Black William

Black, William, novelist, was born in 1841 in Glasgow. Taking up journalism as a profession, he in 1866 acted as war-correspondent for the Morning Star in the Austro-Prussian war. After this he became editor of the London Review and assistant editor of the Daily News, which position he resigned in 1875. His first hit as a novel-writer was made by A Daughter of Heth, published in 1871, his previous efforts having failed to attract very wide attention. The Strange Adventures of a Phaeton (1872) and A Princess of Thule (1873) are among his best known works; other recent ones are Highland Cousins and Briseis.