William Gordon Stables

Also known as Gordon Stables

Scottish naval surgeon and author of adventure fiction (1840-1910)

Top works

Allan Adair, or Here and there in many lands
Remember the Maine
The pearl divers and Crusoes of the Sargasso Sea
Off to Klondyke
Health upon wheels; or, Cycling as a means of maintaining the health and conducing to longevity

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Discography

5 total works indexed

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“In general appearance the is an extremely large and powerful fellow, with a beautiful head and speaking countenance, in which sagacity is blended with nobility, and a body of great symmetry, combining, one might say, the agility of the with the strength of the .”
“Very few of the old s interfere with the duties of their assistants, but there be men who seem to think you have merely come to the service to learn, not to practise your profession, and therefore they treat as mere students, or at the best hobble-de-hoy doctors. Of this class was Dr. Gruff, a man whom I would back against the whole profession for , , , or ; but who, I rather suspect, never prescribed a dose of , , or in his life.”
“Every child knows how fond cats are of hunting and catching mice, but no cat any respectability would think of confining her attention to mice alone. The very presence of a cat about a house will usually suffice to keep these destructive pests at bay; and if one should pop out of its hole, it knows, or ought to know, what to expect.”

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