Young Ewing Allison

Young Ewing Allison
Young Ewing Allison (1853–1932) was an American writer, editor, and poet, best known for his work in the field of journalism. He authored "The Derelict," a popular pirate poem often mistakenly attributed to Robert Louis Stevenson. Allison was also the editor of the "Louisville Courier-Journal" and played a significant role in the development of the Louisville public library system. Additionally, he wrote various works of fiction and contributed to the popularization of adventure literature.

Author's Books:


A RHAPSODY ON THE NOBLE PROFESSION OF NOVEL READING It must have been at about the good-bye age of forty that Thomas Moore, that choleric and pompous yet genial little Irish gentleman, turned a sigh into good marketable "copy" for Grub Street and with shrewd economy got two full pecuniary bites out of one melancholy apple of reflection:   "Kind friends around me fall  Like leaves in... more...

ON THE VICE OF NOVEL READING. Ever since the Novel reached the stage of development where it was demonstrated to be the most ingenious vehicle yet designed for conveying the protean thought and fancy of man, there has stood in the judgment book of Public Opinion the decree that novel-reading was a vice. Of course, that judgment did not apply exclusively to the reading of novels. It was a sort of... more...