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This is the story of a family of wealth whose fortune is in decline. However, their young son is determined to restore the family. Pirates, smugglers, and bad guys learn a lesson from young Dick Trevanion!

Excerpt from The Adventures of Harry Rochester: A Tale of the Days of Marlborough and EugeneStap me, Frank, if ever I rattle my old bones over these roads again! Every joint in me aches, every wrinkle and I've too many - is filled with dust, and my wig plague on it, Frank, my wig's a doormat. Look at it - whew!My lord Godolphin took off his cocked hat, removed his full periwig, and Shook it over the side of the calash, wrying his lips as the h...

Excerpt from The Early Settlers: Australia's StoryThe defects in the harbour and in the adjacent ground determined the governor to seek another situation, and he resolved to examine Port Jackson, the harbour mentioned by Cook as immediately on the north of Botany Bay. But that no time might be lost in the event of dis appointment, the most elevated piece of ground in the neighbourhood was ordered to be cleared, and preparations to be made for ...

Excerpt from The Romance of Canada: Stories From the History of Her Discovery, Exploration, Conquest, and SettlementWith the exception of the Mother Country, there is no part of our Empire that has so great and moving a history as Canada. This history is the heritage, not only of the Canadian, but of the whole British race, it is one of which we may well be proud.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and cl...

Excerpt from The Romance of Canada: Stories From the History of Her Discovery, Exploration, Conquest, and SettlementWith the exception of the Mother Country, there is no part of our Empire that has so great and moving a history as Canada. This history is the heritage, not only of the Canadian, but of the whole British race, it is one of which we may well be proud.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and cl...

Excerpt from Jack Hardy: A Story of English Smugglers in the Days of NapoleonThe first time Jack Hardy met Mr. Nathaniel Gudgeon was also the occasion of his first visit to Luscombe.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct t...

Excerpt from King of the Air: Or to Morocco on an AirshipMr. John Greatorex was very wealthy, and very obstinate. He had made a large fortune as a manu facturer of chemicals, but disclaimed any knowledge of chemistry. He had dabbled a little in mechanics, and was convinced that he possessed an accurate practical knowledge of its applications. Consequently, when his new motor-car arrived, he saw no necessity to take a chauffeur with him on its ...

Excerpt from Humphrey Bold a Story of the Time of Benbow'Tis said that as a man declines towards old age his mind dwells ever more and more on the events of his childhood. Whether that be true of all men or not, certain it is that my memory of things that happened fifty years ago is very clear and bright, and the little incidents of my boyhood are more to me, because they touch me more nearly, than such great matters as the late rebellion agai...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough...

Excerpt from Fabulæ Divales: Ex Narratione Anglica Heræ Heriberti Strang, Latine Interpretatus Est Arcadius Avellanus, His Accedit Fabula Amor Et Psyche e Libris Metamorphoseon, Lucii Apuleii Madaurensis Philosophi Platonici Cum Notis Et Animadversionibus Eiusdem Interpretis About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an i...

This book (hardcover) is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It contains classical literature works from over two thousand years. Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the cultural legacy and to promote the timeless works of classical literature. Readers of a TREDITION CLASSICS book support the mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from...

This book (hardcover) is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It contains classical literature works from over two thousand years. Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the cultural legacy and to promote the timeless works of classical literature. Readers of a TREDITION CLASSICS book support the mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from...

This book is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It contains classical literature works from over two thousand years. Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the cultural legacy and to promote the timeless works of classical literature. Readers of a TREDITION CLASSICS book support the mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from oblivion. W...

This book is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It contains classical literature works from over two thousand years. Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the cultural legacy and to promote the timeless works of classical literature. Readers of a TREDITION CLASSICS book support the mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from oblivion. W...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.We are republishing many of these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

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Excerpt from On the Spanish MainOf the sea, destroyed by the fury of their own element, and here, high up the strand, beneath a bank overgrown with large-leaved plants, lies a human form, huddled, motionless.The waves do not touch it now, the storm has ex hansted itself, the tide is ebbing. Minute by minute the sea becomes less boisterous, the strip of sand widens, the rain ceases. By and by the sun breaks through the eastern sky, and, gatheri...