NOTES OF AUTHORS
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[2] Mrs Margaret H. Alden, born at Caledonia, Ontario, 1863—now resident in Saginaw, Michigan. Sister of Edward William Thomson (p. 403). Has published booklets of verse.
[2] Rev. Joseph Antisell Allen, b. at Arbor Hill, Ireland, February 27, 1814. Came to Canada, 1842. Published (anonymously), 1854, Day Dreams by a Butterfly (a booklet from which the extract in the text is taken); The Lambda-nu-Tercentenary Poem on Shakespeare, 1864; The True and Romantic Love Story of Colonel and Mrs Hutchinson, a drama in verse, 1884; and several prose works. Resides at "Alwington," Kingston, Ontario.
[3] Grant Allen, son of the preceding, b. at Alwington House, Kingston, Ontario, February 24, 1848. Educated at Merton College, Oxford. A distinguished naturalist, and author of many scientific works and novels. Published, in 1894, The Lower Slopes, a volume of poems. Died October 25, 1899, at Hazelmere, Surrey, England.
[5] William Talbot Allison, b. at Unionville, Ontario, December 20, 1874. Educated at Victoria University. He has published occasional verse in the Magazines. Resides in Toronto.
[9] Mrs Sophie M. Almon-Hensley, b. at Bridgetown, Nova Scotia, May, 1866,—a direct descendant of Cotton Mather. Educated largely in England and Paris. Published, in 1895, a volume of verse entitled A Woman's Love Letters. Now resident in New York, where she devotes much time to philanthropic work, but spends her summers at Brighton, Nova Scotia.
[11] Rev. Duncan Anderson, b. in Rayne, Scotland, 1828. Educated at King's College and University, Aberdeen. For many years chaplain to the Imperial troops stationed at Lévis, Quebec. An expert ornithologist. Author of Lays of Canada, 1890, and of a prose work, Scottish Folklore, or Reminiscences of Aberdeenshire, 1895. Resides at "Monymusk," Chaudière Basin, Quebec.
[22] Isidore G. Ascher, b. in Glasgow, Scotland, 1835. Educated in Montreal, and called to the bar, 1862. Author of Voices from the Hearth, and Other Poems, 1863. Removed to England, 1864, where he has published several novels. One of his comediettas was produced at the Crystal Palace.
[20] Alice M. Ardagh ("Esperance"), b. in Monmouthshire, Wales, July 15, 1866. Writer of occasional verse. Resides at Barrie, Ontario.
[23] Samuel Mathewson Baylis, b. in Montreal, September 3, 1854. Published, in association with W. H. Whyte, Our City and Our Sports, 1894; and, in 1897, a volume of prose and verse entitled Camp and Lamp. Resides in Montreal.
[26] John Wilson Bengough, b. in Toronto, April 5, 1851. Printer, caricaturist, lecturer, and poet. Author of several works, among them Motley: Verses Grave and Gay, 1895. Resides in Toronto.
[28] Craven Langstroth Betts, b. in St John, New Brunswick, April 23, 1853. Educated at St John Grammar School, and Fredericton Normal School. Most of his life has been given to business pursuits, but he has done a variety of literary work. Besides contributions to Harper's Weekly, the New York Independent, the Youth's Companion, Puck, and Judge, he edited for a year a New York magazine. Author of Songs from Berenger(in the original metres), 1888; The Perfume Holder, a Persian Love Poem, 1891. For some years he held the office of secretary to the American Authors' Guild. Resides in New York.
[31] Blanche Bishop, b. at Greenwich, Nova Scotia, and educated at Acadia Seminary, and Acadia University. After study and travel in Europe, she taught five years in Moulton College, Toronto. Writer of occasional verse. Resides at Harding Hall, London, Ontario.
[33] Edward Blackadder, b. at Wolfville, Nova Scotia, 1871. Educated at Acadia University. Author of Poems, Sonnets, and Lyrics, 1895. Since 1894 has been engaged as a public lecturer on Temperance, under the direction of the Sons of Temperance of Nova Scotia. Resides in Wolfville, Nova Scotia.
[33] Mrs Jean Blewett, b. at Scotia, Lake Erie, Ontario, November 4, 1862 (Janet M'Kishney). Educated at St Thomas Collegiate Institute. She has written much prose for the public press. Author of Songs of the Heart, 1897. Resides in Toronto.
[36] John Breakenridge, b. at Niagara, Ontario, February 13, 1820; d. July 18, 1854, at Belleville, Ontario. Educated at Upper Canada College. Barrister at Law. Author of The Crusades, and Other Poems, 1846.
[38] John Henry Brown, b. in Ottawa, Ontario, April 29, 1859. A member of the Civil Service. Author of Poems, Lyrical and Dramatic, 1892. Resides in Ottawa.
[40] Edward Burrough Brownlow ("Sarepta"), b. in London, England, November 27, 1857; d. in Montreal, September 8, 1895. In 1896 The Pen and Pencil Club of Montreal published Orpheus and Other Poems, a collection of his verse.
[41] George Frederick Cameron, b. in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, September 24, 1854. He was editor of the Kingston, Ontario, News at the time of his death, September 1885. Lyrics on Freedom, Love, and Death, edited by his brother Charles J. Cameron, appeared in 1887.
