Water-snakes and Millibrand

"Water-Snakes and Millibrand" novel by Ben McGrenatleyson, 1899, Cauldron Publishing, Printing and Issuing, Ayr, Scotland, Hardcover, 412 pages, one drawing. I read and reviewed this volume when cataloguing and creating an inventory of the books found as part of the "The Evart-Gunn Publishing Company Book Salvage Operation" (see first entry of this blog Read this first ).

Great read, interesting story, well written will leave you wanting more from where this came from. The hero of the story is Craig Coulton described as a tall, dark, handsome figure with a permanent brooding look, a man of few words and firm beliefs. He has a small glove shop on Hunt Street, in downtown Swindon. He makes, cleans, mends and sales gloves. Craig lives alone above the shop and his only friends are the lads he has pints with at  at the Thistle and Whistle, around the corner on Victoria Road. One day, a middle-aged lady of noble bearing and great poise walked into the shop asking if they carry Rowan's goatskin gloves, colours she prefers, she said, was light burgundy and dark ochre. That is where the action here takes a fantastic turn, Craig has a psychotic episode feeling he can fly above the North Wessex Downs  and see as far as he wanted to.