Stanley Waterloo

Stanley Waterloo
Stanley Waterloo (1846–1913) was an American writer, journalist, and editor known for his works of historical fiction and adventure. His most famous novel, "The Story of Ab," published in 1897, explores prehistoric life and is regarded as one of the first popular novels set in the prehistoric era. Waterloo also authored "A Man and A Woman" (1892), a novel examining gender relations in the modern world of his time. He worked as a journalist for various newspapers and brought his adventurous spirit and curiosity about history into his writings.

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CHAPTER I. PROLOGUE. But for a recent occurrence I should certainly not be telling the story of a friend, or, rather, I should say, of two friends of mine. What that occurrence was I will not here indicate—it is unnecessary; but it has not been without its effect upon my life and plans. If it be asked by those who may read these pages under what circumstances it became possible for me to acquire such... more...

CHAPTER I. THE BABE IN THE WOODS. Drifted beech leaves had made a soft, clean bed in a little hollow in a wood. The wood was beside a river, the trend of which was toward the east. There was an almost precipitous slope, perhaps a hundred and fifty feet from the wood, downward to the river. The wood itself, a sort of peninsula, was mall in extent and partly isolated from the greater forest back of it by... more...

AN EASTER ADMISSION This is not, strictly speaking, an Easter tale, nor a love story. It is merely the truthful account of certain incidents of a love affair culminating one Easter Day. It may be relied upon. I am familiar with the facts, and I want to say here that if there be any one who thinks he could relate similar facts more exactly—I will admit that he might do the relation in much... more...