Alexander Hay Japp and Japp's conversation attracted Stevenson and his father. Stevenson read to Japp the early chapters of "Treasure Island", then called "The Sea Cook", and Japp negotiated its publication in "Young Folks". Subsequently Stevenson and Japp corresponded on intimate terms; and Japp's last work, "Robert Louis Stevenson: a Record, an Estimate, and a Memorial" (1905), was the result of their contacts. Japp was versatile and prolific writer, writing under pseudonyms such as "H. A. Page", "A. F. Scot", "E. Conder Gray", and "A. N. Mount Rose" as well as in his own name. In his own name he issued in 1865
The Village by the Sea fits into the intricate, multi-layered pattern of the novel." The Village by the Sea The Village by the Sea: an Indian family story is a novel for young people by the Indian writer Anita Desai, published in London by Heinemann in 1982. It is based on the poverty, hardships and sorrow faced by a small rural, community in India. Desai won the annual Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, a book award judged by a panel of British children's writers. Penguin published a US edition in 1984. "The Village by the Sea" is set in a small village called Thul in Western