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THE IAN HARDY SERIES by COMMANDER E. HAMILTON CURREY, R.N.
Each Volume with Illustrations in Colour. 5s. each
Ian Hardy's career in H.M. Navy is told in four volumes, which are described below. Each volume is complete in itself, and no knowledge of the previous volumes is necessary, but few boys will read one of the series without wishing to peruse the others.
IAN HARDY, NAVAL CADET
A sound and wholesome story giving a lively picture of a naval cadet's life. — Birmingham Gazette .
A very wholesome book for boys, and the lurking danger of Ian's ill deeds being imitated may be regarded as negligible in comparison with the good likely to be done by the example of his manly, honest nature. Ian was a boy whom his father might occasionally have reason to whip, but never feel ashamed of. — United Service Magazine .
IAN HARDY, MIDSHIPMAN
A jolly sequel to his last year's book. — Christian World .
The 'real thing.' ... Certain to enthral boys of almost any age who love stories of British pluck. — Observer .
Commander E. Hamilton Currey, R.N., is becoming a serious rival to Kingston as a writer of sea stories. Just as a former generation revelled in Kingston's doings of his three heroes from their middy days until they became admirals all, so will the present-day boys read with interest the story of Ian Hardy. Last year we knew him as a cadet; this year we get Ian Hardy, Midshipman . The present instalment of his stirring history is breezily written. — Yorkshire Observer .