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Barr (ROBERT a Scottish author born)

ROBERT, a Scottish author, born in Glasgow, Sept. 16, 1850; he spent his childhood in Canada, drifted into journalism, joined the staff of Detroit "Free Press ," and wrote under the name of "Luke Sharp." He went to London in 1881 and founded "The Idler" with Jerome K. Jerome, but retired to devote himself to fiction. He wrote a number of novels, "In the Midst of Alarms" (1894); "The Face on the Mask" (1895); "One Day's Courtship" (1896); "A Woman Intervenes" (1896); "The Victors" (1901); "The Sword Maker" (1910); "The Palace of Logs" (1912); etc. He died in 1912.