Charles Kingsley

Embarrassed by his grimy appearance in the presence of an immaculate little girl, ten-year-old Tom-an ill-treated London chimney-sweep-promptly runs away. Diving into a river, he enters a magical underwater world where he meets wee creatures of the deep, and learns about goodness, fairness, and "right and wrong." Young readers will find themselves anticipating with pleasure the frequent appearances of such enchanting characters as Mrs. Doasyouwouldbedoneby,...

Enormously popular when published, Westward Ho! is the saga of Elizabethan sailors from the Devonshire coast who sail off into the unknown to found an empire for their queen. Moving at a breathless pace from start to finish, the story of the sailors' adventures and conflicts with the Spanish make it an exhilarating read.

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Charles Kingsley turned his literary skills to poetry for this collection. Gathered here are his long poem "Andromeda," and poems with such evocative titles as "The Starlings," "Ode to the Northeast Wind," "The Watchman," and "The World's Age"-as well as some of Kingsley's earlier verses.

These lectures were delivered at the Philosophical institution, Edinburgh in February, 1854, at the commencement of the Crimoan War. These Lectures, are altogether crude and fragmentary — how, indeed, could they be otherwise, dealing with so vast a subject, and so long a period of time? They are meant neither as Essays nor as Orations, but simply as a collection of hints to those who may wish to work out the subject for themselves ; and I trust,...

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The year before his death, the author of The Water Babies and other beloved fantasy novels, collected five lectures from his tour of America for this volume: "Westminster Abbey," "The Stage As It Was Once," "The First Discovery of America," "The Servant of the Lord," and "Ancient Civilisation."

The eminent Victorian clergyman, novelist, and essayist kept his eyes open to the wonders of the natural world. This 1873 collection of nature writing includes "A Charm of Birds," "Chalk-Stream Studies," "My Winter-Garden," "From Ocean to Sea," and "The Fens."

The Victorian age was a time of geological discovery. Kingsley published this introduction to the science for children in 1869. Through conversations about earthquakes, volcanoes, coral reefs, and other features, he encourages children to observe the world around them and learn how the wonders of the earth evolved.

This 1873 collection displays Kingsley's wide-ranging interests. In the title essay, he suggests that Victorian attitudes toward art resemble those of the Puritans. The book also includes "Sir Walter Raleigh and His Time," and a review of James Anthony Froude's history of England.