He followed up Treasure Island with a volume of children's poetry, A Child's Garden of Verses

He conceived the idea of his revolver pistol by observing a ship's capstan on a voyage to India in 1830 He engraved his poems such as The Tyger, illustrated them & hand-colored the prints he made He eulogized George Washington as first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen He fathered the current Prince of Wales He fought against Julius Caesar, who pardoned him; a mistake, as he then conspired with Brutus in Caesar's murder He once said, On Saturday, I was a surgeon in South Africa, very little known. On Monday I was world renowned He reportedly has inked a deal to continue as Dr. Carter through the 2004-2005 season He reprised his role of Joe Mannix for an episode of Diagnosis Murder in 1997