It was the publication of "A Daughter of Heth" in 1871 that at once established his popularity. It is the story of a young girl brought up in Catholic France, who comes to live with her more austere Protestant relatives in southern Scotland, and ends with personal tragedy. The travel story "The Strange Adventures of a Phaeton" followed in 1872, and in 1874 "A Princess of Thule" was another big success and was later adapted into a musical play, "The Maid of Arran", by a young L. Frank Baum.