ered ▁a ▁change ▁to ▁the ▁rules ▁to ▁require ▁all ▁members ▁to ▁conform ▁to ▁agreed ▁I WA ▁principles , ▁and ▁in ▁early ▁ 1 9 5 1 ▁Rol t ▁and ▁others ▁were ▁ex cluded ▁from ▁membership . ▁A ick man ▁published ▁two ▁non f iction ▁books ▁on ▁the ▁water ways ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 5 . ▁ ▁Nevertheless , ▁the ▁I WA ▁has ▁been ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁successful ▁conservation ▁organis ations ▁in ▁British ▁history , ▁succeed ing ▁in ▁rest oring ▁and ▁re open ing ▁much ▁of ▁the ▁original ▁canal ▁network . ▁ ▁Liter ary ▁work ▁ ▁F iction ▁As ▁a ▁writer , ▁A ick man ▁is ▁best ▁known ▁for ▁the ▁ 4 8 ▁" st range ▁stories " ▁that ▁were ▁published ▁in ▁eight ▁volumes , ▁one ▁of ▁them ▁post hum ous . ▁The ▁American ▁collection ▁P aint ed ▁Dev ils ▁consists ▁of ▁re vised ▁versions ▁of ▁stories ▁which ▁had ▁previously ▁appeared ▁in ▁other ▁books . ▁ ▁After ▁three ▁of ▁his ▁stories ▁appeared ▁in ▁We ▁Are ▁for ▁the ▁Dark ▁( 1 9 5 4 ), ▁occas ional ▁short ▁stories ▁appeared ▁in ▁mag az ines ▁and ▁anth ologies ▁during ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 0 s , ▁but ▁A ick man ' s ▁invol vement ▁with ▁his ▁many ▁soci eties ▁kept ▁him ▁from ▁any ▁writing ▁at ▁length . ▁The ▁year ▁ 1 9 6 4 ▁thus ▁came ▁as ▁a ▁waters hed , ▁with ▁a ▁slightly ▁myst ical ▁novel , ▁The ▁Late ▁Break f aster s , ▁a ▁story ▁collection ▁( D