Captain Boldheart & the Latin-grammar master : a holiday romance from the pen of Lieut-Col. Robin Redforth, aged 9
1913
Captain Boldheart & the Latin-grammar master : a holiday romance from the pen of Lieut-Col. Robin Redforth, aged 9
1913
30 pages, 5 unnumbered leaves of plates : 22 cm Captain Boldheart is a young sea-captain who achieves fame and fortune before reaching the age of ten. His feats of valour include capturing a fleet of Spanish galleons and rescuing a rebellious shipmate from a shark; he also saves his hated Latin master from being eaten by savages "Illustrated by Beatrice Pearse."--Page 1 "The story contained herein was written by Charles Dickens in 1867. It is the third of four stories entitled Holiday Romance and was published originally in a children's magazine in America. It purports to be written by a child aged nine. It was republished in England in All the Year Round in 1868."--Foreword
