“We haven’t done so badly,” admitted Craddock cautiously. “We’re here, safe and sound, that’s the main point. And I don’t think it’s entirely owing to good luck. I rather fancy there’s another reason, and a jolly good one.” “What’s that?” enquired his chum. “We’ve kept to the good old Scout’s motto: ‘Be Prepared.’” THE END T H E I A N H A R D Y S E R I E S BY COMMANDER E. HAMILTON CURREY, R.N. _Each Volume with Illustrations in Colour. 5s. nett._ 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._ IAN HARDY, SENIOR MIDSHIPMAN “Of those who are now writing stories of the sea, Commander Currey holds perhaps the leading position. He has a gift of narrative, a keen sense of humour, and above all he writes from a full stock of knowledge.”—_Saturday Review._ “=It is no exaggeration to say that Commander Currey bears worthily the mantle of Kingston and Captain Marryat.=”—_Manchester Courier._ “The Ian Hardy Series is just splendid for boys to read, and the best of it is that each book is complete in itself. But not many boys will read one of the series without being keenly desirous of reading all the others.”—_Sheffield Telegraph._ IAN HARDY FIGHTING THE MOORS