This early work by Edward Irenaeus Prime-Stevenson was originally published in 1889 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'Janus' is one of Prime-Stevenson 's works of fiction. Edward Irenaeus Prime-Stevenson was born on the 23rd of July 1858 in New Jersey, America. Prime-Stevenson was a prolific pro-homosexuality author, also writing under the pseudonym of Xavier Mayne. Prime-Stevenson died of a heart attack in Lausanne on the 23rd of July 1942.