Project Gutenberg 2007-11-21 Public domain in the USA. 65 Kingston, William Henry Giles 1814 1880 Kingston, W. H. G. Kingston, W.H.G. Taking Tales: Instructive and Entertaining Reading Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England "Taking Tales: Instructive and Entertaining Reading" by William Henry Giles Kingston is a collection of short stories written in the mid-19th century. This compilation features six engaging tales aimed at family reading, covering themes of adventure, morality, and life lessons. Among the stories, readers will encounter an English country miller, a boy who dreams of seafaring, a family relocating to Canada, a young soldier in major conflicts, an Australian shepherd, and a child laboring in a coal mine. The opening of the first story introduces us to Mark Page, the miller of Hillbrook, who grapples with the challenges of running a windmill in variable weather. Despite his material comforts, he is dissatisfied and grumpy, often envying his neighbor, Farmer Grey, whose innovative farming practices bring prosperity. While Mark is critical of Farmer Grey’s success, his kind-hearted daughter, Mary, secretly admires the farmer. Discontent surrounds Mark's family dynamics: his son, Ben, is a wayward youth influenced by bad company, leading to a troubling family legacy. As the story unfolds, readers will see how these characters interact, setting the stage for moral lessons about community, kindness, personal growth, and the consequences of one's actions. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Orphans -- Juvenile fiction Voyages and travels -- Juvenile fiction Seafaring life -- Juvenile fiction Great Britain. Royal Navy -- Juvenile fiction Shipwrecks -- Juvenile fiction Missing children -- Juvenile fiction Fishers -- England -- Juvenile fiction England -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Fiction 577979 577989 2024-09-10T08:14:37.867036 2023-09-10T11:22:49.759132 text/html text/html 584475 2007-11-21T09:09:54 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1033932 2007-11-21T09:09:54 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1126298 2024-09-10T08:14:46.070981 application/epub+zip 1135852 2024-09-10T08:14:40.038047 application/epub+zip 286675 2024-09-10T08:14:38.804993 application/epub+zip 1428802 2024-09-10T08:14:50.481947 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1416900 2024-09-10T08:14:45.200992 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 468913 2022-09-11T06:07:44.406087 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 559541 559516 2024-09-10T08:14:36.908023 2023-09-10T11:22:49.060140 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 559336 2007-11-21T09:09:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 204961 2007-11-21T09:09:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20364 2024-09-10T08:14:50.618936 application/rdf+xml 23550 2024-09-10T08:14:39.175985 image/jpeg 4819 2024-09-10T08:14:38.988985 image/jpeg 1106958 2024-09-10T08:14:37.967030 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia