31): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_033_floyd_64kb.mp3
34. Frederick Douglass (4:11): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_034_floyd_64kb.mp3
35. Our Dumb Animals (2:06): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_035_floyd_64kb.mp3
36. A Plucky Boy (3:43): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_036_floyd_64kb.mp3
37. A Heart to Heart Talk (3:07): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_037_floyd_64kb.mp3
38. A Ghost Story (5:44): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_038_floyd_64kb.mp3
39. Good Cheer (5:21): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_039_floyd_64kb.mp3
40. Life A Battle (4:40): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_040_floyd_64kb.mp3
41. Ruled by Primative Methods (4:24): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_041_floyd_64kb.mp3
42. Hunting an Easy Place (3:48): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_042_floyd_64kb.mp3
43. Burt Bankstons Bequest (3:02): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_043_floyd_64kb.mp3
44. The Big Black Burglar (3:42): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_044_floyd_64kb.mp3
45. Pin Money Made with the Needle (4:52): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_045_floyd_64kb.mp3
46. Self Help (4:28): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_046_floyd_64kb.mp3
47. Henry Ward Beechers Testimony (4:21): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_047_floyd_64kb.mp3
48. Rounding Up a Chicken Thief (4:55): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_048_floyd_64kb.mp3
49. Shields Green the Martyr (2:36): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_049_floyd_64kb.mp3
50. Aiming at Something (3:11): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_050_floyd_64kb.mp3
51. The Black Sheep of the Reynolds Family (9:24): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_051_floyd_64kb.mp3
52. The Holy Bible (2:40): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_052_floyd_64kb.mp3
53. Andrew Carnegies Advice to Young Men (3:02): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_053_floyd_64kb.mp3
54. Directions for the Little Gentlemen (2:15): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_054_floyd_64kb.mp3
55. The Letter of the Law (2:29): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_055_floyd_64kb.mp3
56. The Best Books for Children (3:10): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_056_floyd_64kb.mp3
57. The Right to Play (3:06): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_057_floyd_64kb.mp3
58. A Christmas Present (3:35): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_058_floyd_64kb.mp3
59. Drinking and Smoking (5:45): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_059_floyd_64kb.mp3
60. The Nickel That Burned Franks Pocket (2:52): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_060_floyd_64kb.mp3
61. Monument to a Black Man (2:11): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_061_floyd_64kb.mp3
62. The Bad Boy---Who He Is (3:01): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_062_floyd_64kb.mp3
63. The Bad Boy---How to Help Him (5:56): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_063_floyd_64kb.mp3
64. Thomas Greene Bethune (''Blind Tom'') (4:45): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_064_floyd_64kb.mp3
65. Not Fit to Know (2:18): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_065_floyd_64kb.mp3
66. The Right Way (2:57): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_066_floyd_64kb.mp3
67. Keeping Friendship in Repair (3:14): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_067_floyd_64kb.mp3
68. Little Annie's Christmas (3:01): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_068_floyd_64kb.mp3
69. The Velocipede Race (2:36): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_069_floyd_64kb.mp3
70. Fault Finding (3:24): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_070_floyd_64kb.mp3
71. The Puritans Sabbath (3:54): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_071_floyd_64kb.mp3
72. The Devil on an Excursion (4:03): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_072_floyd_64kb.mp3
73. Random Remarks (4:17): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_073_floyd_64kb.mp3
74. Benjamin Banneker The Negro Astronomer (7:31): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_074_floyd_64kb.mp3
75. A Little Child Shall Lead Them (8:50): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_075_floyd_64kb.mp3
76. Directions for Little Ladies (2:15): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_076_floyd_64kb.mp3
77. Three Words to Young People (9:35): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_077_floyd_64kb.mp3
78. A Lamp Unto My Feet (3:32): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_078_floyd_64kb.mp3
79. The Three Brigades (1:55): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_079_floyd_64kb.mp3
80. Home Sweet Home (4:45): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_080_floyd_64kb.mp3
81. Edmund Asa Ware (7:11): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_081_floyd_64kb.mp3
82. An Ante Bellum Negro Preacher (3:20): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_082_floyd_64kb.mp3
83. Purity of Character (2:39): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_083_floyd_64kb.mp3
84. Each One of Us of Importance (2:16): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_084_floyd_64kb.mp3
85. The Poetry of Life (2:26): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_085_floyd_64kb.mp3
86. On Being in Earnest (3:38): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_086_floyd_64kb.mp3
87. Young People and Life Insurance (3:52): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_087_floyd_64kb.mp3
88. A Little Sailor Cat (2:37): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_088_floyd_64kb.mp3
89. Advice to Little Christians (2:18): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_089_floyd_64kb.mp3
90. A Word to Parents (2:15): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_090_floyd_64kb.mp3
91. A Helpful Message (1:55): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_091_floyd_64kb.mp3
92. The Unseen Charmer (4:52): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_092_floyd_64kb.mp3
93. Our Country (2:12): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_093_floyd_64kb.mp3
94. The Dont Care Girl (3:21): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_094_floyd_64kb.mp3
95. Negro Heroes (4:26): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_095_floyd_64kb.mp3
96. Frederick Douglass to Young People (4:30): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_096_floyd_64kb.mp3
97. Too High a Dam (2:27): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_097_floyd_64kb.mp3
98. A Good Fellow (1:51): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_098_floyd_64kb.mp3
99. The Future of the Negro (3:10): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_099_floyd_64kb.mp3
100. The Training of Children (5:58): https://archive.org/download/floydsflowers_1910_librivox/floydsflowers_100_floyd_64kb.mp3