This etext was prepared by Les Bowler. THE TRUMPET-MAJOR JOHN LOVEDAY a soldier in the war with buonaparte and ROBERT HIS BROTHER first mate in the merchant service a soldier in the war with buonaparte and first mate in the merchant service A TALE by THOMAS HARDY by with a map of wessex with a map of wessex macmillan and co., limited st. martin’s street, london 1920 macmillan and co. limited st. martin’s street london copyright copyright First Edition (3 vols.) 1880. New Edition (1 vol.) and reprints 1881-1893 New Edition and reprints 1896-1900 First published by Macmillan and Co., Crown 8vo, 1903. Reprinted 1906, 1910, 1914 Pocket Edition 1907. Reprinted 1909, 1912, 1915, 1917, 1919, 1920 PREFACE