R. M. Ballantyne
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Robert Michael Ballantyne was a Scottish author of juvenile fiction, who wrote more than a hundred books. He was also an accomplished artist: he exhibited some of his water-colours at the Royal Scotti
R. M. Ballantyne, c. 1890
Ballantyne's Grave in Rome
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William Henry Giles Kingston
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William Henry Giles Kingston, often credited as W. H. G. Kingston, was an English writer of boys' adventure novels.
R. M. Ballantyne
…me they pleased of old, The wiser youngsters of today: So be it, and fall on! If not, If studious youth no longer crave, His ancient appetites forgot, Kingston, or Ballantyne the brave, Or Cooper of the wood and wave: So be it, also! And may I And all my pirates share the grave Where these and their creations…
Kingston in an 1884 portrait
Cover of In the Rocky Mountains written by W. H. G. Kingston