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Charles John Cutcliffe Wright Hyne (1866-1944), also known by the pen name Weatherby Chesney, was a novelist. He is perhaps best remembered as the author of The Lost Continent: The Story of Atlantis, which was published as part of the Ballantine Adult Fantasy series, as well as his Captain Kettle stories. In this book: Adventures of Captain Kettle The Escape Agents The Lost Continent A Master of Fortune The Recipe for Diamonds Through Arctic Lapland
The Lost Continent by Charles John Cutcliffe Wright Hyne
The Lost Continent by Charles John Cutcliffe Wright Hyne
C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne's 'Thompson's Progress' stands as a testament to the enduring allure of adventure narratives, offering readers a seamless blend of the imaginative and the introspective. Hyne's work is carefully reproduced by DigiCat Publishing, honoring the legacy of human creativity through the meticulous revival of this classic. Set against a backdrop of burgeoning industrialism and colonial exploits, the novel utilizes a rich prose, accompanying readers on a journey through the challenges and triumphs that constitute the eponymous protagonist's ascent. The literary style is indicative of the period's fascination with progress and its multifaceted implications, thus providing a valuab...
The Lost Continent: The Story of Atlantis is a fantasy novel by C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne. It is considered one of the classic fictional retellings of the story of the drowning of Atlantis, combining elements of the myth told by Plato with the earlier Greek myth concerning the survival of a universal flood and restoration of the human race by Deucalion.The novel was published first in serial form in Pearson's Magazine in the issues for July-December 1899, and in hardcover book form by Hutchinson (London) and Harpers (New York) in 1900. There have been several editions since. Its was reissued by Ballantine Books as the forty-second volume of the Ballantine Adult Fantasy series during February 1972. Subsequent editions were issued by Oswald Train in 1974 and by Bison Books in 2002. The Ballantine edition includes an introduction by Lin Carter, and the Bison edition one by Harry Turtledove. Armchair Fiction released it as volume 12 of their "Lost World-Lost Race" series in 2017. The novel was also reprinted (slightly abridged) in the magazine Famous Fantastic Mysteries (December 1944), and in the anthology Science Fiction by the Rivals of H. G. Wells by Castle Books in 1979.
Beyond Thirty is a short science fiction novel by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs. It was written in 1915 and first published in All Around Magazine in February 1916, but did not appear in book form in Burroughs' lifetime. The first book edition was issued by Lloyd Arthur Eshbach's Fantasy Press fanzine in 1955; it then appeared in the collection Beyond Thirty and The Man-Eater, published by Science-Fiction and Fantasy Publications in 1957. The work was retitled The Lost Continent for the first mass-market paperback edition, published by Ace Books in October 1963; all subsequent editions bore the new title until the Bison Books edition of March 2001, which restored the original title.
Charles John Cutcliffe Wright Hyne lived 11 May 1866-10 March 1944. He was married to Mary Elisabeth Haggis (died 1938).Cutcliffe Hyne was a novelist who was also known by the pen name Weatherby Chesney. He is perhaps best remembered as the author of The Lost Continent: The Story of Atlantis. He is also remembered for his Captain Kettle stories and for The Recipe for Diamonds.