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A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

Author: William Taylor Adams

Author: William Taylor Adams (birth and death dates unknown)

Alternate Name(s): Oliver Optic (pseudonym)

Fiction Titles:

  1. The Adventures of a Midshipman.  1 vol.  Glasgow: John S. Marr and Sons, 1866.
  2. Brave Old Salt: or, Life on the Quarter Deck.  1 vol.  Glasgow: John S. Marr and Sons, 1867.