[45] Bliss Carman, b. at Fredericton, New Brunswick, April 15, 1861. Educated at the Collegiate School there and at the University of New Brunswick, and with subsequent study at Edinburgh and Harvard Universities. In 1890 was literary editor of the New York Independent, and was also connected with the Cosmopolitan and Atlantic Monthly Magazines. In 1894 he established the Chap Book. Author of Low Tide on Grand Pré, A Book of Lyrics, 1893; Songs from Vagabondia (in conjunction with R. S. Hovey, Boston), 1894; A Sea-Mark, 1895; Behind the Arras: a Book of the Unseen, 1895; More Songs from Vagabondia, 1896; and By the Aurelian Wall, and Other Elegies, 1898. Moves back and forth freely between the Maritime Provinces and the United States. His present address is Independent Office, 114 Nassau Street, New York.
[59] Amos Henry Chandler, M.D., son of the late Governor Chandler, b. at Dorchester, New Brunswick, August 8, 1837. Author of Lyrics, Songs, and Sonnets(conjointly with the late Rev. C. P. Mulvaney), 1880. Resides at Dorchester, New Brunswick.
[60] Edward J. Chapman, Ph.D., F.C.S., b. in England. Professor of Mineralogy in University College, Toronto, for many years. He recently resigned his professorship. Author of A Song of Charity, 1857.
[63] Mrs Annie Rothwell Christie, b. in London, England, 1837. Came to Canada when four years of age, living with her family on Amherst Island, near Kingston, Ontario. Some of her best poems are to be found in the Magazine of Poetry. The examples given in the text were written at the time of the Half-Breed Rebellion. She has published no volume of poems, but is the author of four novels of much interest. Resides at The Rectory, North Gower, Ontario.
[67] George Herbert Clarke, b. at Gravesend, England, August 27, 1873. Educated at Woodstock College, and M'Master University. Has published occasional verse in the Magazines. He is Assistant Editor of the Baptist Union of Chicago, where he at present resides.
[70] Hugh Cochrane, for some time City Editor of the Montreal Witness. Author of booklets Rhyme and Roundelay, and Ideal and Other Poems. For the past two years he has been employed on the Literary World, London, England,—which is his present address.
[70] Hereward K. Cockin, b. at Frizing Hall, near Manningham, Yorkshire, England. Author of Gentleman Dick o' the Greys, and Other Poems, 1889. Present occupation is divided between journalism and prospect mining in the Michipicoten district, on the north-east shore of Lake Superior. Resides in Guelph, Ontario.
[72] Mrs Sara Jeanette Duncan Cotes, b. at Brantford, Ontario, 1862, and educated at the Collegiate School there. Has published very occasional verse, but since 1890 has issued many popular books, travels and novels. Resides in Calcutta, India, since her marriage in 1891.
[73] Isabella Valancy Crawford, b. near Dublin, Ireland, December 25, 1851. Came to Canada when five years of age, living with her father, Stephen Crawford, M.D., in Peterboro, Ontario. Removed to Toronto, where she died February 12, 1887. Author of Old Spookses' Pass, Malcolm's Katie, and Other Poems, 1884, and much occasional verse.
[78] Francis Blake Crofton, b. at Crossboyne, Ireland, 1842, and educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He is librarian of the Parliamentary Library, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Writer of occasional verse, and author of several works, among them Haliburton, the Man and the Writer, and The Imperialism of Haliburton. Resides in Halifax.
[81] John Allister Currie, b. at Nottawa, Ontario, February 25, 1862. Was for thirteen years engaged as a journalist on the Toronto Mail and Empire and the Toronto News. Is now engaged in the brokers' business. Author of A Quartette of Lovers, 1892. Resides in Toronto.
[81] Mrs Margaret Gill Currie, b. at Lower St Mary's, New Brunswick, June 14, 1843. Author of John Saint John and Anna Gray, 1897, a colonial romance in verse. Resides in Fredericton, New Brunswick.
[83] Mrs Sarah Anne Curzon, b. near Birmingham, England, 1833. Came to Toronto in 1862; d. at Toronto, October 6, 1898. Was a frequent contributor in prose and verse to the Canadian press. Author of Laura Secord, the Heroine of 1812, a drama, 1887. The issue of this volume led to the formation of several historical societies. Since 1887, Mrs Curzon's literary work was chiefly on historical subjects.
[87] Nicholas Flood Davin, Q.C., M.P., b. at Kilfinane, Ireland, January 13, 1843. Connected himself with the press in Toronto, 1872, and established the Regina Leader in 1883,—the first newspaper issued in Assiniboia. Published in 1889, Eos: an Epic of the Dawn; and subsequently several works in prose. Resides at Regina, N.W.T.
[89] A. B. De Mille, son of the following, b. in Halifax, Nova Scotia, March 7, 1873. Recently appointed professor of English Literature in King's College, Windsor. Has published occasional verse in the Magazines. Resides at Windsor, Nova Scotia.
