dearly loves the handling of the grim, the uncanny, and the morbid he is a master in the painting of suffering humanity, suffering as a shuttle tossed by the hand of Fate." (Star, 1903, review of the later London edition). An American book but an English story by an English writer, it was well enough described by the Star reviewer in Christchurch, New Zealand: "The author. Doubtless the innocuous title and sylvan binding is partly to blame. First edition of this long neglected thriller, a murder mystery soaked in horror and the uncanny, missed by bibliographers for a century. A bit used, a few spots, a large owner's name on the front fly still a most acceptable copy. Octavo publisher's illustrated cloth blocked in gilt and green. As well as his stories and articles for the periodicals he wrote around 40 volumes across novels, poetry, history as well as romance and mystery novelsīernard Capes died on 2nd November 1918 in the flu epidemic.Chicago, Rand McNally 1897.
He exceeded that by winning it the following year with ‘The Lake of Wine’.Ĭapes quickly became both prolific and popular.
As well as being published it garnered second prize at a competition sponsored by the Chicago Record.
His initial success came with ‘The Mill of Silence’. It took him many years to decide that writing full-time could be a sustainable career path. His early work was as a journalist and this developed into writing many short stories for the periodicals of the time including Blackwood's, Butterfly, Cassell's, Cornhill Magazine, Hutton's Magazine, Illustrated London News, Lippincott's, Macmillan's Magazine, Literature, New Witness, Pall Mall Magazine, Pearson's Magazine, The Idler, The New Weekly, and The Queen. Bernard Edward Joseph Capes was born on 30th August 1854 in London.
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