The Slave of the Lamp

by Henry Seton Merriman

The street is therefore dedicated to St. Gingolphe today. Tomorrow? Who can tell? It is presumably safe to take it for granted that you are located in the neighborhood of the Louvre, on the north side of the river which is so unimportant a factor to Paris. For all good Englishmen have been, or hope in the near future to be, located near this spot. All good Americans, we are told, relegate the sojourn to a more distant future. The bridge to cross is that of the Holy Fathers. . . .

240 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1892

About the author

Hugh Stowell Scott was an English novelist (under the pseudonym of Henry Seton Merriman).

Born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1862, he became an underwriter at Lloyd's of London, but then devoted himself to travel and to writing novels, many of which had great popularity. Scott visited India as a tourist in 1877-8 and set his novel Flotsam (1896) there. He was an enthusiastic traveller, many of his journeys being undertaken with his friend and fellow author Stanley J. Weyman. He was unusually modest and retiring in character. He died of appendicitis at the age of about forty at Melton, Suffolk.

Reviews

[Julie Davis · Rating 3 out of 5]

In Paris three conspirators meet and plan revolution. In London a brilliant young journalist for The Beacon is sent on vacation for his health's sake to the countryside. A specialist in French politics, he is surprised to recognize an old Italian immigrant is not who he pretends to be. Intrigue is brewing, written with many a clever and humorous turn of phrase by an author who I've only recently discovered.

FINAL - this was enjoyable although I was surprised when it delivered a big beat-down to the Jesuits as some of the baddies instigating rebellion to regain power for the Church in France. I still liked it.