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Robert Barr at his desk at The Idler McClure's Magazine, November 1894 If Canadian Grant Allen really was the "busiest man in Engl...

Lieutenant William Arthur Barr was one of two children born to novelist Robert Barr and his wife Eva Barr (née Bennett). Killed in action ne...

Tuesdays begin like any other day. I rise before the sun, make a carafe of coffee, then return to bed to read The New York Times on my lap...

This year, Simon Thomas of Stuck in a Book and Tea or Books fame made a fourth stab at what he refers to as "Project 24," his go...

The Tempestuous Petticoat [ A Chicago Princess ] Robert Barr London: Collins, [1908] 200 pages Proper Englishman Rupert Tremorne serves as p...