{"product_id":"2940013225473","title":"JACK ARCHER","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter I.     The Midshipman\u003cbr\u003eChapter II.    An Adventure at Gib\u003cbr\u003eChapter III.   The Escape\u003cbr\u003eChapter IV.    Gallipoli\u003cbr\u003eChapter V.     A Brush with the Enemy\u003cbr\u003eChapter VI.    The Alma\u003cbr\u003eChapter VII.   Before Sebastopol\u003cbr\u003eChapter VIII.  Balaklava\u003cbr\u003eChapter IX.    Inkerman\u003cbr\u003eChapter X.     The Great Storm\u003cbr\u003eChapter XI.    Taken Prisoners\u003cbr\u003eChapter XII.   Prisoners on Parole\u003cbr\u003eChapter XIII.  A Nominal Imprisonment\u003cbr\u003eChapter XIV.   A Suspected Household\u003cbr\u003eChapter XV.    A Struggle for Life\u003cbr\u003eChapter XVI.   An Escape from Prison\u003cbr\u003eChapter XVII.  A Journey in Disguise\u003cbr\u003eChapter XVIII. The Polish Insurgents\u003cbr\u003eChapter XIX.   To the Rescue\u003cbr\u003eChapter XX.    In a Lion's Den\u003cbr\u003eChapter XXI.   Back at the Front\u003cbr\u003eChapter XXII.  The Repulse at the Redan\u003cbr\u003eChapter XXIII. The Battle of the Tchernaya\u003cbr\u003eChapter XXIV.  A Fortunate Storm\u003cbr\u003eChapter XXV.   The Capture of Sebastopol\u003cbr\u003eChapter XXVI.  Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE MIDSHIPMAN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first day of term cannot be considered a cheerful occasion. As the\u003cbr\u003eboys arrive on the previous evening, they have so much to tell each\u003cbr\u003eother, are so full of what they have been doing, that the chatter and\u003cbr\u003elaughter are as great as upon the night preceding the breaking-up. In\u003cbr\u003ethe morning, however, all this is changed. As they take their places\u003cbr\u003eat their desks and open their books, a dull, heavy feeling takes\u003cbr\u003epossession of the boys, and the full consciousness that they are at\u003cbr\u003ethe beginning of another half year's work weighs heavily on their\u003cbr\u003eminds.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is true enough that the half year will have its play, too, its\u003cbr\u003ematches, with their rivalry and excitement. But at present it is the\u003cbr\u003elong routine of lessons which is most prominent in the minds of the\u003cbr\u003elads who are sitting on the long benches of the King's School,\u003cbr\u003eCanterbury.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs a whole, however, these have not great reason for sadness. Not more\u003cbr\u003ethan a third of them are boarders, and the rest, who have in truth,\u003cbr\u003efor the last week, begun to be tired of their holidays, will, when\u003cbr\u003ethey once get out of school, and begin to choose sides for football,\u003cbr\u003ebe really glad that the term has again commenced.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"So your brother is not coming back again, Archer?\" one of the boys\u003cbr\u003esaid to a lad of some fifteen years old, a merry, curly-haired fellow,\u003cbr\u003esomewhat short for his age, but square-shouldered and sturdy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"No. He is expecting in another six months to get his commission, and\u003cbr\u003eis going up to town to study with a coach. My father has lodged the\u003cbr\u003emoney for him, and hopes to get him gazetted to his old regiment, the\u003cbr\u003e33d.\"","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47082454155504,"sku":"2940013225473","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013225473_p0.jpg?v=1763578152","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013225473","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}