Henry Kingsley

Henry Kingsley
Henry Kingsley (1830–1876) was an English novelist and brother of the better-known Charles Kingsley. He is best known for his novels "Geoffrey Hamlyn" (1859) and "The Hillyars and the Burtons" (1865), which vividly depict colonial life in Australia. Kingsley's works often focus on themes of adventure, nature, and the struggles of frontier life. Despite his initial success, his later works did not achieve the same popularity, and his career was somewhat overshadowed by his brother's.

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THE LOST CHILD. Remember? Yes, I remember well that time when the disagreement arose between Sam Buckley and Cecil, and how it was mended. You are wrong about one thing, General; no words ever passed between those two young men: death was between them before they had time to speak. I will tell you the real story, old as I am, as well as either of them could tell it for themselves; and as I tell it I... more...

INTRODUCTORY. Near the end of February 1857, I think about the 20th or so, though it don't much matter; I only know it was near the latter end of summer, burning hot, with the bushfires raging like volcanoes on the ranges, and the river reduced to a slender stream of water, almost lost upon the broad white flats of quartz shingle. It was the end of February, I said, when Major Buckley, Captain... more...