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
Newbiggin-by-the-Sea when he wrote his best-selling novel "Room at the Top". Newbiggin-by-the-Sea Newbiggin-by-the-Sea is a small town in Northumberland, England, on the North Sea coast. Once an important port for shipping grain and a coal mining town, it is still a small fishing port making use of traditional coble boats. Newbiggin derives its name from the Old English "nīwe" (new) + Middle English "bigging" (building, house), and may refer to an extension of the early settlement and parish of Woodhorn. The church was for centuries a chapel only, with a tower surmounted by a spire which was originally used as a