Robert Barr
Born	1849
Died	1912 (aged 63)
Language	English
Genre	Detective Fiction, Mystery
Nationality	Canadian, Scottish
Gender	Male

Robert Barr

Robert Barr was a Canadian, Scottish author who primarily wrote in English.

Robert Barr (1849–1912) was a Scottish-Canadian author and journalist known for his detective and mystery fiction. His most famous creation, detective Eugene Valmont, appeared in stories like “The Triumphs of Eugène Valmont.”

Short Stories written by Robert Barr

A Case of Fever 1876 - "O, underneath the blood red sun, No bloodier deed was ever done! Nor fiercer retribution sought The hand that first… ... Read more
A Deal on ‘Change’ 1876 - It was in the days when drawing-rooms were dark, and filled with bric- a-brac. The darkness enabled the half-blinded visitor,… ... Read more
A Dramatic Point 1876 - In the bad days of Balmeceda, when Chili was rent in twain, and its capital was practically a besieged city,… ... Read more
A Dynamite Explosion 1876 - Dupre sat at one of the round tables in the Cafe Vernon, with a glass of absinthe before him, which… ... Read more
A Ladies Man 1876 - "Jest w'en we guess we've covered the trail So's no one can't foller, w'y then we fail W'en we feel… ... Read more
A Modern Samson 1876 - A little more and Jean Rasteaux would have been a giant. Brittany men are small as a rule, but Jean… ... Read more
A Society for the Reformation of Poker Players 1876 - "O Unseen Hand that ever makes and deals us, And plays our game! That now obscures and then to light… ... Read more
An Alpine Divorce 1876 - In some natures there are no half-tones; nothing but raw primary colours. John Bodman was a man who was always… ... Read more
An Electrical Slip 1876 - Public opinion had been triumphantly vindicated. The insanity plea had broken down, and Albert Prior was sentenced to be hanged… ... Read more
An International Row 1876 - "A simple child That lightly draws its breath, And feels its life in every limb, What should it know of----"… ... Read more
An Invitation 1876 - The proud and warlike Archbishop Baldwin of Treves was well mounted, and, although the road by the margin of the… ... Read more
And the Rigour of the Game 1876 - Old Mr. Saunders went home with bowed head and angry brow. He had not known that Dick was in the… ... Read more
Converted 1876 - In the ample stone-paved courtyard of the Schloss Grunewald, with its mysterious bubbling spring in the centre, stood the Black… ... Read more
Count Konrad’s Courtship 1876 - It was nearly midnight when Count Konrad von Hochstaden reached his castle on the Rhine, with a score of very… ... Read more
Gentlemen: The King! 1876 - The room was large, but with a low ceiling, and at one end of the lengthy, broad apartment stood a… ... Read more
How the Captain Got His Steamer Out 1876 - "On his own perticular well-wrought row, That he's straddled for ages-- Learnt its lay and its gages-- His style may… ... Read more
Miss McMillan 1876 - "Come hop, come skip, fair children all, Old Father Time is in the hall. He'll take you on his knee,… ... Read more
Mrs. Tremain 1876 - "And Woman, wit a flaming torch Sings heedless, in a powder-- Her careless smiles they warp and scorch Man's heart,… ... Read more
My Stowaway 1876 - "Ye can play yer jokes on Nature, An' play 'em slick, She'll grin a grin, but, landsakes, friend, Look out… ... Read more
Not According to the Code 1876 - Even a stranger to the big town walking for the first time through London, sees on the sides of the… ... Read more
Out of Thun 1876 - I.--BESSIE'S BEHAVIOUR. On one point Miss Bessie Durand agreed with Alexander von Humboldt--in fact, she even went further than that… ... Read more
Over the Stelvio Pass 1876 - There is no question about it, Tina Lenz was a flirt, as she had a perfect right to be, living… ... Read more
Purification 1876 - Eugene Caspilier sat at one of the metal tables of the Cafe Egalite, allowing the water from the carafe to… ... Read more
Share and Share Alike 1876 - "The quick must haste to vengeance taste, For time is on his head; But he can wait at the door… ... Read more
The Ambassador’s Pigeons 1876 - Haziddin, the ambassador, stood at the door of his tent and gazed down upon the famous city of Baalbek, seeing… ... Read more
The Archbishop’s Gift 1876 - Arras, blacksmith and armourer, stood at the door of his hut in the valley of the Alf, a league or… ... Read more
The Bromley Gibberts Story 1876 - The room in which John Shorely edited the Weekly Sponge was not luxuriously furnished, but it was comfortable. A few… ... Read more
The Count’s Apology 1876 - The fifteen nobles, who formed the Council of State for the Moselle Valley, stood in little groups in the Rittersaal… ... Read more
The Exposure of Lord Stansford 1876 - The large mansion of Louis Heckle, millionaire and dealer in gold mines, was illuminated from top to bottom. Carriages were… ... Read more
The Hour and the Man 1876 - Prince Lotarno rose slowly to his feet, casting one malignant glance at the prisoner before him. "You have heard," he… ... Read more
The Hour-Glass 1876 - Bertram Eastford had intended to pass the shop of his old friend, the curiosity dealer, into whose pockets so much… ... Read more
The Long Ladder 1876 - Every fortress has one traitor within its walls; the Schloss Eltz had two. In this, curiously enough, lay its salvation;… ... Read more
The Man Who was not on the Passenger List 1876 - "The well-sworn Lie, franked to the world with all The circumstance of proof, Cringes abashed, and sneaks along the wall… ... Read more
The Purser’s Story 1876 - "O Mother-nature, kind in touch and tone. Act as we may, thou clearest to thine own" I don't know that… ... Read more
The Shadow of the Greenback 1876 - Hickory Sam needed but one quality to be perfect. He should have been an arrant coward. He was a blustering… ... Read more
The Terrible Experience of Plodkins 1876 - "Which--life or death? Tis a gambler's chance! Yet, unconcerned, we spin and dance, On the brittle thread of circumstance." I… ... Read more
The Understudy 1876 - "Dogs on board ship is a nuisance," said the night-watchman, gazing fiercely at the vociferous mongrel that had chased him… ... Read more
The Vengeance of the Dead 1876 - It is a bad thing for a man to die with an unsatisfied thirst for revenge parching his soul. David… ... Read more
The Warrior Maid of San Carlos 1876 - The young naval officer came into this world with two eyes and two arms; he left it with but one… ... Read more
Transformation 1876 - Forthwith this frame of mine was wrenchd With a woful agony, Which forced me to begin my tale, And then… ... Read more
Two Florentine Balconies 1876 - Prince Padema sat desolately on his lofty balcony at Florence, and cursed things generally. Fate had indeed dealt hardly with… ... Read more
Which Was the Murderer? 1876 - Mrs. John Forder had no premonition of evil. When she heard the hall clock strike nine she was blithely singing… ... Read more