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Adams, Arthur Henry (1872 - 1936)

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    Grocer Greatheart : a tropical romance
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Born
6 December 1872
Lawrence, New Zealand
Died
4 March 1936
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Alternative Names
  • James, Henry James (pseudonym)
  • James, James (pseudonym)

Summary

Adams was born at Otago, New Zealand, where he attended the local university. He worked as a journalist for Wellington's Evening Post before moving to Sydney in 1898. He went to China in 1900, where he was a war correspondent during the Boxer Rebellion, then visited New Zealand and London, returning to Australia several years later. He became editor of the Bulletin's 'Red Page' in 1906, and editor of the Lone Hand in 1909. He wrote pantomimes and plays for the theatre, four anthologies of poetry and numerous short stories and novels, many of which were light-hearted satirical comedies set in Australia, including Galahad Jones (1910), A Touch of Fantasy (1911) and The Australians (1920). He died of septicaemia and pneumonia at Sydney's Royal North Shore Hospital.

Published resources

Books

  • Adams, Arthur H., Tussock land : a romance of New Zealand and the Commonwealth, T. F. Unwin, London, 1904, 311 pp. Details
  • Adams, Arthur H., A touch of fantasy : a romance for those who are lucky enough to wear glasses, John Lane, London, 1912, 304 pp. Details
  • Adams, Arthur Henry, Galahad Jones, John Lane, The Bodley Head, London, 1910, 311 pp. Details
  • Adams, Arthur Henry, Grocer Greatheart : a tropical romance, John Lane, London, 1915, 327 pp. Details
  • Adams, Arthur Henry, Double-bed dialogues, N.S.W. Bookstall Co., Sydney, 1915, 183 pp. Details
  • Adams, Arthur Henry, Lola of the chocolates, Hurst and Blackett, London, 1920, 144 pp. Details

Short Stories

  • Adams, Arthur Henry, 'The Wedding-Night Dialogue', in Double-bed dialogues, N.S.W. Bookstall Co., Sydney, 1915, pp. 28-42. Details
  • Adams, Arthur Henry, 'Clothes and the Woman', in Double-bed dialogues, N.S.W. Bookstall Co., Sydney, 1915, pp. 156-166. Details
  • Adams, Arthur Henry, 'Settling Down in the Double Bed', in Double-bed dialogues, N.S.W. Bookstall Co., Sydney, 1915, pp. 146-155. Details
  • Adams, Arthur Henry, 'The Moods of Babette', in Double-bed dialogues, N.S.W. Bookstall Co., Sydney, 1915, pp. 137-145. Details
  • Adams, Arthur Henry, 'How to Acquire a Double Bed', in Double-bed dialogues, N.S.W. Bookstall Co., Sydney, 1915, pp. 115-136. Details
  • Adams, Arthur Henry, 'Marriage Ideals', in Double-bed dialogues, N.S.W. Bookstall Co., Sydney, 1915, pp. 101-114. Details
  • Adams, Arthur Henry, 'The Perfume of Gladys', in Double-bed dialogues, N.S.W. Bookstall Co., Sydney, 1915, pp. 88-100. Details
  • Adams, Arthur Henry, 'The First Jealousy', in Double-bed dialogues, N.S.W. Bookstall Co., Sydney, 1915, pp. 71-87. Details
  • Adams, Arthur Henry, 'The Last Dialogue', in Double-bed dialogues, N.S.W. Bookstall Co., Sydney, 1915, pp. 167-183. Details
  • Adams, Arthur Henry, 'The First Quarrel', in Double-bed dialogues, N.S.W. Bookstall Co., Sydney, 1915, pp. 43-55. Details
  • Adams, Arthur Henry, 'The Tragedy of Babette's Nighty', in Double-bed dialogues, N.S.W. Bookstall Co., Sydney, 1915, pp. 19-27. Details
  • Adams, Arthur Henry, 'The Catalogue', in Double-bed dialogues, N.S.W. Bookstall Co., Sydney, 1915, pp. 5-18. Details
  • Adams, Arthur Henry, 'Single Beds', in Double-bed dialogues, N.S.W. Bookstall Co., Sydney, 1915, pp. 56-70. Details

See also

Rachael Weaver