Author: Louis King MacKendrickPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 266
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The Life and Work of Robert Barr
Author: Louis King MacKendrickPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 266
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Correspondence Relating to Estate and Business of Robert Barr
Author: Robert BarrRobert Barr
Author: Janice McNabbSelected Stories of Robert Barr. Edited and with an Introduction by John Parr
Author: Robert BarrMiscellaneous Legal Notes Relative to the Estate of Robert Barr
Author: Correspondence Relating to Estate and Business of Robert Barr
Author: Robert BarrPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages :
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Description: Estate Papers: Correspondence, 1854-1860, discussing various land related matters including the heirs of Robert Barr and their bank claims with the Urbana Banking Company for Robert Barr's Estate.
And the Rigour of the Game
Author: Robert BarrPublisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1473371848
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 19
Book Description
This early work by Robert Barr was originally published in 1892 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. "And the Rigour of the Game" is a short story about a young bank clerk with an intensely domineering father, who believes his son is leading a life of gambling and dissipation. Robert Barr was born on 16th September 1849 in Glasgow, Scotland, but he and his parents emigrated to Upper Canada when he was just four years old. He attended Toronto Normal School to train as a teacher and this career path led him to become headmaster of the Central School of Windsor, Ontario. During his time as a headteacher he began to contribute short stories to the Detroit Free Press, a publication for whom he left the teaching profession to become a staff member in 1876. He wrote for them under the pseudonym "Luke Sharp", a name he found amusing on a sign reading "Luke Sharpe, Undertaker" that he used to pass on his daily commute to work. He eventually rose to the position of news editor at the publication. In 1881 he left Canada for London to establish a weekly English edition of the Detroit Free Press. He remained in England to found The Idler, a monthly magazine he collaborated on with the popular humourist Jerome K. Jerome. Robert Barr died from heart disease on October 21, 1912, at his home in Woldingham, a small village to the south-east of London.
The Collected Works of Robert Barr
Author: Robert BarrPublisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 5950
Book Description
This edition includes: Detective Stories The Triumph of Eugéne Valmont Jennie Baxter, Journalist Parody of Sherlock Holmes The Adventures of Sherlaw Kombs The Adventure of the Second Swag Stories of Revenge! An Alpine Divorce Which Was The Murderer? A Dynamite Explosion An Electrical Slip The Vengeance of the Dead Over The Stelvio Pass The Hour and the Man "And the Rigour of the Game" . . . Face and the Mask The Woman of Stone The Chemistry of Anarchy The Fear of It The Metamorphoses of Johnson The Reclamation of Joe Hollends The Type-Written Letter A New Explosive The Great Pegram Mystery Playing With Marked Cards . . . Other Short Stories The Count's Apology Converted An Invitation The Long Ladder "Gentlemen: The King!" The Hour-Glass In a Steamer Chair Mrs. Tremain A Society for the Reformation of Poker Players The Terrible Experience of Plodkins A Case of Fever How the Captain Got His Steamer Out Miss McMillan "How Finley McGillis Held the Pier" How to Write a Short Story . . . Novels Tekla In the Midst of Alarms From Whose Bourne One Day's Courtship The Herald's of Fame The Strong Arm A Woman Intervenes A Prince of Good Fellows The O'Ruddy, A Romance (with Stephen Crane) A Rock in the Baltic The Measure of the Rule The Sword Maker Young Lord Stranleigh Lord Stranleigh Abroad Lady Eleanor: Lawbreaker Cardillac A Chicago Princess Over the Border The Victors Literary Article "Canadian literature" Robert Barr (1849–1912) was a Scottish-Canadian short story writer and novelist, born in Glasgow, Scotland. His famous detective character Eugéne Valmont, fashioned after Sherlock Holmes, is said to be the inspiration behind Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot.
The Unchanging East
Author: Robert BarrPublisher: Boston : L.C. Page
ISBN:
Category : Arab countries
Languages : en
Pages : 272
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The Speculations of John Steele
Author: Robert BarrPublisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Speculations of John Steele" by Robert Barr. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.