Penny Dreadfuls, 1867 · page 300 of 300
Roving Jack, The Pirate Hunter — page 300: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# What This Page Shows This is a title page and advertisement for a Victorian penny dreadful series. It presents a mock "proclamation" supposedly signed by Giuseppe Garibaldi, dated July 1866, announcing his appointment of a band of English boys—commanded by "Frank Ford" (the "Boy Soldier")—to fight for the liberation of Venice. The proclamation promises that weekly accounts of their exploits will be sold for one penny, with proceeds funding a pension for war casualties. At the bottom, it advertises *The Boy Soldier* as "No. 1 NOW PUBLISHING," drumming up sales with patriotic appeals to English boys to support the series.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
WHEREAS the King of Laly haying ey et aar tte to ) appoint me, Guiseppe Garibaldi, Generalissimo of all the Volunteer Forces raised for the Liberation of Veneiia, I have, under the powers conferred on me, accepted the services of a GALLANT BAND OF ENGLISH BOYS, ~ = raised and commanded by FRANK FORD, otherwise. known as the + BO = SOLDIER, tee who will in future be known as | 5 CARIBALDI'S YOUNG CAPTAIN, j q and anos Deeds, with those of the Band under his command, will add fresh a lustre to the ENGLISH BOYS’ name, and prove worthy of ranking beside the laurels gained at CRESSY, AGINCOURT, WATERLOO, and a thousand others. AND WHEREAS, I have consented that a Specia, CorrusponDENT shall be attached to the Mas BAND OF THE Boy SOLDIERS, whose duty will be to transmit to England every week a full account of all their EXPLOITS, ADVENTURES, and BATTLES, which being sold at the _ Price of One Penny shall form a fund to pension those who may suffer by eS THE ACCIDENTS OF WAR. ; Pierce) Sc3Gs GARIBALDI. Lonato, July, 1866, BOYS OF ENGLAND!! SHOULDER ARMS!! AND ned THE BOY SOLDIER. No, 1 NOW PUBLISHING, No, 2 and a Coloured Engvavilig’ viva lite, om