Left to Themselves: Being the Ordeal of Philip and Gerald

by: Edward Prime-Stevenson

But—if one yields to the temptation to be among the prophets, and closes his eyes, there come, chiefly, pleasant thoughts of how good are friendship and love and loyal service between man and man in this rugged world of ours; and how probable it is that such things here have not their ending, since they have not their perfecting here, perfect as friendship and the service sometimes seem.

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New York : Hunt and Eaton

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Novel

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English

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After the 12 year-old Gerald is rescued from a robber by the 17 year-old Philip, the two embark on a journey to return Gerald to his stockbroker father in Halifax. They contend with a revenge-bent kidnapper, a ship wreck, illness, and the shadow of Philip's disreputable father.

Also see:

"Left to Themselves: The Subversive Boys Books of Edward Prime-Stevenson (1858-1942)" by James Gifford
"Between Boys: Edward Stevenson's Left to Themselves (1891) and the Birth of Gay Children's Literature" by Eric L. Tribunella in Children's Literature Association Quarterly (2012) Volume 37, Number 4, Winter, 364-388pp.