Fiction · 1899
The Lion and the Unicorn
Five stories move between London drawing rooms and far-flung corners of adventure and misfortune — a flower shop's ornamental sign gives the title story its name and its central image of watchful, opposing forces — in the brisk, atmospheric style of a war correspondent turned fiction writer.
Richard Harding Davis published The Lion and the Unicorn in 1899, gathering five short stories including "On the Fever Ship," "The Man with One Talent," "The Vagrant," and "The Last Ride Together" alongside the title piece.
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1864–1916 · Victorian
Richard Harding Davis (1864–1916) was born in Philadelphia and became the best-known American reporter of his generation, covering the Spanish-American War (where he joined the charge up San Juan Hill), the Boer War, the Russo-Japanese War and the First World War. His early fiction — including the Van Bibber stories and Gallegher and Other Stories (1891) — made him a celebrity in his twenties; Van Bibber and Others (1892), Soldiers of Fortune (1897) and several successful plays followed. He died at his home in Mount Kisco, New York.
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