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Illustrator: S. Beatrice Pearse
CAPTAIN BOLDHEART
CHARLES DICKENS
ILLUSTRATED BY BEATRICE PEARSE
CAPTAIN BOLDHEART & THE LATIN-GRAMMAR MASTER
A HOLIDAY ROMANCE FROM THE PEN OF LIEUT-COL. ROBIN REDFORTH AGED 9.
CHARLES DICKENS
LONDON: CONSTABLE AND CO. LTD.
FOREWORD
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. For this and four other Christmas pieces Dickens received ?1,000.
"Holiday Romance" was published in book form by Messrs Chapman & Hall in 1874, with "Edwin Drood" and other stories.
For this reprint the text of the story as it appeared in "All the Year Round" has been followed.
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