The first edition of this book is dated 1858. The edition used is dated 1889. The publisher was Adam & Charles Black, Edinburgh and London. The number of pages is 368.

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General information

This famous book tells the story of a boy at a boarding school on the Isle of Man, which lies between England and Ireland, and within sight of Scotland. The boy succumbs to various forms of ill-behaviour, with illicit trips to a bar in the near-by town. There are various scary episodes. Overcome with shame at something he has done Eric runs away to sea, which he finds so horrible an experience that when he is next in England he jumps ship, makes his way home, by now very ill, and dies.

Author’s Preface (Farrar was Headmaster of Marlborough College).

The story of ‘Eric’ was written with but one single object—the vivid inculcation of inward purity and moral purpose, by the history of a boy who, in spite of the inherent nobleness of his disposition, falls into all folly and wickedness, until he has learnt to seek help from above. I am deeply thankful to know—from testimony public and private, anonymous and acknowledged—that this object has, by God’s blessing, been fulfilled.

The fact that new editions are still called for thirty-one years after its publication, shows, I trust, that the story has been found to be of real use. I have not thought it right to alter in any way the style or structure of the narrative, but I have so far revised it as to remove a few of the minor blemishes. I trust that the book may continue to live so long—and so long only—as it may prove to be a source of moral benefit to those who read it.

April 21, 1889.

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Contents

Volume the First — Chapter I.
Childhood.

Volume the First — Chapter II.
A New Home.

Volume the First — Chapter III.
Bullying.

Volume the First — Chapter IV.
Cribbing.

Volume the First — Chapter V.
The Second Term.

Volume the First — Chapter VI.
Home Affections.

Volume the First — Chapter VII.
Eric a Boarder.

Volume the First — Chapter VIII.
Taking Up.

Volume the First — Chapter IX.
“Dead Flies,” Or “Ye Shall Be As Gods”.

Volume the First — Chapter X.
Dormitory Life.

Volume the First — Chapter XI.
Eric in Coventry.

Volume the First — Chapter XII.
The Trial.

Volume the First — Chapter XIII.
The Adventure at the Stack.

Volume the First — Chapter XIV.
The Silver Cord Broken.

Volume the First — Chapter XV.
Home Again.

Volume the Second — Chapter I.
Ardiel.

Volume the Second — Chapter II.
Wildney.

Volume the Second — Chapter III.
“The Jolly Herring.“

Volume the Second — Chapter IV.
Mr. Rose and Brigson.

Volume the Second — Chapter V.
Ripples.

Volume the Second — Chapter VI.
Eric and Montagu.

Volume the Second — Chapter VII.
The Pigeons.

Volume the Second — Chapter VIII.
Sowing the Wind.

Volume the Second — Chapter IX.
Whom the Gods love die Young.

Volume the Second — Chapter X.
The Last Temptation.

Volume the Second — Chapter XI.
Reaping the Whirlwind.

Volume the Second — Chapter XII.
The “Stormy Petrel.“

Volume the Second — Chapter XIII.
Home at Last.

Volume the Second — Chapter XIV.
Conclusion.

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