Master of Ballantrae - Robert Louis StevensonRobert Louis (Balfour) Stevenson ( November 13, 1850- December 3, 1894), was a novelist, poet, and travel writer. Life Stevenson was born Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson in Edinburgh, Scotland, the son of Thomas Stevenson, a successful engineer, and Margar
Robbery Under Arms - Rolf BoldrewoodRolf Boldrewood ( 1826- 1915) was a novelist, best known for his novel Robbery Under Arms''. At the beginning of this novel the narrator, Dick Marsden, is awaiting execution for crimes committed whilst he was a bushranger. He goes on to tell the story of
Robert Elsmere - Mary Augusta WardMary Augusta Ward ( June 11, 1851 March 26, 1920), was a novelist. Born Mary Augusta Arnold in Hobart, Tasmania, she grew up in a literary environment with a father who was a professor of literature and as a young lady married Thomas Ward, a writer/editor
A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder - James De Mille
The Secret DoctrineThe book The Secret Doctrine the Synthesis of Science, Religion and Philosophy", originally published as two volumes in 1888, is Madame Blavatsky's magnum opus. It covers cosmic, planetary, and human evolution, as well as science, religion, and mythology. - Helena Blavatsky
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January 24January 24 is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 341 days remaining (342 in leap years). Events 41 Claudius is appointed Emperor of Rome after his nephew, Caligula, is assassinated. 1458 Matthias I Corvinus becomes king of Hunga - Vicki Baum , writer