Biography
Born in Kent, England, he spent 17 years (up to 1900) in California, and after his return to England wrote many novels, plays, short stories, essays, and memoirs (<a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Annesley_Vachell>Wikipedia</a>).
Books by Horace Annesley Vachell
The quicksands of Pactolus
The quicksands of Pactolus
The triumph of Tim
Life and sport on the Pacific slope
Vicars' Walk
Vicars' Walk
The lamp of Golconda
The lamp of Golconda
More from Methuselah
More from Methuselah
Methuselah's diary
Methuselah's diary
In sober livery
In sober livery
Farewell yesterday
Farewell yesterday
Now came still evening on
Now came still evening on
Hilary Trent
Hilary Trent
The wheel stood still
The wheel stood still
Black squire
Black squire
Little tyrannies
Little tyrannies
Lord Samarkand
Lord Samarkand
Quinneys for quality
Quinneys for quality
Where fancy beckons
Where fancy beckons
Joe Quinney's Jodie
Joe Quinney's Jodie
My vagabondage, a pot-pourri a
My vagabondage, a pot-pourri and causerie
Arising out of that
Arising out of that
Moonhills
Moonhills
Nether Applewhite
The disappearance of Martha Pe
The disappearance of Martha Penny
The old guard surrenders
The old guard surrenders
This was England
An impending sword
Experiences of a Bond Street j
Experiences of a Bond Street jeweller
At the sign of the grid
At the sign of the grid
Into the land of Nod
Into the land of Nod
The best of England
Plus fours
Plus fours
The enchanted garden, and othe
The enchanted garden, and other stories
Men are so selfish!
Men are so selfish!
A woman in exile
A woman in exile
Dew of the sea
Dew of the sea
Miss Torrobin's experiment
Miss Torrobin's experiment
Watling's
Watling's
Watling's for Worth
Watling's for Worth
Leaves from Arcady
Quinney's adventures
Quinney's adventures
Scandalous Ann
Jelf's, a comedy in four acts
John Charity
Some happenings
The soul of Susan Yellam
Quinneys'
The case of Lady Camber
The case of Lady Camber
Loot from the temple of fortun
Loot from the temple of fortune
Blinds down
Blinds down
John Verney
The waters of Jordan
Sport and life on the Pacific slope
Her son
The face of clay
The pinch of prosperity
Mr. Allen
A drama in sunshine
A drama in sunshine
An impending sword, an adventu
An impending sword, an adventure by the sea
Judge Ketchum's romance
The romance of Judge Ketchum
The romance of Judge Ketchum
Great Chameleon
Great Chameleon