C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne

C(HARLES). J(OHN). CUTCLIFFE-HYNE (a.k.a., Weatherby Chesney, Aunt Ermyntrude, and Nicholson West) was born in Bibury, Gloucestershire, UK on May 11, 1866. He was a very prolific author, who wrote an advice to the lovelorn column, and a lot of sea stories, many featuring Captain Kettle, a figure who was popular at the time, but has not aged well. Today, Cutcliffe-Hyne is remembered primarily for his novel The Lost Continent: The Story of Atlantis (1899) and a few short stories such as "The Lizard" (1898) and our selection. On March 10, 1944, at the age of 77, he died in Kettlewell, West Riding of Yorkshire, UK.