Penny Dreadfuls, 1867 · page 3 of 300
Roving Jack, The Pirate Hunter — page 3: what you’re looking at
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# Title Page Analysis This is the **title page** of a Victorian penny dreadful. The page announces *Roving Jack, The Pirate Hunter*, described as "A Romance of the Road and the Ocean." It promises the work will be "illustrated with numerous engravings." Published in London by Newsagents' Publishing Company at 147 Fleet Street in 1867 (MDCCCLXVII), this appears to be a sensational adventure serial combining piracy, highway crime, and maritime adventure—typical subject matter for cheap Victorian fiction aimed at working-class readers.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
. ROVING JACK, THE PIRATE HUNTER. | A HKowmance OF THE ROAD AND THE OCEAN. ee eae LL \ ———— ILLUSTRATED WITH NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS. ee LONDON: = NEWSAGENTS' PUBLISHING COMPANY, 147, FLEET STREET, E.C. -_— —- MDCCCLXVII, EE EE ee OE CDOOKS.