Tom Newcombe’s father is the wealthiest man in the village and owns half the ships in its port, yet Tom lies on the grass complaining he is the unluckiest boy alive. Idle, vain and forever waiting for something to turn up, he goes to sea, comes home, tries his hand at business and bargains, and learns the hard way what his habits cost.
A brisk moral adventure from a favourite nineteenth-century writer for boys. Download the free EPUB.