Jack Hardy

by Herbert Strang

Excerpt from Jack 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.It happened in this way."Good-by, my boy," said his father, as Jack clambered on to the roof of the coach at the White Hart, Southwark, "and be sure you don't forget your Cousin Bastable, or your mother will never forgive you.""All right, father. I'll take a look at him if I get a chance. I say, coachman, you'll let me have a drive?"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 the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

104 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1906

About the author

'Herbert Strang' was a pseudonym used by George Herbert Ely (1866–1958) and Charles James L'Estrange (1867–1947), co-editors in the Juveniles Department of Oxford University Press from 1907 until 1939, and the authors of adventure stories for boys.

Works for girls were written under the pseudonym, Mrs. Herbert Strang .

Reviews

[Wade Burgess · Rating 3 out of 5]

A quick read. Interesting to me since I have not read much of anything set in 1804 or 1805 in England or France. I think anyone today could enjoy this book for what it is, even though it was written in about 1905, and for boys, not adults.