[92] James De Mille, b. in St John, New Brunswick, August 23, 1836; d. in Halifax, Nova Scotia, January 28, 1880. Writer of occasional verse. The extract in the text is taken from a posthumous publication issued by Allan & Co., of Halifax, Nova Scotia,—a poem entitled Behind the Veil. Mr De Mille was professor in Acadia College, and subsequently in Dalhousie College. He is the author of numerous works in prose, among them Helena's Household: a tale of the First Century; The Dodge Club; and Elements of Rhetoric. (See note under Richard Huntington.)
[96] Edward Hartley Dewart, D.D., b. in the Co. Cavan, Ireland, 1828. Came to the County of Peterboro, Ontario, with his family in 1834. For twenty-five years he was Editor of the Christian Guardian, Toronto. Author of Selections from Canadian Poets, 1864; Songs of Life, 1869; Essays for the Times (including later poems), 1898. Resides in Toronto.
[98] Frederick Augustus Dixon, b. in England, May 7, 1843, and came to Canada in the early seventies. He was tutor at Rideau Hall during Earl Dufferin's Governor-Generalship. He is now Chief Clerk of correspondence, Department of Railways and Canals. Is the author of several dramas, among them The Mayor of St Brieux, and A Masque of Welcome, the latter in honour of the arrival in Canada of the Marquis of Lorne and the Princess Louise. A contributor of occasional verse to the Magazines. Resides in Ottawa.
[101] William Henry Drummond, M.D., b. at Currawn House, Co. Leitrim, Ireland, April 13, 1854. Author of The Habitant, and Other French-Canadian Poems, 1898. Resides in Montreal.
[104] John Hunter Duvar, b. August 29, 1830; d. January, 1899. Of Scoto-English birth and education. He lived the greater part of his life in Canada, serving as Lt.-Col. of the 3rd Brigade Halifax Garrison Artillery, and later in command of Prince County, Prince Edward Island Battalion of active militia. For ten years he was Dominion Inspector of Fisheries for the Province of Prince Edward Island. Author of The Enamorado, a drama, 1878; Roberval, a drama, 1888; The Emigration of the Fairies and The Triumph of Constancy, a romaunt. He has written other works, also: The Judgment of Osiris, The Enchanted Mooress, and Annals of the Court of Oberon. His characteristic is very marked,—the romantic with a bias towards the mystic. Respecting the poem in the text, beginning "In the Rheingan standeth Aix," it may be remarked that it is a matter of history that the crowned corpse of Charlemagne sat in the crypt of the Cathedral of Aix-la-Chapelle, until 1166, when the tomb was opened and the chair taken away by the Emperor, Frederick Barbarossa. Mr Duvar resided at "Hernewood," Fortune Cove, Prince Edward Island.
[109] Rev. Arthur Wentworth Hamilton Eaton, b. at Kentville, Nova Scotia. A graduate of Harvard University. Author of Acadian Legends and Lyrics, 1889; and of several prose works, among them The Church of England in Nova Scotia, and the Tory Clergy of the Revolution; and Tales of a Garrison Town (collaborated with C. L. Betts). He has in preparation a History of the People of Nova Scotia. Resides in New York.
[116] Sir James David Edgar, Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada, b. at Hatley, Quebec, August 10, 1841. Author of This Canada of Ours, and Other Poems, 1893; and of Canada and its Capital, prose, 1898. Died July 31, 1899, at Toronto.
[117] Constance Fairbanks, b. at Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, May 10, 1866. She edited, in conjunction with Mr H. Piers, the volume of the poems of the late Mrs Lawson. Writer of occasional verse in the Magazines. Resides at Halifax, Nova Scotia.
[118] Joseph Kearney Foran, b. at Aylmer, Quebec, 1857. Educated at the University of Ottawa. A journalist. Author of Poems and Canadian Lyrics, 1895, also of a prose work, The Spirit of the Age; Faith and Infidelity. Resides in Montreal.
[120] William Henry Fuller, b. at Ramsgate, England. Came to Canada in the early seventies. Author of a local burlesque, H.M.S. Parliament, and other plays; Ye Ballad of Lyttel John A; and several essays and brochures. Resides at Ottawa.
[121] Rev. Alexander Rae Garvie, b. at Vilcoy Estate, Demerara, British Guiana, January 6, 1839; d. at Montreal, March 5, 1874; buried at Chatham, New Brunswick. He was of Scotch parentage. His ministerial service was rendered chiefly, if not wholly, in the Maritime Provinces. A singularly interesting man. Thistledown, a posthumous volume of Poems and Essays, 1875.
[123] Pierce Stevens Hamilton, b. in, or near, Truro, Nova Scotia, 1826; d. in Halifax, February 1893. A journalist and versatile political writer. Author of The Feast of St Anne and Other Poems, 1890.
[126] Mrs S. Frances Harrison ("Seranus"), b. in Toronto upwards of thirty years ago, and educated in Toronto and Montreal. She is a musical critic, and has written widely for the Magazines, in prose and verse. Author of The Canadian Birth-Day Book, 1887; Pine, Rose and Fleur-de-Lis, 1891. Resides in Rosedale, Toronto.
[129] Theodore Arnold Haultain, b. at Kannanur, Madras Presidency, November 3, 1857. A graduate of Toronto University. Author of Versiculi, 1893; and of several prose publications. A contributor to many well-known Magazines. Resides in Toronto.
