Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole, (1884 - 1941) was a New Zealand-born English novelist. He was a best-selling author in the 1920s and 1930s, but has been largely neglected since his death. Between 1909 and 1941 he wrote thirty-six novels, five volumes of short stories, two original plays and three volumes of memoirs. In the 1920s and 1930s Walpole was much in demand not only as a novelist but also as a lecturer on literature, making four exceptionally well-paid tours of North America. In this book: The Cathedral, 1922 Jeremy, 1919 The Dark Forest, 1916 The Secret City, 1919 The Golden Scarecrow, 1915