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Reverend Henry Cadwallader Adams (4 November 1817 – 17 October 1899) was a 19th century English cleric and writer of children's novels.

He was the grandson of Simon Adams of Ansty Hall, Warwickshire. He was educated a Winchester College, about which he wrote Wykehemica: A History of Winchester College.

He specialised in children's novels relating to Victorian Public School life. His novels included:

• The Cherry-stones, or Charlton School 1851
• The Judges of Israel, or Tales for Sunday Reading
• Who Did It?, or Holmwood Priory. A Schoolboy's Tale 1852
• The Indian Boy 1865
• Balderscourt, or Holiday Tales' 1866
• Schoolboy Honour
• Hair-breadth escapes, or, The adventures of three boys in South Africa London: Griffith & Farran, 1876
• The Boy Cavaliers, or The Siege of Clidesford 1878
• The Winborough Boys, or Ellerslie Park 1879
• Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand London: Griffith, Farran, Okeden & Welsh, 1887. 384p.

[edit] References

• Victorian Novels of Public School Life Christopher Stray (2003) ISBN 1843710293