▁wrote ▁under ▁the ▁Nicholas ▁Carter ▁ ▁and ▁Ber tha ▁M . ▁Clay ▁house ▁pseud onym s , ▁and , ▁like ▁many ▁of ▁his ▁fellow ▁d ime ▁novel ists ▁under ▁many ▁other ▁pseud onym s , ▁including ▁T yman ▁Cur rio , ▁L ill ian ▁R . ▁D ray ton , ▁Julia ▁Edwards , ▁Ger ald ine ▁F lem ing , ▁Margaret ▁Grant , ▁Barbara ▁Howard , ▁Harry ▁Dub ois ▁Mil man , ▁Mil ton ▁Qu arter ly , ▁and ▁Lucy ▁May ▁Russell . ▁Other ▁pseud onym s , ▁like ▁John ▁C . ▁Russell ▁who ▁the ▁" S pi ke ▁Mal one " ▁stories ▁for ▁Mun sey ' s ▁Rail road ▁Man ' s ▁Magazine ▁from ▁ 1 9 0 9 – 1 7 , ▁are ▁probable ▁C ory ell ▁mask s ▁but ▁have ▁not ▁been ▁verified . ▁ ▁Biography ▁ ▁Background ▁and ▁early ▁life ▁According ▁to ▁C ory ell ' s ▁son ▁Russell , ▁" The ▁C ory ell ▁family ▁was ▁desc ended ▁from ▁French ▁H ug uen ots ▁driven ▁out ▁of ▁France . ▁They ▁settled ▁early ▁in ▁America . ▁One ▁ancest or , ▁a ▁C ory ell , ▁was ▁a ▁p all - b ear er ▁to ▁Washington ." ▁ ▁John ▁R . ▁C ory ell ▁was ▁educated ▁in ▁NY C ▁public ▁schools ▁and ▁city ▁college . ▁In ▁ 1 8 6 9 , ▁he ▁abandoned ▁the ▁study ▁of ▁law ▁( pres umably ▁at ▁Harvard ) ▁to ▁join ▁his ▁father , ▁who ▁was ▁building ▁batt les hips ▁for ▁the ▁Chinese ▁government .