C J Cutcliffe Hyne

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Charles John Cutcliffe Wright Hyne (1866–1944), also known by the pen name Weatherby Chesney, was a novelist.

Captain Kettle first appeared as a side character in the novel 'Honour of Thieves' (1895). His first appearance as a the main character was in the short story 'Stealing a President' in vol 1, issue 6 of Pearson's magazine (1896). This initial short story was followed in 1897 by a series of twelve short stories again in Pearson's Magazine that were later collected and published as Adventures of Captain Kettle. Over the next four years two more sets of twelve stories were published in Pearson's magazine and subsequently collected as Further Adventures of Captain Kettle (A master of fortune in the US) and Captain Kettle K. C. B. respectively

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[edit] Captain Kettle series

  • Honour of Thieves (1895), repringted by Pearson's in 1902 as "The Little Red Captain"
  • Adventures of Captain Kettle (1898)
  • Further Adventures of Captain Kettle (Master of Fortune) (1901)
  • Captain Kettle K.C.B. (The Last Adventure) (1903)
  • The Marriage of Captain Kettle (1912)
  • Captain Kettle on the Warpath (1916)
  • Captain Kettle's Bit (1918)
  • The Rev. Captain Kettle (1925)
  • President Kettle (1929)
  • Mr Kettle, Third Mate (1931)
  • Captain Kettle, Ambassador (1932)
  • Ivory Valley (1938)

[edit] Novels

  • Beneath Your Very Boots (1889)
  • The New Eden (1892)
  • The Recipe for Diamonds (1893)
  • Banana Farming in the Canary Islands (1898)
  • The Dilemma of Commander Brett (1899) (writing as Weatherby Chesney)
  • The Lost Continent: The Story of Atlantis (1900)
  • The Filibusters (1900)
  • Prince Rupert the Buccaneer (1901)
  • Thompson's Progress (1902)
  • McTodd (1903)
  • The Mystery of a Bungalow (1904) (writing as Weatherby Chesney)
  • Stimson's Reef (1906)
  • Kate Meredith, Financier (1906)
  • Sandy Carmichael (1907)
  • Empire of the World (1910), also known as "Emperor of the World"
  • The Escape Agents (1911)
  • Abbs, His Story Through Many Ages (1929)
  • Wishing Smith (1939)
  • Steamboatmen (1943)

[edit] Collections

  • The Stronger Hand (1896)
  • The Adventures of a Solicitor (1898) (writing as Weatherby Chesney)
  • The Adventures of an Engineer (1898) (writing as Weatherby Chesney)
  • Atoms of Empire (1904)
  • Red Herrings (1918)
  • West Highland Spirits'' (1932)
  • Man's Understanding (1933)

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