Pseudonym of UK author John Dagney Major (1875-1937), under which name appeared The Secret of the Silent City!: A Magnificent Adventure Story (1920 The Magnet; 1921), an unpretentious Lost Race tale. An earlier sf tale, "Into the Unknown", was serialized in The Gem in 1916 under the byline Dagney Major. [JC/SH]

see also: Boys' Friend Library; Boys' Papers.

John Dagney Major

born Southport, Lancashire: 4 January 1875

died Hove, Sussex: 2 April 1937

works

• The Secret of the Silent City!: A Magnificent Adventure Story (London: Amalgamated Press, 1921) [28 February-19 June 1920 The Magnet: in the publisher's Boys. Friend Library series: pb/Harry Lane]

links

• Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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