[131] Charles Heavysege, b. in Huddersfield, England, 1816; d. at his residence in Bleury St., Montreal, July 14, 1879. He was a cabinetmaker by trade,—and a journalist. Author of Saul, a tragedy, 1857; Jephthah's Daughter, 1865; Count Filippo; or the Unequal Marriage, 1860. Saul was first published by Mr John Lovell, Montreal; a second edition was issued in Boston. Mr Heavysege was a powerful dramatic writer. The North British Review for August, 1858, characterizes Saul as "one of the most remarkable English poems ever written out of Great Britain." There is an unfinished work in the hands of his widow, who resides at Winnipeg, Manitoba.
[133] John Frederic Herbin, b. in Windsor, Nova Scotia, February 8, 1860. His mother was an Acadien (Robichau), and his father French. Educated at Acadia University. Author of Marshlands, a volume of Poems. Also of Grand Pré, a brief history of the Acadien occupation of Minas. Resides in Wolfville, Nova Scotia.
[138] Annie Campbell Huestis, b. in Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1876. Writer of occasional verse. Resides in Halifax.
[145] Rev. James Cobourg Hodgins, b. in Hamilton, Ontario, 1866. In the past seven years he has resided in the United States; and is at present pastor of the church in Philadelphia formerly in charge of Rev. Samuel Longfellow. Author of Fugitives, a booklet, 1891; and A Sheaf of Sonnets, printed for private circulation, 1896.
[147] Hon. Joseph Howe, b. at North West Arm, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1804; of loyalist parentage; d. in Halifax, June 1, 1873. A most distinguished son of Nova Scotia, and one of the ablest of Canadian Statesmen. He was Governor of his native Province at the time of his death. Poems and Essays, a posthumous publication, 1874.
[141] William Edward Hunt ("Keppell Strange"), b. at Brighton, England, of ancient Sussex ancestry. Educated at South Kensington, and at the Berbeck Institute. Is a member of the editorial staff of the Montreal Witness, Author of Poems and Pastels, 1896. Resides in Montreal.
[142] Richard Huntington, b. at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, February 13, 1819; d. at Yarmouth, May 13, 1883. He was for thirty years editor and publisher of the Yarmouth Tribune. Mr Huntington was a nephew of the late Hon. Herbert Huntington, and a grandson of Miner Huntington, one of the loyalist settlers of Yarmouth (mentioned in Sabine's History of the Loyalists); and a distant relative of the late Hon. L. S. Huntington, of Quebec. A writer of occasional verse. In Lighthall's Songs of the Great Dominion, a poem entitled The Indian Names of Acadia is erroneously attributed to De Mille (the late professor James De Mille). It was written by Richard Huntington.
[149] Charles Edwin Jakeway, M.D., b. at Holland Landing, Ontario, 1847. Graduated M.D. at Toronto, 1871. Author of The Lion and the Lilies; a Tale of the Conquest, and Other Poems, 1897. Resides at Stayner, Ontario.
[155] E. Pauline Johnson,—Tekahiońwake—, b. at "Chief's Wood," Six Nations Reserve, County of Brant, Ontario. She is the daughter of the late George Henry M. Johnson, head chief of the Mohawk Indians, by his wife, Emily S. Howells, of Bristol, England. Educated by private tuition, and at the Brantford Model School. She is a frequent contributor to the periodical press. In 1894 she visited England, and while there published The White Wampum, a book of poems. She has publicly recited her poems throughout Canada and the United States. Resides at Winnipeg, Manitoba.
[160] Robert Kirkland Kernighan ("The Khan"), b. at Rushdale Farm, near Hamilton, Ontario, April 25, 1857. A journalist, and widely known as the author of many clever songs, and of patriotic and humorous verse. He published The Tattleton Papers, prose, 1894; and The Khan's Canticles, 1896. Resides at Rushdale Farm, Rockton, Ontario.
[162] William Kirby, b. at Kingston-upon-Hull, England, October 13, 1817. Came to Canada with his parents, 1832. A journalist, novelist, and poet. Was Collector of Customs at Niagara (where he settled in 1839) from July 1, 1871, till his retirement from the public service, 1895. Author of The U. E., 1859, an epic poem, very valuable as a series of pictures of loyalist personages and times; Canadian Idyls(2nd ed.), 1894. He has published four volumes in prose, the chief of which is The Golden Dog, a Legend of Quebec, 1877, and 1896. A new American edition of this work was published in 1898. Mr Kirby resides at Niagara, Ontario.
[166] Rev. Matthew Richey Knight, b. at Halifax, Nova Scotia, April 21, 1854. Educated at Mount Allison University. He has written considerable, in prose and verse. Author of Poems of Ten Years, 1887. Present residence, Boistown, New Brunswick.
[168] Archibald Lampman, b. at Morpeth, Ontario, November 17, 1861; d. at Ottawa, February 10, 1899. Educated at Trinity University, Toronto. He was a member of the Canadian Civil Service, in the Post Office Department. Elected F.R.S. Can., 1895. Author of Among the Millet, and Other Poems, 1888; Lyrics of Earth, 1895. Resided in Ottawa. His complete poems, edited with a Memoir, were published under the supervision of Duncan Campbell Scott, March, 1900.
