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Preview — The Lively Poll by R. Ballantyne was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. In he published his first book, Hudson's Bay: For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in he gave up business for the prof R. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.
A Tale of Eskimo Land , The Dog Crusoe , The Lighthouse , Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines , The Pirate City , Erling the Bold , The Settler and the Savage , and other books, to the number of upwards of a hundred, followed in regular succession, his rule being in every case to write as far as possible from personal knowledge of the scenes he described.
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