It has been said that Baring-Gould had one of the most brilliant, eclectic minds of Victorian England. In his lifetime, he found time to write over 100 books, including 30 novels. Contents: The Disappearance of Bathurst; The Duchess of Kingston; General Mallet; Schweinichen's Memoirs; the Locksmith Gamain; Abram the Usurer; Sophie Apitzsch; Peter Nielsen; the Wonder-Working Prince Hohenlohe; The Snail Telegraph; The Countess Goerlitz; A Wax and Honey-Moon; The Electress' Plot; Suess Oppenheim; and Ignatius Fessler.
Sabine Baring-Gould of Lew Trenchard in Devon, England, was an Anglican priest, hagiographer, antiquarian, novelist, folk song collector and eclectic scholar. His bibliography consists of more than 1,240 publications, though this list continues to grow. His family home, the manor house of Lew Trenchard, near Okehampton, Devon, has been preserved as he had it rebuilt and is now a hotel. He is remembered particularly as a writer of hymns, the best-known being "Onward, Christian Soldiers", "Sing Lullaby", and "Now the Day Is Over". He also translated the carol "Gabriel's Message" from the Basque language to English.
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