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Nigel Tourneur was the pseudonym of a fin de siecle writer who is best known for his work ''Hidden Witchery'', a collection of seven short stories and a short prose drama. Set in the indeterminate past, these sensually charged stories are concerned with obsessive love, often given a macabre or supernatural twist. In an "advertisement" the author writes: ". . . Throughout the following stories and sketches — scantily in part, and, it is feared, obscurely, through symbolism — there may be traced the inception, growth, strength, awaywardness and maturity of its physical manhood, culminating in self-knowledge and abnegation. . . " ''Hidden Witchery'' was published in 1898 an edition of 450 copies by Leonard Smithers, with illustrations by Will G. Mein. A review in ''The Outlook'' commented: "'Nigel Tourneur,' the author of 'Hidden Witchery' (Smithers), the latest contribution to symbolistic literature, is a Scot, and a literary critic of advanced and independent views. He calls 'Hidden Witchery' a 'tentative' book, and there seems little doubt that the writer's undoubted power will sooner or later find a very different artistic outlet. But the present volume, curious mixture that it is, has touches of exceptionally happy artistry."〔''The Outlook'', June 11, 1898 〕 As well as short stories, Nigel Tourneur wrote travel and historical articles and his work was published in British and American magazines including the ''Overland Monthly'', ''Westward Ho!'', ''Scottish Art & Letters'', ''The Gentleman's Magazine'', the ''Commonweal'', ''Child's Own Magazine'', and the ''Catholic World''. == References == 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nigel Tourneur」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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