Lewis Hough

Lewis Hough was a British writer whose surviving work points to a career in popular 19th-century fiction. His stories appeared in magazines including Once a Week, and several of his books remain known through public-domain editions and library catalogs.

He is best remembered now for books such as Dr. Jolliffe's Boys and For Fortune and Glory: A Story of the Soudan War. Those titles suggest the kind of fiction he wrote best: spirited adventures for younger readers, often shaped by school life, loyalty, and big historical settings.

Very little reliable biographical detail is easy to confirm today, which gives him the air of a half-hidden library discovery. What does come through clearly is the appeal of the work itself: straightforward storytelling, lively incident, and the flavor of late-Victorian popular fiction.