This early work by Charles G. D. Roberts was originally published in
1908 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory
biography. 'The House in the Water' is a novel by this prolific author
of fiction and poetry. Charles G. D. Roberts was born on 10th January
1860, in Douglas, New Brunswick, Canada. Roberts's most successful
literary genre was that of the animal story which featured in works such
as Earth's Enigmas (1896) and Eyes of the Wilderness (1933). He also
wrote romance novels and several non-fiction works on Canada.