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This work is 'the story of a little boy who lives with his grandfather in a ruined old tower on the South-West Coast [of England]. As he grows up to man's estate he goes through many strange adventures by sea and land, eventually becomes a rich man and marries the love of his early youth, as, of course, he was in duty bound.' 'Christmas Books', The Times (25 December 1876): 8.
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Not Australian in content.'(Marcie Muir's Australian Children's Books: A Bibliography: Volume One 1774-1972 (1992): 360).
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Dedication: '"To my readers" written for "Good Things"'.(Marcie Muir's Australian Children's Books: A Bibliography: Volume One 1774-1972 (1992): 360).
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