Transcriber's Note
Changes to the text (to correct typographical errors) are listed at the end of the book.A few cases of missing punctuation have been regularised in the advertisements without comment.
There are extensive blocks of publisher's advertising material includedboth before and after the title page, after the index and in a sixteen page catalogue at the end,which has (duplicate) page numbers 1-16, but may be referenced with unique page anchors 1C-16C.
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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 aredescribed below. Each volume is complete in itself, and no knowledge ofthe previous volumes is necessary, but few boys will read one of the serieswithout 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 imitatedmay be regarded as negligible in comparison with the good likely to be done by the example ofhis manly, honest nature. Ian was a boy whom his father might occasionally have reason towhip, 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 ofBritish pluck."—Observer.
"Commander E. Hamilton Currey, R.N., is becoming a serious rival to Kingstonas a writer of sea stories. Just as a former generation revelled in Kingston's doings of histhree heroes from their middy days until they became admirals all, so will the present-day boysread with interest the story of Ian Hardy. Last year we knew him as a cadet; this year weget Ian Hardy, Midshipman. The present instalment of his stirring history is breezilywritten."—Yorkshire Observer.
IAN HARDY, SENIOR MIDSHIPMAN
"Of those who are now writing stories of the sea, Commander Currey holds perhaps theleading position. He has a gift of narrative, a keen sense of humour, and above all he writesfrom a full stock of knowledge."—Saturday Review.
"It is no exaggeration to say that Commander Currey bears worthily the mantle ofKingston and Captain Marryat."—Manchester Courier.
"The Ian Hardy Series is just splendid for boys to read, and the best of it is that