This may or may not have some bearing on the the kind of criticism to which, the columnist says earlier, Hall Caine had been subjected. However, the columnist goes on to report the triumph of the novel's theatrical adaptation, both in England and America, and, after some more theatre news, to talk amusingly about novel reviewing. Owen Seaman (1861-1936) was the editor of Punch from 1905-1932, but, having been taken on in 1894, was already responsible for much of its comic verse, and such spoofs as these. His best known works include: The Shadow of a Crime (1885), The Bondman (1890), The Scapegoat (1890), The Prodigal Son (1904), The White Prophet (1909) and The Woman Thou Gavest Me (1913).Michael Gibbons kindly provided us with this column from Harper's Weekly, which deals first with Owen Seaman's parody of The Eternal City. He came into contact with, and was influenced by, many of the leading personalities of the day.

A man of striking appearance, he travelled widely and used his travels to provide the settings for some of his novels. To this end he published a number of serious works but these had little success. Caine acted as secretary to Dante Gabriel Rossetti and at one time he aspired to become a man of letters. His novels were primarily romantic in nature, involving the love triangle, but they did also address some of the more serious political and social issues of the day. In his time he was exceedingly popular and at the peak of his success his novels outsold those of his contemporaries. He is best known as a novelist and playwright of the late Victorian and the Edwardian eras. A man of striking appearance, he travelled widely and used his travels to provide the Sir Thomas Henry Hall Caine CH, KBE (1853-1931), usually known as Hall Caine, was an English author.

Sir Thomas Henry Hall Caine CH, KBE (1853-1931), usually known as Hall Caine, was an English author.

The Eternal City by Hall Caine