The Lost Continent, A classic "lost race" story, with all of the required elements: a seductive empress, a straight-arrow hero, battles, escapes, sorcery, and earth-shattering cataclysms Eminently readable and very entertaining, without any profundity to distract a fan of Haggard, Aubrey, or Janvier-style fantasy literature. Charles John Cutcliffe Wright Hyne (1866 -1944) was an English novelist who was also known by the pen name Weat-herby Chesney. He is perhaps best remembered as the author of The Lost Continent: "The Story of Atlantis." He is also remembered for his "Captain Kettle stories" and "The Lost Continent..".