| Captain Mugford Contributor(s): W. H. G. Kingston, H. G. Kingston (Author), W. H. G. Kingston (Author), 1stworld Library (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1421847701 ISBN-13: 9781421847702 Publisher: 1st World Library - Literary Society OUR PRICE: $26.55 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2007 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections |
| Dewey: 823 |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.90 lbs) 216 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: We belong to a Cornish family of the greatest respectability and high antiquity-so say the county records, in which we have every reason to place the most unbounded confidence. The Tregellins have possessed the same estate for I do not know exactly how long; only I suppose it must have been some time after Noah disembarked from the ark, and, at all events, for a very long time. The estate of which I speak was in a wild part of the country, and not at that time very productive; but I believe that my father would not have parted with it for ten times its market value. It contained between four and five hundred acres of hill and dale, and rock and copse, and wood; its chief feature a lofty cape, which ran out for a considerable distance into the sea. On one side it was exposed to the almost unbroken sweep of the Atlantic Ocean; on the other it was washed by the tranquil waters of a deep bay, which formed a safe and picturesque harbour for numerous small craft which frequently took shelter there from press of weather when running up channel. |