[177] Mrs Mary Jane Katzmann Lawson, b. at "Maroon Hall," Preston, about five miles from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. Her mother—a Nova Scotian—was a granddaughter of Dr Joshua Prescott, of Massachusetts. She was largely self-educated. For two years she edited the Provincial Magazine. In 1887 she obtained the Aikin's Historical Prize of King's College for her History of the Townships of Dartmouth, Preston, and Lawrencetown,—since published. She died at Halifax, March 23, 1890. In 1893, Frankincense and Myrrh(selections from the poems of the late Mrs Lawson) appeared under the joint editorship of Mr Harry Piers and Miss Constance Fairbanks.
[180] Mrs Sophia V. Gilbert Lee, author of Wayside Echoes, a volume of verse, 1894. Resides at Penetanguishene, Ontario.
[180] Mrs Lily Alice Lefevre ("Fleurange"), b. at Stratford, Ontario, but reared at Brockville. Educated at Villa Maria Convent, Montreal. Author of The Lion's Gate, and Other Verses, 1895. (The two highest peaks of the mountains that overlook the harbor of Vancouver bear a strong resemblance in outline to the lions of Trafalgar Square.) Has resided at Vancouver, British Columbia, the past fifteen years.
[182] Mrs R. E. Mullins Leprohon, b. in Montreal, 1832. Educated at the Convent of the Congregation of Notre Dame. She was a leading contributor to the Literary Garland, and contributed freely to other periodicals. She wrote many tales. After her death at Montreal, September 20, 1879, John Lovell & Son published The Poetical Works of Mrs Leprohon (Miss R. E. Mullins), 1881.
[184] William Douw Lighthall, b. in Hamilton, Ontario, December 27, 1857. Educated at M'Gill University. He is the head of the law firm Lighthall & Harwood, Montreal; and was one of the founders of the Soc. of Can. Lit., and of the Château de Ramezay Museum. Author of Thoughts, Moods, and Ideals, a booklet of verse, 1887. In 1889 he edited Songs of the Great Dominion(Windsor Series, London), and Canadian Poems and Lays(Canterbury Poets Series, 1891). He has written several prose works, the latest being the novel, The False Chevalier, a Canadian Adventurer at the Court of Louis XVI. (1898). Resides in Montreal.
[187] Stuart Livingston, Q. C., b. in Canada of U. E. Loyalist stock. Was educated at Toronto University. He is the head of the law firm Livingston & Garrett, Hamilton, but is well known in literary and artistic circles as a writer and a painter. Besides The History of Professor Paul, a novel, and contributions to the Magazines, he has published In Various Moods, a book of poems, 1894. Resides in Hamilton, Ontario.
[192] Rev. Arthur John Lockhart ("Pastor Felix"), b. at Lockhartville, Nova Scotia, May 5, 1850. For some years he was a printer, but entered the ministry in 1872. He is widely known as a writer in prose and verse in Canadian and American periodicals. A Masque of Minstrels, poems by himself and his brother, 1887; and Beside the Narraguagus and Other Poems, 1895. Contributed in prose to Burnsiana, 1893. Resides at Pemaquid, Maine, U.S.
[196] Rev. Burton Wellesley Lockhart, D.D., brother of the preceding, b. at Lockhartville, Nova Scotia, January 24, 1855. Educated at Acadia University. Among his poems of special note, included in A Masque of Minstrels, are The Retrospect, Sir Richard Grenville, In Solemn Vision, The Old Home, Wordsworth, and Talking by the Sea. Resides at Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S.
[198] John E. Logan ("Barry Dane"). A writer of fugitive verse of much beauty. Resides in Montreal.
[199] Agnes Maule Machar ("Fidelis"), b. in Kingston, Ontario. Has for years contributed both in prose and verse to Canadian and American periodicals. She is best known as a novelist. Resides at Kingston, Ontario, but lives at "Fern Cliff," among the Thousand Islands, in the summer.
[204] Evan MacColl, b. at Kenmore, Scotland, September 21, 1808; d. at Toronto, July 1898. Came to Canada, 1850, filling a position in the Customs at Kingston, Ontario, till he retired on a pension, 1880. Author of Clasach nam Beann: or, Poems and Songs in Gaelic, 1838; The Mountain Minstrel: or, Poems and Songs in English, 1838; and Poems and Songs, chiefly written in Canada, 1883 (2nd ed. 1866). He was appointed a Fellow of the R. S. Can. on its organisation, 1880. The Child of Promise, given in the text, is a translation from the author's Gaelic poem, by Dr Buchannan.
[205] Mrs Elizabeth Roberts MacDonald, b. at Westcock, New Brunswick. Educated at the Collegiate School of Fredericton, and at the University of New Brunswick, and was for some time teacher in the School for the Blind, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Her poems have appeared chiefly in the Magazines. In 1891 she issued a booklet of poems for private circulation. Resides at Fredericton, New Brunswick.
[206] John Macfarlane ("John Arbory"), b. at Abington, Scotland, May 1857. Author of Heather and Harebell; Songs and Lyrics, 1892. He contributed to Burnsiana. In 1895 he edited The Harp of the Scottish Covenant,—an anthology of poetry "intended to do for the Covenanters, what has long ago been done for the Cavaliers and the Jacobites." Resides in Montreal.
