CROCKETT

crockett, samuel rutherford (1860- ), scottish novelist, was born at duchrae, galloway, on the 24th of september 1860, the son of a galloway farmer. he was brought up on a galloway farm, and graduated from edinburgh university in 1879. after some years of travel he became in 1886 minister of penicuik, but eventually abandoned the free church ministry for novel-writing. the success of mr j. m. barrie had created a demand for stories in the scottish dialect when mr crockett published his successful story of _the stickit minister_ in 1893. it was followed by a rapidly produced series of popular novels dealing often with the past history of scotland, or with his native galloway. such are _the raiders_, _the lilac sun-bonnet_ and _mad sir uchtred_ in 1894; _the men of the moss hags_ in 1895; _cleg kelly_ and _the grey man_ in 1896; _the surprising adventures of sir toady lion_ (1897); _the red axe_ (1898); _kit kennedy_ (1899); _joan of the sword hand_ and _little anna mark_ in 1900; _flower o' the corn_ (1902); _red cap tales_ (1904), &c.