British literature Scots. The poet Michael Longley (born 1939) has experimented with Ulster Scots for the translation of Classical verse, as in his 1995 collection "The Ghost Orchid". Among significant writers in this genre in the early twentieth-century were Erskine Childers' "The Riddle of the Sands" (1903), who wrote spy novels, Emma Orczy (Baroness Orczy) author of "The Scarlet Pimpernel", an historical romance which recounted the adventures of a member of the English gentry in the French Revolutionary period. The title character established the notion of a "hero with a secret identity" into popular culture. John Buchan wrote adventure novels like "Prester
A Dissertation Concerning the End for Which God Created the World Edwards' works today in their own congregations. In his book "God's Passion for His Glory", which includes the complete text of "The End for Which God Created the World" as the second half of the book, Piper argues that the longer he lives "the more clearly I see my dependence on those who have gone before," that "Edwards's relentless God-centeredness and devotion to the Biblical contours of doctrine are profoundly needed in our day," and that Edwards is in "a class by himself in American history, perhaps in the history of Christendom." A Dissertation Concerning the End for Which God