Guy Boothby

Dr. Nikola's Experiment ... with Twenty ... Illustrations by Sydney Cowell. Guy Boothby

Publisher Marketing: Title: Dr. Nikola's Experiment ... With twenty ... illustrations by Sydney Cowell. Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC. The GENERAL HISTORICAL collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. This varied collection includes material that gives readers a 19th century view of the world. Topics include health, education, economics, agriculture, environment, technology, culture, politics, labour and industry, mining, penal policy, and social order. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Boothby, Guy; Cowell, G.; 1899. vi. 340 p.; 8 . 012622.f.11. Contributor Bio:  Boothby, Guy About The Author Guy Newell Boothby (1867 - 1905) was a prolific Australian novelist and writer, noted for sensational fiction in a variety magazines around the turn of the nineteenth century. He lived mainly in England. He is best known for such works as the Dr Nikola series, about an occultist criminal mastermind who is a Victorian forerunner to Fu Manchu, and Pharos, the Egyptian. Rudyard Kipling was his friend and mentor, and his books were remembered with affection by George Orwell.