Quote of the day
The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of the national interest and as the bulwark of certain individual and local rights.
Ernest Hornung

Born: June 7, 1866
Died: March 22, 1921 (aged 54)
Bio: Ernest William Hornung was an English author and poet known for writing the A. J. Raffles series of stories about a gentleman thief in late 19th-century London.
Known for:
- The Amateur Cracksman (1899)
- A Thief in the Night (1905)
- The Black Mask (1901)
- Mr. Justice Raffles (1909)
- The Shadow of the Rope (1902)