▁the ▁psych ological ▁consequences ▁of ▁modern ity . ▁Stevens on ▁was ▁also ▁cru cial ▁to ▁the ▁further ▁development ▁of ▁the ▁historical ▁novel ▁with ▁historical ▁advent ures ▁in ▁books ▁like ▁Kid n apped ▁( 1 8 8 6 ) ▁and ▁Tre asure ▁Island ▁( 1 8 9 3 ) ▁and ▁particularly ▁The ▁Master ▁of ▁Ball ant ra e ▁( 1 8 8 8 ), ▁which ▁used ▁historical ▁background s ▁as ▁a ▁mechanism ▁for ▁expl oring ▁modern ▁concerns ▁through ▁alleg ory . ▁Arthur ▁Con an ▁Do yle ' s ▁( 1 8 5 9 – 1 9 3 0 ) ▁Sher lock ▁Hol mes ▁stories ▁produced ▁the ▁arch et yp al ▁detect ive ▁figure ▁and ▁helped ▁found ▁the ▁tradition ▁of ▁detect ive ▁fiction . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁last ▁two ▁dec ades ▁of ▁the ▁century ▁the ▁" k aily ard ▁school " ▁( c abb age ▁patch ) ▁dep icted ▁Scotland ▁in ▁a ▁rural ▁and ▁nost alg ic ▁fashion , ▁often ▁seen ▁as ▁a ▁" fail ure ▁of ▁n erve " ▁in ▁dealing ▁with ▁the ▁rapid ▁changes ▁that ▁had ▁swe pt ▁across ▁Scotland ▁in ▁the ▁industrial ▁revolution . ▁Fig ures ▁associated ▁with ▁the ▁movement ▁include ▁Ian ▁Mac lar en ▁( 1 8 5 0 – 1 9 0 7 ), ▁S . ▁R . ▁Cro ck ett ▁( 1 8 5 9 – 1 9 1 4 ) ▁and ▁most ▁fam ously ▁J . ▁M . ▁Bar rie ▁( 1 8 6 0 – 1 9 3 7 ), ▁best ▁known ▁for ▁his ▁creation ▁of ▁Peter