The Isle of Unrest

by Henry Seton Merriman

Hugh Stowell Scott (1862-1903) was a 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. They include: The Slave of the Lamp (1892), The Sowers (generally considered his best) (1896), In Kedar's Tents (1897), Roden's Corner (1898), The Isle of Unrest (1900), The Velvet Glove (1901), The Vultures (1902), and Barlasch of the Guard (1903). He worked with great care, and his best books hold a high place in modern fiction. He was unusually modest and retiring in character. Amongst his other works are Young Mistley (1888), Suspense (1890), Prisoners and Captives (1891), From One Generation to Another (1892), With Edged Tools (1894), From Wisdom Court (1896), The Grey Lady (1897), Dross (1899), Barlasch of the Guard (1903) and The Last Hope (1904).

236 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1900

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.