Charles John Cutcliffe-Hyne (a.k.a., Weatherby Chesney, Aunt Ermyntrude, and Nicholson West) was born in Bibury, Gloucestershire, England, on May 11, 1866. He was a very prolific author, writing an advice to the lovelorn column and a lot of sea stories, many featuring Captain Kettle, a figure who was popular at the time, but who has not aged well.
Today, Cutcliffe-Hyne is remembered primarily for his novel, The Lost Continent: The Story of Atlantis (1899), and a few short stories such as “The Lizard” (1898), and our selection. On March 10, 1944, at the age of 77, he died in Kettlewell, West Riding of Yorkshire, England.
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