Hornby Mills, and Other Stories
Henry Kingsley’s collection of stories “Hornby Mills, and Other Stories,” which was released in 1872, adds to our knowledge of civilization. The book contains many stories, including “Malmaison,” “An Episode in the Life of Charles Mordaunt,” “Why Lady Hornbury’s Ball Was Postponed,” and “Hornby Mills Garden.” It also covers subjects like the explorations of Australia and the history of Inverquiech, Scotland. The original artifact served as the model for this reproduction, which was made to be as accurate as feasible.
About the Author
Kingsley was Charles Kingsley’s younger brother and spent five years failing at the Australian goldfields before coming home to write The Recollections of Geoffry Hamlyn, treated for a long time as the first substantial Australian novel. Ravenshoe is the one critics still rate. He edited…
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