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Captain Boldheart & the Latin-Grammar Master, by
Charles Dickens This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org
Title: Captain Boldheart & the Latin-Grammar Master A Holiday Romance from the Pen of Lieut-Col. Robin Redforth, aged 9
Author: Charles Dickens
Illustrator: S. Beatrice Pearse
Release Date: December 7, 2007 [EBook #23765]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1
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CAPTAIN BOLDHEART
BY
CHARLES DICKENS
ILLUSTRATED BY BEATRICE PEARSE
[Illustration: "Invited them to Breakfast"]
CAPTAIN BOLDHEART & THE LATIN-GRAMMAR MASTER
A HOLIDAY ROMANCE FROM THE PEN OF LIEUT-COL. ROBIN REDFORTH AGED 9.
BY
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