[208] Mrs Kate Seymour Maclean, b. at Fulton, Oswego County, New York. She is a well-known writer of verse for the Magazines. Author of The Coming of the Princess, and Other Poems, 1881. Resides at Kingston, Ontario.
[211] Mrs Elizabeth S. MacLeod, b. in Edinburgh, Scotland. Is a frequent contributor to the Magazines. Author of Carols of Canada, 1893. Resides in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.
[212] A. D. MacNeill, of Orangedale, Nova Scotia. Author of a booklet, Woodlands and Other Rhymes(without date).
[213] Donald M'Caig, b. in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, May 15, 1832. Educationist. Author of Milestone Moods and Memories, poems, 1893; and A Reply to John Stuart Mill, on the Subjection of Women, prose, 1871. Resides at Collingwood, Ontario.
[215] James M'Carroll, b. in Lanesboro', Co. Longford, Ireland, August 3, 1814, d.—?. Came to Ontario, 1831. Journalist. Author of Madeline, and Other Poems, 1889.
[217] William M'Donnell, b. at Cork, Ireland, September 1824. Author of Manita, and other booklets of poems. He is the undoubted author of the original of the many poems entitled Beautiful Snow. Resides at Lindsay, Ontario.
[218] Bernard M'Evoy, b. in Birmingham, England, February 7, 1842. Came to Canada in 1888, and was employed as a journalist on the Toronto Mail and Empire, till 1898. His great grandfather, Rev. John Augustus Nisbitt M'Evoy, was vicar of Kineton, Warwick, for forty years, preaching once a month in the church at Stratford-upon Avon, in which Shakespeare is buried. Author of Away from Newspaperdom and Other Poems, 1897. Resides in Toronto.
[219] Thomas D'Arcy M'Gee, M.P., b. at Carlingford, Ireland, April 13, 1825. Came to Canada, 1857. He was assassinated in Ottawa, Canada, April 7, 1868. Author of Canadian Ballads and Occasional Verses, 1858. A Canadian statesman of high repute.
[224] William P. M'Kenzie, b. at Almonte, Ontario, about 1855. Educated at Toronto University and Knox College. Was Professor for some time of English Literature in the University of Rochester, U.S. Author of A Song of Trust, 1887; Voices and Undertones, 1889; Songs of the Human, 1892; and Heartsease Hymns and Other Verses, 1895. Present residence, Boston, U.S.
[227] Alexander M'Lachlan, b. in Johnstone, Renfrewshire, Scotland, August 12, 1818. Came to Canada, 1840. Died at Orangeville, Ontario, March 20, 1896. Author of Lyrics, 1858; The Emigrant and Other Poems, 1861; Poems and Songs, 1888. His complete poems, with Memoir, published April, 1900. A representative poet, and widely known.
[231] John M'Pherson ("Harp of Acadia"), b. in Liverpool, Nova Scotia, February 4, 1817; d. at Brookfield, Nova Scotia, July 26, 1845, and is buried near Lake Tupper. He was a teacher. In 1862 his collected poems were published at Halifax under the title of Poems, Descriptive and Moral.
[233] Charles Mair, b. at Lanark, Ontario, September 21, 1840. Educated at Queen's University, Kingston. Author of Dreamland and Other Poems, 1868; Tecumseh, a Drama, 1886. A Fellow of the R. S. Can. Resides at Winnipeg, Manitoba.
[238] George Martin, b. at Kilrae, Ireland, 1822. Came to Canada, 1832, and has lived in Montreal since 1835. Was educated at the Black River Literary Institute, Watertown, New York; and subsequently studied Medicine. Author of Marguerite: or the Isle of Demons, and Other Poems, 1887. It is said he contemplates the publication of another volume of poems at an early day. Resides in Montreal.
[241] Helen M. Merrill, b. in Napanee, Ontario. Educated at the Ladies' College, Ottawa. An Entomologist. She has published no volume of verse. In 1892 she published a small holiday volume, entitled Picturesque Prince Edward County. The poem in the text, The Blue Flower, is a personification of the unattainable. Resides at Picton, Ontario.
[244] Mrs Susanna (Strickland) Moodie, b. in Suffolk, England, December 6, 1803; came to Canada, 1832; d. in Toronto, April 8, 1885. Author of Roughing it in the Bush and Life in the Clearings, 1853, prose, with poetry interspersed,—both written in Canada. Enthusiasm, and Other Poems, 1830. Published considerable fugitive verse.
[247] Mary Morgan ("Gowan Lea"), a native of Scotland, but came in childhood to Montreal. Author of Woodnotes in the Gloaming, 1887; Sonnets from Switzerland, 1896. Travels extensively in Europe,—"a citizen of the world."
[249] Mrs Irene Elder Morton, b. at Hantsport, Nova Scotia, February 17, 1849. Educated at Acadia Seminary. She has written much verse, and some prose, but has not published any volume. Resides at "The Bluffs," Clementsport, Nova Scotia.
[255] Rev. Charles Pelham Mulvaney, b. in Dublin, Ireland, May 20, 1835; d. in Toronto, May 31, 1885. A classical scholar of distinction. Published in 1880, conjointly with A. H. Chandler, Lyrics, Songs and Sonnets.
