Take It from Dad

This epistolary work contains a series of didactic letters from a father, William Soule, to his son, Ted. We are informed at the very beginning that the son is in boarding school at Exeter and wants to quit and join his father's factory. In these motivational letters, the father convinces him to stay there and give things sometime before deciding to leave the institution. He tells Ted that working in the factory won't be as easy as it seems to him and also lets him know that he understands the conditions remain gloomy for some time in Exeter, but in order to see the bright side of it, he mustn't give up so early and try to learn what new thing the school teaches. The work then contains several wonderfully written letters to the son till the very end of the school year. This easy-to-follow work delights as well as gives hope to the reader. They act as valuable instructions for anyone struggling to start a new part of their life.