Francis Marion Crawford
Francis Marion Crawford (August 2, 1854 – April 9, 1909) was an American writer noted for his many novels, especially those set in Italy, and for his classic weird and fantastic stories.
In 1879 he went to India, where he studied Sanskrit and edited in Allahabad The Indian Herald. Returning to America in February 1881, he continued to study Sanskrit at Harvard University for a year.
Mr. Isaacs
In December 1882 Crawford produced his first novel, Mr. Isaacs, which had an immediate success. This was a brilliant sketch of the Anglo-Indian life mingled with a touch of Oriental mystery. In it, the Masters of Wisdom, Mme. Blavatsky, Col. Olcott, and Mr. Sinnett are mentioned.
Samuel Ward, an American poet and philosopher, sent Col. Olcott (then living in India) a copy of it. In one of his letters, Master K.H. said "the book is the Western echo of the Anglo-Indian Occult World" and asked Mr. Sinnett to read and review it.[1] The February issue of The Theosophist published a long review without signature.
Notes
- ↑ Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence No. 102 (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 350.