[256] George Murray, b. in London, England. Educated at King's College, London, and at Oxford University. Before taking his degree in 1860 he published The Oxford Ars Poetica; or, How to Write a Newdigate. Came to Canada 1859, and was connected with the Montreal High School until his retirement on a pension in 1892. He was one of the editors of the literary remains of Hon. D'Arcy M'Gee. Author of Verses and Versions, 1891. Resides in Montreal.
[260] H. M. Nickerson, b. in Nova Scotia. Author of Carols of the Coast, 1892. Mr Nickerson is known as the "Fisherman Poet." Resides at Clark's Harbor, Nova Scotia.
[261] Cornelius O'Brien, His Grace the Archbishop of Halifax, b. near New Glasgow, Prince Edward Island, May 4, 1843. Besides many works in prose he published in 1890, Aminta, a Modern Life Drama. Was President of the Royal Soc. of Can., 1896-7. Resides at Halifax, Nova Scotia.
[261] Thomas O'Hagan, Ph.D., b. near Toronto, Ontario, 1855. Educated at St Michael's College and at Ottawa University, taking subsequent studies at Syracuse and Cornell Universities. Author of A Gate of Flowers, 1887; In Dreamland and Other Poems, 1893; Songs of the Settlement, 1899. Resides in Toronto.
[264] Horatio Gilbert Parker, b. at Camden East, Addington, Ontario, 1859. Educated at Trinity University, Toronto. A novelist of wide repute, and author of A Lover's Diary, poems (2nd ed. 1894). Has lived in Australia, but now resides in London, England, making frequent visits to Canada.
[265] Amy Parkinson was born in Liverpool, England, and came to Toronto, Ontario, with her parents when a child. Her formal education ceased when she was twelve years of age, her health failing her. For eight or nine years past, she has not risen from her bed. Her poems are dictated to her father, and it is noteworthy that her mind is specially vigorous in composition as she is passing into or recovering from the severe attacks which seize her, any one of which might prove fatal. Author of booklets of verse, Love Through All, and In His Keeping. Resides in Toronto.
[268] Frank L. Pollock, b. February 1876. Has resided for the most part in St Mary's, Ontario, and in Toronto. His literary productions have appeared chiefly in the Youth's Companion, The Criterion, Ainslee's Magazine and Town Topics. His present residence is in New York City.
[270] Andrew Ramsay, b. in 1849, near the village of West Flamboro, Ontario. "After two years of torture under the mad manipulation of a savage schoolmaster," he "escaped to the wilderness for what scanty education" he obtained. Author of The Canadian Lyre, 1859; Win-on-ah; The Forest Light, and Other Poems, 1869; One Quiet Day, prose and poetry, 1873; Muriel, The Foundling, and Other Poems, 1886. Is a house decorator, and has won distinction in landscape work in that art. Resides at Westover, Ontario.
[273] Theodore Harding Rand, D.C.L., b. at Cornwallis, Nova Scotia, February 8, 1835. Educated at Horton Academy and Acadia University. Has devoted his life to Education. Organised the systems of Free Public Schools of both Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Ex-Principal of Woodstock College, and Ex-Chancellor of M'Master University,—by whom the founding of the University was promoted, and organised as such. Author of At Minas Basin, and Other Poems, 1897 (second edition, enlarged, 1898). Resides in Toronto.
[282] Walter A. Ratcliffe, b. in London, England, August 23, 1865. Came to Canada with his parents at the age of seven years. He is almost totally blind and deaf. Published Morning Songs in the Night, 1897. Resides at Port Hope, Ontario.
[283] John Reade, b. at Ballyshannon, Ireland, November 13, 1837. Educated at Queen's College, Belfast. Came to Canada, 1856. Author of The Prophecy of Merlin, and Other Poems, 1870. In association with Professor Penhallow of M'Gill University, he inaugurated the Montreal branch of the Am. Folk-lore Soc. He has been president of the Eng. Lit. and Hist. section of the Royal Soc. Can. Elected a Fellow of the Royal Soc. of Lit. of Great Britain, 1896. Since 1870 he has been literary and general assistant editor of the Montreal Gazette. Resides in Montreal.
[290] Robert Reid ("Rob Wanlock"), b. at Wanlockhead, Scotland, June 8, 1850. Came to Canada 1877, and has since then filled a responsible position in the mercantile establishment of Henry Morgan & Co., Montreal. Author of Moorland Rhymes, 1874; and Poems, Songs and Sonnets, 1894. Resides in Montreal.
[292] Charles George Douglas Roberts, b. at Douglas, near Fredericton, New Brunswick, January 10, 1860. Educated at the University of New Brunswick. He became editor of the Toronto Week, 1883, and later Professor of English Literature and Economics in King's College, Windsor, Nova Scotia. Since 1895 be has devoted himself exclusively to literary work. Author of Orion and Other Poems, 1880; In Divers Tones, 1887; Poems of Wild Life: an Anthology, 1888; Ave: An Ode for the Shelley Centenary, 1892; Songs of the Common Day, and Ave, 1893; The Book of the Native, poems, 1896; and New York Nocturnes and Other Poems, 1898. He has also published several novels and other works. He was one of the literary arbiters at the World's Fair, Chicago. Resides in Fredericton, New Brunswick (and in New York). Note.—The two following are younger brothers of Mr Roberts, and Mrs Elizabeth Roberts MacDonald is a sister, while Mr Bliss Carman and Mr Barry Straton are cousins of the foregoing. They are children of three sisters.
