Literature & Fiction | Classic Literature & Fiction
The Boy Tar
image1
By Thomas Mayne Reid 21 Jun, 2020
SAVE FOR LATER
DOWNLOAD
Brief Extract: My name is Philip Forster, and I am now an old man. I reside in a quiet little village, that stands upon the sea-shore, at the bottom of a very large bay—one of the largest in our island. I have styled it a quiet village, and so it r ... Read more
Brief Extract: My name is Philip Forster, and I am now an old man. I reside in a quiet little village, that stands upon the sea-shore, at the bottom of a very large bay—one of the largest in our island. I have styled it a quiet village, and so it really is, though it boasts of being a seaport. There is a little pier or jetty of chiselled granite, alongside which you may usually observe a pair of sloops, about the same number of schooners, and now and then a brig. Big ships cannot come in. But you may always note a large number of boats, either hauled up on the beach, or scudding about the bay, and from this, you may conclude that the village derives its support rather from fishing than commerce. Such in reality is the fact. Less
  • File size
  • Print pages
  • Publisher
  • Language
  • ISBN
  • 571.12 KB
  • 98
  • Public Domain Book
  • English
  • 978-1515166566
autor-image
Thomas Mayne Reid
Author
Thomas Mayne Reid (April 4, 1818 – October 22, 1883) was a Scots-Irish American novelist. Thomas Mayne Reid fought in the American-Mexican War (1846-1848). His many works are about American life. In...
Related Books
view all
image1
A Wonderful Night; An Interpretation of Christmas:
image1
English Fairy Tales:
image1
Old Christmas From the Sketch Book of Washington Irving:
image1
Finn the Wolfhound:
image1
Further Adventures of Lad:
image1
Parnassus on Wheels:
image1
Daniel Boone - Taming the Wilds:
image1
Christmas: A Story:
image1
A Little Book of Christmas:
image1
The Love Affairs of a Bibliomaniac:
image1
Dream Life and Real Life A Little African Story:
image1
Mr. Kris Kringle: A Christmas Tale:
image1
The Child of Pleasure:
image1
Benita, an African romance:
image1
The Sorrows of Young Werther:
image1
Les chansons de Bilitis ; Pervigilium mortis: avec divers textes inédits(Banned Books from Anne Haight list):
image1
The Story of an African Farm:
image1
The Fortunate Mistress; Or, a History of the Life and Vast Variety of Fortunes of Mademoiselle De Beleau:
image1
Lobo, Rag and Vixen Being the Personal Histories of Lobo, Redruff, Raggylug and Vixen:
image1
Aphrodite: Mœurs Antiques:
image1
The Works of Christopher Marlowe, Vol. 3 (Of 3):
image1
Mrs. Budlong's Christmas Presents:
image1
A Christmas Story Man in His Element: Or, a New Way to Keep House:
image1
Chatterbox Stories of Natural History:
image1
A Christmas Carol:

Stay in touch.

© 2025 AMPLE READS