Grant Allen letter 1892 or later

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Grant Allen letter 1892 or later

http://hdl.handle.net/10407/4232081933

Grant Allen (1848-1899) was a Canadian-born science writer and novelist. After completing the BA degree at Oxford University in 1871, he taught briefly in England and Jamaica. Upon returning to England in 1876, Allen dedicated himself to writing full time. After publishing several scientific articles and pieces of short fiction, he began writing novels. In 1891 he earned 1,000 pounds from magazine for his novel . Due to poor health, Allen often wintered in the French Riviera. This letter written January 2, [1892 or later] from the Hotel du Cap, Antibes is a response to an individual who sought financial and professional support from Allen. Tit-Bits What's Bred in the Bone

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University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Department of Special Collections

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Allen, Grant, 1848-1899

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Charles Grant Blairfindie Allen (Grant Allen), novelist and essayist, was born near Kingston, Ontario, Canada and emigrated to England. Allen loved to travel and his series of guide books gave him monetary support and time to follow his intellectual bent as a freethinker/socialist. He was a highly respected figure in the group of late Victorian agnostics. Allen published more than thirty works of fiction, as well as poetry and short stories, under his own name and pseudonyms. Novels included The...