'The Botor Chaperon', 1907, by C. N. and A. M. Williamson.
The book relates a semi-fictional description of a mainly boat trip on a small motor-driven yacht through the canals of Holland. This motor-boat, ‘Lorelei’, which she inherits, is described by the heroine as a ‘Botor’, because she saw it as a mix between a boat and a motor-car on water.
The Williamsons’ published many popular volumes of fiction and travelogue under their combined names; often set around car trips and other foreign travels of their own, usually by car, frequently contributing their own photo illustrations; so it seems they really did take a canal-boat voyage through Holland preparatory to writing the story.—though later Alice admitted that she was the sole author of most of their output.
On C. N. Williamson’s Wikipedia page there is a photo of he and his wife accompanied by what appears to be the same dog as the one reclining on the chintz-covered armchair in the above photo. In the book the dog is named Tibe, short for Tiberius—which may be, in fact, its real name.
Charles Norris Williamson 1859–1920, British author, motoring journalist and founder of the ‘Black and White’ magazine who was perhaps best known for his collaboration with his wife, Alice Muriel Williamson, in a number of novels and travelogues.
Alice Muriel Williamson 1858–1933, American actress, journalist, and author.
Arthur Herbert Buckland 1870-1948, British artist and illustrator.
‘The Botor Chaperon’, 1907, Methuen and Co.; 1st, 2nd, and 3rd editions all August 1907, by C. N. and A. M. Williamson.
'The Botor Chaperon', 1907, by C. N. and A. M. Williamson.
The book relates a semi-fictional description of a mainly boat trip on a small motor-driven yacht through the canals of Holland. This motor-boat, ‘Lorelei’, which she inherits, is described by the heroine as a ‘Botor’, because she saw it as a mix between a boat and a motor-car on water.
The Williamsons’ published many popular volumes of fiction and travelogue under their combined names; often set around car trips and other foreign travels of their own, usually by car, frequently contributing their own photo illustrations; so it seems they really did take a canal-boat voyage through Holland preparatory to writing the story.—though later Alice admitted that she was the sole author of most of their output.
On C. N. Williamson’s Wikipedia page there is a photo of he and his wife accompanied by what appears to be the same dog as the one reclining on the chintz-covered armchair in the above photo. In the book the dog is named Tibe, short for Tiberius—which may be, in fact, its real name.
Charles Norris Williamson 1859–1920, British author, motoring journalist and founder of the ‘Black and White’ magazine who was perhaps best known for his collaboration with his wife, Alice Muriel Williamson, in a number of novels and travelogues.
Alice Muriel Williamson 1858–1933, American actress, journalist, and author.
Arthur Herbert Buckland 1870-1948, British artist and illustrator.
‘The Botor Chaperon’, 1907, Methuen and Co.; 1st, 2nd, and 3rd editions all August 1907, by C. N. and A. M. Williamson.