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James Hume Nisbet (8 August 1849 - 4 June 1923) was a Scottish-born novelist and artist, many of whose thrillers are set in Australia. Nisbet was born in Stirling, Scotland and received special artistic training, and was educated under the Rev. Dr. Culross (later of Bristol College)... Read Full Overview

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PROFESSOR MORTIKALI sat in his inner sanctum waiting for customers.It was a hot day, during the early portion of the month of March, 1896, and although the Professor had all his blinds drawn down, and occupied the coolest corner of the Arcade, still he could not shut out those... Read Full Overview

PROFESSOR MORTIKALI sat in his inner sanctum waiting for customers.It was a hot day, during the early portion of the month of March, 1896, and although the Professor had all his blinds drawn down, and occupied the coolest corner of the Arcade, still he could not shut out those... Read Full Overview

PROFESSOR MORTIKALI sat in his inner sanctum waiting for customers.It was a hot day, during the early portion of the month of March, 1896, and although the Professor had all his blinds drawn down, and occupied the coolest corner of the Arcade, still he could not shut out those... Read Full Overview

PROFESSOR MORTIKALI sat in his inner sanctum waiting for customers.It was a hot day, during the early portion of the month of March, 1896, and although the Professor had all his blinds drawn down, and occupied the coolest corner of the Arcade, still he could not shut out those... Read Full Overview

The Swampers was written in the year 1897 by Hume Nisbet. This book is one of the most popular novels of Hume Nisbet, and has been translated into several other languages around the world.

The Swampers: A Romance of the Westralian Goldfields is a novel published in 1897. "My story is before you, sympathetic or hostile readers, and I trust it may interest you with all its faults. The characters are purely imaginative, but some of the incidents are drawn from facts,... Read Full Overview