📘 About this eBook

Author:
➡️ Arthur Lee Knight (1852–1944) — The author of the story. Knight wrote several nautical adventure stories for young readers around the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Illustrator:
➡️ Hilda K. Robinson — The artist who created the illustrations that appeared in the original printed book.

Title:
➡️ The Mid of the Maintop — The official title of the book.
Alternate Title: The Mid o’ the Maintop — A slightly different or dialectal spelling of the same title (“Mid” refers to a midshipman — a junior naval officer).

📚 Publication Details

Original Publication:
➡️ London: Ernest Nister, 1900.
Published in London by Ernest Nister, a well-known publisher of illustrated children’s books around the turn of the 20th century.

Credits:
➡️ Al Haines — The volunteer who helped digitize, proofread, or prepare the eBook version for public release.

Language:
➡️ English — The book’s language.

LoC Class (Library of Congress Classification):
➡️ PZ — This code represents Juvenile fiction (children’s literature) within the Library of Congress cataloging system.

⚓ Subjects (Themes & Topics)

• Seafaring life — Juvenile fiction → Adventures at sea, often about sailors or naval life.

• Sailors — Juvenile fiction → Focuses on young sailors’ experiences.

• Slave trade — Juvenile fiction → May address historical aspects of slavery or encounters with slave traders.

• Arabs — Juvenile fiction → Indicates part of the story involves Arab people or settings, possibly during a voyage.

So, this book is a nautical adventure story for young readers, probably involving bravery, moral choices, and life at sea during a time when the slave trade was still a subject of historical memory.

🗂️ Technical Information

• Category: Text — Means the eBook is text-based (not audio or image-heavy).

• EBook-No.: 77070 — Its unique catalog number in the online library.

• Release Date: October 17, 2025 — The date the eBook version becomes publicly available.