Hugh Stowell Scott
Hugh Stowell Scott (1862 or 1863 - November 19, 1903) was an English novelist (under the pseudonym of Henry Seton Merriman).
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[edit] Life
Born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne,[1] he became an underwriter at Lloyd's of London, but then devoted himself to travel and to writing novels, many of which had great popularity. Scott visited India as a tourist in 1877-8 and set his novel Flotsam (1896) there.[2] He was an enthusiastic traveller, many of his journeys being undertaken with his friend and fellow author Stanley J. Weyman.[3] He was unusually modest and retiring in character. He died of appendicitis at the age of about forty at Melton, Suffolk.[4]
[edit] Novels
His first novel, Young Mistley was published anonymously in 1888.[5] His other novels include The Phantom Future (the only novel of his set entirely in England, 1889), The Slave of the Lamp (1892), From One Generation to Another (1892), The Sowers (generally considered his best, set in Russia, where it was banned) (1896), In Kedar's Tents (1897), Roden's Corner (1898), Suspense, Dross (1899), Slave of the Lamp, With Edged Tools (a bestseller in 1894), Grey Lady, Isle of Unrest (1900), The Velvet Glove, The Vultures (1902), Queen (1903), Barlasch of the Guard (1903) and "The Last Hope" (1904). He worked with great care, and his best books held a high place in Victorian fiction.
[edit] Short Stories
Tomaso's Fortune and Other Stories (1904)
Sister (1892)
A Small World (1900)
In a Crooked Way
The Tale of a Scorpion
On the Rocks (1898)
"Golossa-a-l"
The Mule
In Love and War
Tomaso's Fortune (1899)
Stranded
Putting Things Right (1894)
For Juanita's Sake
At the Front (1894)
The End of the "Mooroo"
In a Caravan (1893)
In the Track of the Wandering Jew (1895)
Through the Gate of Tears (1896)
A Pariah (1896)
The Prodigal's Return (1896)
Magazine Stories Uncollected
Well Meant (1892)
A Pair of Dark Horses (1893)
In Countermine B (1893)
The Slowcoach (1893)
The Panther (1894)
The Haunted Hand (1894)
Crab-Appleby (1894)
Hand and Heart (1894)
A Friend in Need (1895)
The Lie That Tony Told (1895)
"The Morning Star" (1895)
The Carnival in Spain (1896)
Last Year's Nest (1896)
On the Brink (1896)
Of This Generation (1896)
After Many Days (1897)
In the Valley of Repose (1898)
An Old Custom (1901)
[edit] External links
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Cousin, John William (1910). A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature. London, J. M. Dent & Sons; New York, E. P. Dutton.
[edit] References
- ^ [1]. Accessed 11 May 2010.
- ^ [2]. Accessed 11 May 2010.
- ^ [3]
- ^ [4]. [5]. Both accessed 11 May 2010.
- ^ The Concise Dictionary of National Biography. Twentieth Century 1901-1903 (London: Oxford University Press).
For short accounts of many of the novels see the Preface on [6]. Accessed May 10, 2010.
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