The Slave of the Lamp

Hint: You can preview this book by clicking on "Preview" which is located under the cover of this book. About the author: Hugh Stowell Scott (9 May 1862 – 19 November 1903) was an English novelist (under the pseudonym Henry Seton Merriman).Born in Newcastle upon Tyne, he became an underwriter at Lloyd's of London, but then devoted himself to travel and to writing novels, many of which had great popularity. Scott visited India as a tourist in 1877-78 and set his novel Flotsam (1896) there. He was an enthusiastic traveller, many of his journeys being undertaken with his friend and fellow author Stanley J. Weyman.Scott married Ethel Frances Hall (1865-1943) on 19 June 1889. The couple had no children.Scott was unusually modest and retiring in character. Excerpt from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Stowell_Scott