Male : Prolific writer of Boy's Stories, Animal Books, health books and Historical Novels. Married Theresa McCormack in 1874. Produced an average of 4 books per year for 30 years. He appeared often in Fleet St in full highland dress, and toured England in a horse-drwn caravan called "The Wanderer", complete with valet and coachman

Nationality : Scottish Place of Birth : Aberchirder, Marnochm Banff

Date of Birth : 1840 Date of Death : 1910 Age : 69

Other Work : Surgeon in the Royal Navy 1863-1871

Education : Aberdeen GS & University (Medicine)

1868-1880
Medical Life in the Navy (1868 Hardwicke)
Cats : Their Points and Characteristics (1876 Dean)
The Domestic Cat (1876 Routledge)
Friends in Fur : True Tales of Cat Life (1877 Dean)
Dogs in their Relation to the Public : Social, Sanitary & legal (1877 Dean)
Jungle, Peak and Plain : A boy's Book of Adventure (1877 Cassell)
The Practical Kennel Guide (1877 Cassell)
(In) Canine Medicine and Surgery : The Illustrated Book of the Dog by V K Shaw (1879)

1881-1885
Wild Adventures in Wild Places (1881)
The Cruise of the Snowbird : A Story of Arctic Adventure (1882 Hodder & Stoughton)
Wild Adventures Round the Pole, or The Cruise of the Snowbird Crew in the Arrandoon
(1883 Hodder & Stoughton)
Our Friend the Dog (1884 Dean)
O'er Many Lands, On Many Seas (1884 Cassell)
Aileen Aroon : A Memoir of a Dog (1884 Partridge)
Health Upon Wheels, or Cycling a Means of Maintaining Health (1884 Iliffe) - 5000 copies
Kenneth McAlpine : A Tale of Mountain, Moorland & Sea (1885 Partridge)

1886-1888
From Pole to Pole : A Tale of the Sea (1886 Hodder & Stoughton)
The Cruise of the Land Yacht Wanderer or 1300 Miles in My Caravan (1886 Hodder & Stoughton)
On Special Service (1886 Hodder & Stoughton)
Born to Wander : A Boys' Book of Nomadic Adventures (1887 Partridge)
Harry Milvaine, or The Wanderings of a Wayward Boy (1887 Hodder & Stoughton)
The People's ABC Guide to Health (1887 Hodder & Stoughton) - 128pp
From Squire to Squatter : A Tale (1888 Shaw)
In the Dashing Days of Old, or the World-Wide Adventures of Willie Grant (1888 J F Shaw)
In Touch with Nature and Sketches from the Life (1888 Christian Knowledge Society)
Jack Locke : A Tale of the War and the Wave (1888 Warne)

1889-1890
The Hermit Hunter of the Wilds (1889 Blackie)
Harry Wilde : A Tale of the Brine and the Breeze (1889 Christian Knowledge Society)
Hints about Home and Farm Favourites (1889 Warne)
Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep : A Tale of the Salt, Salt Sea (1890 SPCK) - William Overend
By Sea and Land : A Tale of the Blue and Scarlet (1890 Warne) - W S Stacey
Exiles of Fortune : A Tale of a Far North Land (1890 Shaw)
The Mystery of a Millionaire's Grave : A Novel (1890 Remington)

1891-1892
The Cruise of the Crystal Boat : The Wild, the Weird, the Wonderful (1891 Hutchinson)
The Girls' Own Book of Health and Beauty (1891 Jarrold)
Leaves from the Log of a Gentleman Gipsy in Wayside Cam and Caravan (1891 Jarrold)
Our Home in the Silver West : A Story of Struggle and Adventure (1891 RTS)
Out Humble Friends of Hearth and Home (1892 Simpkin Marshall) - Harrison Weir
Born to Command : A tale of the Sea and Sailors (1892 Christian Knowledge Society)
The Boy's Book of Health and Strength (1892 Jarrold)
From Greenland's Icy Mountains : A Tale of the Polar Seas (1892 Christian Knowledge Society)

1893-1895
Hearts of Oak : A Story of Nelson & the Navy (1893 Shaw)
The Dog, from Puppyhood to Age (1893 Spratt's Patent Ltd)
Children of the Mountains : A Story of Life in Scottish Wilds (1893 Christian Knowledge Society)
Facing Fearful Odds : A Tale of Flood and Field (1893 J F Shaw)
Just Like Jack : A Story of the Brine and the Breeze (1893 Hodder & Stoughton)
The Mother's Book of Health and Family Adviser (1894 Jarrold)
Westward with Columbus (1894)
As We Sweep Through the Deep : A Story (1894 Nelson)
From Ploughshare to Pulpit : A Tale of the Battle of Life (1895 J Nisbet)
On to the Rescue : A Tale of the Indian Mutiny (1895

