Chambers's cyclopaedia of English literature : a history critical and biographical of authors in the English tongue from the earliest times till the present day, with specimens of their writing . h note of pathos. C. L. F. George John Whyte-Melville (1821-78)was born at Mount Melville close to St Andrews,the son of a Fifeshire laird. Educated at Eton, in1839 he entered the Coldstream Guards ; retired in1849 as major ; but during the Crimean War joinedthe cavalry of the Turkish contingent (1855-56).His literary work began with a verse translation of Horace (1850). From 1850 onwards he published
Chambers's cyclopaedia of English literature : a history critical and biographical of authors in the English tongue from the earliest times till the present day, with specimens of their writing . h note of pathos. C. L. F. George John Whyte-Melville (1821-78)was born at Mount Melville close to St Andrews,the son of a Fifeshire laird. Educated at Eton, in1839 he entered the Coldstream Guards ; retired in1849 as major ; but during the Crimean War joinedthe cavalry of the Turkish contingent (1855-56).His literary work began with a verse translation of Horace (1850). From 1850 onwards he publishedover a score of novels, four or five of them historical,but the best devoted to fox-hunting-, steeplechasing,and country-house life generally, subjects he knewso intimately as to be always beyond reproach onthe score of accuracy—he was even a supremearbiter on sporting matters. But his stories havea charm for those who rarely read sporting novels—the morale of his heroes, men and women, washigher than in many works of the kind ; as storiesthey are lively and entertaining, the humour being-better than the pathos ; and some of his songs(such as Drink, puppy, drink ) appeal to an equally. GEORGE JOHN a Pliotogiaph by Mayall. wide circle. Whyte-Melville met his death in thehunting-field, in the Vale of Aylesbury. Of hisnovels, the most popular were Captain DigbyGrand (1853); Kate Coventry (1856); MarketHarborough (1861); Tilbury Nogo (1861) ; TheQueens Maries (1862) ; The Gladiators (1863); ALosing Hazard (1870) ; Satanella (1873) ?> Kaier-felto (); Black but Comely (1879). ^^^ TnieCross (1873) ^^is a religious poem ; his Songs andVerses were published in 1869. John Francis Canipbell (1822-85), of I slay,educated at Eton and Edinburgh University, heldfor a time an office at court, and was afterwardssecretary to the lighthouse and coal enthusiastic Highlander and profound Gaelicscholar, he is chiefly remembered by his PopularTalcs of th
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