Taking Tales

Instructive and Entertaining Reading

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Taking Tales, by William Henry Giles Kingston, has the subtitle Instructive and Entertaining Reading. A story headed The Miller of Hillbrook says there are all sorts of mills, and that wind-mills are of no use if the wind does not blow. The text says that if a man tries to get on without the help of his neighbours, and without being willing to help them in return, he will soon find that he too has to come to a standstill.

The miller tells Sam that before the mill can go they must mend these sails, and Sam answers that it would be a rum mill-sail he couldn't tackle. A speaker reaches the Tower of London, where the Guards were doing duty, but is not tall enough for the Guards, and is taken to a sergeant of the 44th regiment of foot. A speaker says David has been found; Samuel asks "What alive?" and the answer is yes, but David will not be if they do not make haste, and Bill Hagger has a heap of coals over him.

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William Henry Giles Kingston

William Henry Giles Kingston (1814-1880), often credited as W. H. G. Kingston, was an English writer of boys' adventure novels. He also worked as a linguist and translator. His books include "Peter the Whaler" and "The Rival Crusoes".