Walter Sherwood's Probation (1897)

Walter Sherwood's Probation

Horatio Alger Jr.'s juvenile novel follows Walter Sherwood after family financial trouble sends him west to learn self-reliance. (Open Library)

Watches

Elgin watch

A watch seller reassures Walter that the offered watch is an Elgin, leaning on the maker's reputation while promising the case is solid gold.

Source text: "You will see that it is an Elgin watch. Of course you know the reputation of that make." (Project Gutenberg ebook 5993)