The Heir of Kilfinnan - A Tale of the Shore and Ocean

The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Heir of Kilfinnan, by W.H.G. Kingston This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: The Heir of Kilfinnan A Tale of the Shore and Ocean Author: W.H.G. Kingston Illustrator: Holloway Release Date: October 31, 2007 [EBook #23269] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE HEIR OF KILFINNAN *** Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England W.H.G. Kingston "The Heir of Kilfinnan" Preface. The following tale contains materials for a full-sized novel, but my readers probably will not object to have them condensed into a single modest volume. The scene of a considerable portion of the story is laid on the coast of Ireland, where the peasantry mostly speak the native Irish, and I have therefore translated what my characters say into ordinary English rather than into the generally received brogue, which would be, coming from their lips, as inappropriate as Spanish or Dutch. When English is spoken, it sounds somewhat high-flown, but is certainly purer than the language of the same class in England. Thus, my hero talks more like a well-educated young gentleman than a humble fisher lad.