Posted by Robert Thompson on September 30, 2001 at 21:19:11 from 212.229.58.245:
In Reply to: Early Edition of Swallowdale - Help and Comments Please posted by Malcolm Temple on September 30, 2001 at 18:39:26:
The passage is still present in the December 1933 edition but has disappeared by the 1938 (1st illustrated Ransome) edition. Can't help you with the in-betweens!
The writing doesn't sound like Ransome's own work!