1896-1897
Born to be a Sailor, or A Home on the Rolling Deep (1896 Arrowsmith)
The Cruise of the Rover Caravan : A Story (1896 J Nisbet)
How Jack Mackenzie Won His Epaulettes : A Story of the Crimean War (1896 Nelson)
The Pearl Divers and Crusoes of the Sargossa Sea (1896 Nisbet)
For Honour, Not Honours : Being the Story of Gordon of Khartoum (1896 J F Shaw)
For Life & Liberty : A Story of Battle by Land & Sea (1896 Blackie) - Sydney Paget
A Fight for Freedom : A Story of the Land of the Tsar (1897 Nisbet)
The Ailments of Dogs (1897 Dean) - 84pp
Every Inch a Sailor (1897 Nelson)
For Cross or Crescent : A Tale of Richard the Lionhearted (1897 J F Shaw)
In the Land of the Lion and the Ostrich (1897 RTS)
The Naval Cadet : A Story of Adventure (1897 Blackie)

1898-1900
Twixt Daydawn and Light (1898)
The Island of Gold : A Sailor's Yarn (1898 Nelson)
Frank Hardinge : From Torrid Zones to Regions of Perpetual Snow (1898 Hodder & Stoughton)
A Girl from the States : A Tale of Love and Intrigue (1898 Digby, Long)
Off to Klondyke, or A Cowboy's Rush to the Gold Fields (1898 Nisbet) - C Whymper
A Pirate's Gold : A True Story of Buried Treasure (1898 Nelson)
Kidnapped by Cannibals (1899 Blackie) - J Finnemore
Courage, True Hearts : The Story of Three Boys (1899 Blackie)
Annie o' the Banks o' Dee (1899 F V White)
On War's Red Ride : A Tale of the Boer War (1900 Nisbet)
Allan Adair, or Here and There in Many Lands (1900 RTS)
England's Hero Prince : A Story of the Black Prince (1900 J F Shaw)
In Far Bolivia : A Story of a Strange, Wild Land (1900 Blackie)
Old England on the Sea : A Story of Admiral Drake (1900 J F Shaw)

1901-1905
Crusoes of the Frozen North (1901 Blackie)
Fresh-Air Treatment of Consumption and Nervous Ailments (1901 Jarrold) - 51pp
In Quest of the Giant Sloth : A tale of Adventure in South America (1901 Blackie)
The Cruise of the Vengeful : A Story of the Royal Navy (1902 John F Shaw)
In Forest Lands : A Story of Pluck and Endurance (1902 Nisbet)
In Ships of Steel : A Tale of the Navy Today (1902 J F Shaw)
The People's ABC Guide to Health (1902 S H Bousfield) - 139pp
Chris Cunningham : A Story of the Stirring Days of Nelson (1903 John F Shaw)
In the Great White Land : A Tale of the Arctic Ocean (1903 Blackie) - J A Walton
The Cruise of the Arctic Fox in Icy Seas around the Pole (1903 S H Bousfield)
How to be Healthy and Strong (1903 S H Bousfield)
An Island Afloat : By Silas Grigg, Master Mariner (1903 James Nisbet)
Our Friend the Dog : With an Appendix of the Latest Breeds Edited by E B Joachim (1903 Dean)
In Regions of Perpetual Snow : A Story of Wild Adventure (1904 Ward Lock)
Hearthstone Talks on Health and Home (1904 Jarrold) - 86pp
The Pirate's Gold (1904 Nelson)
The Meteor Flag of England : The Story of a Coming Conflict (1905 Nisbet)

After 1906
The City at the Pole (1906 James Nisbet)
Leaves from the Log of a Sailor (1906 Digby, Long)
(In) Home Pets : Household Pets (1907 Greening)
A Little Gipsy Lass (1907 Chambers) - Will Rainey
First Aid to Dogs and Kennel Emergencies (1908 Upcott Gill, London & Scribners NY)
From Slum to Quarter Deck (1908 RTS) - Alfred Pearse
Dogs (1909 Dean's 1d Guide book) - 54 pp
A Boy's Book of Battleships (1909 Blackie) - Charles Robinson
Kidnapped by Cannibals : A Story of the South Sea Islands (1909 Blackie) - J Finnemore
The Parent's Guide to Children's Ailments (1909 Jarrold)
The Ivory Hunters : A Story of Wild Adventure by Land and Sea (1909 Ward Lock)
For Money or Love (1914 Holden & Hardingham)
The Cruise of the Arctic Fox in Icy Seas Around the Pole (nd.c1915 Shaw)
A Boy's Book of Battleships (1915 Blackie)
The Island of Gold - A Sailor's Yarn (nd.1929 Nelson)
For England, Home and Beauty (1936 Dean)
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Stanley Grahame : Boy and Man - A Tale of the Dark Continent (Hodder & Stoughton)
To Greenland and the Pole : A Story of the Arctic Regions (nd. Blackie, London)
In Times of Peril (nd. McLoughlin, NY)
A Life on the Ocean Wave, or The Cruise of the Good Ship Boreas
Travels by the Fireside (Warne) - Gordon Browne