From One Generation to Another

by Henry Seton Merriman

Hugh Stowell Scott (1862-1903) was an English novelist (under the pseudonym of Henry Seton Merriman). He was an underwriter in Lloyd's, but having a strong literary bent, latterly devoted himself to writing novels, many of which had great popularity. He worked with great care, and his best books hold a high place in modern fiction. He was unusually modest and retiring in character. His works include Young Mistley (1888), Suspense (1890), Prisoners and Captives (1891), The Slave of the Lamp (1892), From One Generation to Another (1892), With Edged Tools (1894), The Sowers (generally considered his best) (1896), In Kedar's Tents (1897), The Grey Lady (1897), Roden's Corner (1898), Dross (1899), Isle of Unrest (1900), The Velvet Glove (1901), The Vultures (1902), From Wisdom Court (1903), Barlasch of the Guard (1903), The Last Hope (1904), and Tomaso's Fortune and Other Stories (1904).

208 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.