tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post4062602601463234093..comments2024-03-22T19:13:05.266-04:00Comments on The Dusty Bookcase: The Unexpected Robert Barr (w/ two queries)Brian Busbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post-42290575908375315572017-09-28T15:30:11.230-04:002017-09-28T15:30:11.230-04:00The very same man. I feel I haven't given Barr...The very same man. I feel I haven't given Barr a fair shake. The first I read of his, <a href="http://brianbusby.blogspot.ca/2011/03/getting-to-fenian-raids.html" rel="nofollow"><i>In the Midst of Alarms</i></a> disappointed, but the second,<a href="http://brianbusby.blogspot.ca/2012/10/through-unchanging-east-with-robert-barr.html" rel="nofollow"><i>The Unchanging East; or, Travels and Troubles in the Orient</i></a>, was brilliant.Brian Busbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post-47547517146923540162017-09-27T20:05:13.357-04:002017-09-27T20:05:13.357-04:00I assume this was the same Robert Barr who wrote T...I assume this was the same Robert Barr who wrote The Triumphs of Eugene Valmont. Those were very good also. Why don't we have any more writers like him? They used to be almost common.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com