The New International Encyclopædia/Fargus, Frederick John

FAR′GUS, Frederick John (1847-85). An English novelist (pseudonym, Hugh Conway), born in Bristol. An auctioneer by trade, he did not acquire reputation as an author until 1884, when he published Called Back, a novel which became very popular both in Europe and America, was translated into six languages, and successfully dramatized in London. Among other works may be mentioned Dark Days; Slings and Arrows; A Cardinal Sin; and Bound Together.