Excerpt from The Little Admiral<br><br>T is historically true that the small son of an Admiral of the British Fleet was captured on the Isle aux Coudres in the manner described. He was held by the French till the taking of Quebec, but his adventures during those months are entirely fictitious.<br><br>The story has been written not so much for a prize as for a purpose, to wit, the instilling into young Canadians of British extraction more sympathy for their fellow-countrymen, the French, than is usually displayed.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.