[309] Theodore Roberts, b. at Fredericton, New Brunswick, July 7, 1877. Educated at the Collegiate School of that city. His verse has appeared in the Magazines. He was war correspondent for the New York Independent in the Spanish-American War. Resides at Fredericton, New Brunswick.
[313] William Carman Roberts, b. at Fredericton, New Brunswick, December 6, 1874. Educated at the Collegiate School, and the University of that city. He has published verse in the Magazines and literary periodicals. Has done journalistic work in New York. Resides at Fredericton, New Brunswick.
[315] George John Romanes, b. at Kingston, Ontario, May 20, 1848; d. at Oxford, England, May 23, 1894. Educated at Caius College, Oxford. A distinguished naturalist, and brilliant scientific and philosophical writer. During his somewhat prolonged illness he preserved to the last his mental vigour and keenness of interest in scientific pursuits. Not long before his death he said: "I have now come to see that faith (the Christian faith) is intellectually justifiable." The sonnet of the text has a pathos all its own. Longmans, Green & Company published a volume of selections of his poetry, 1896.
[316] Carroll Ryan, b. in Toronto, Ontario, February 3, 1839. Educated at St Michael's College. He served as a volunteer in the British German Legion and Turkish Contingent, during the Crimean war, and in H.M.'s 100th Royal Can. Regt., 1859. After his return to Canada he commanded a battery of volunteer artillery at Ottawa, and was extra A.D.C. to Gen. Sir E. S. Smyth. Mr Ryan is a veteran of the Canadian press. Author of Oscar and Other Poems, 1857; Songs of a Wanderer, 1867; and Picture Poems, 1884. Resides in Montreal.
[318] Charles Sangster, b. at Kingston, Ontario, 1822; d. at Ottawa, Ontario, 1893. Author of The St Lawrence, and the Saguenay, and Other Poems, 1856, and of Hesperus and Other Poems and Lyrics, 1860. A representative Canadian poet, widely known.
[322] Duncan Campbell Scott, b. at Ottawa, Ontario, August 2, 1862. Educated at Stanstead Wesleyan College. Is Accountant of the Department of Indian Affairs. He is a contributor to Magazines in prose and verse. Author of The Magic House and Other Poems, 1893, and of Labor and the Angel, 1898. Resides at Ottawa.
[330] Rev. Frederick George Scott, b. in Montreal, April 7, 1861. Educated at Bishop's College, Lennoxville, Quebec, and at King's College, London, England. Author of The Soul's Quest, and Other Poems, 1888; Elton Hazlewood, a dramatic life-story, 2nd ed., 1893; My Lattice and Other Poems, 1894; The Unnamed Lake and Other Poems, 1897; and Poems Old and New, 1899. Resides in Quebec city.
[336] Charles Dawson Shanly, b. in Dublin, Ireland, March 9, 1811. Came to Canada, 1836, and settled near London, Ontario. He edited Punch in Canada. A writer of occasional verse. He became noted as an Art Critic in New York. Died at Arlington, Florida (whither he had gone in search of health), April 15, 1875, and is buried near London, Ontario. Best known as engineer of the Hoosac Tunnel.
[338] Francis Sherman, b. at Fredericton, New Brunswick, 1871. Educated at the Collegiate School and the University there. Author of Matins, 1896; In Memorabilia Mortis, a booklet of Sonnets, 1896; and A Prelude, privately printed, 1897. Resides in Fredericton.
[341] Goldwin Smith, LL.D., D.C.L., author, and a distinguished Professor of History, b. at Reading, England, August 23, 1823. His published works are numerous and widely known,—among them, Bay Leaves: Translations from the Latin Poets, 1894. A very occasional writer of verse. Resides at "The Grange," Toronto.
[342] Lyman C. Smith, b. at Glanford, near Hamilton, Ontario, September 8, 1850. Educated at Victoria University. He has been for the past eighteen years the principal of the High School, Oshawa, Ontario. Author of Mabel Gray and Other Poems, 1896.
[344] Rev. William Wye Smith, b. in Jedburgh, Scotland, March 18, 1827. Came to Canada, 1837. A man of considerable journalistic experience. Author of Poems, 1888; The New Testament in Broad Scotch, 1896. Resides at St Catharines, Ontario.
[345] Albert Ernest Stafford Smythe, b. at Gracehill, Ireland, December 27, 1861. Educated at Belfast Inst., and holds certificates from the Science and Art Department, South Kensington. Author of Poems, Grave and Gay, 1891. He is editor of the Lamp, a paper devoted to theosophy. Resides in Toronto.
[346] Hiram Ladd Spencer, b. at Castleton, Vermont, April 28, 1829, and educated there. Among his classmates were Henry Cabot Lodge, W. C. Wilkinson, W. C. Langdon, and Redfield Proctor. He became a resident of St John, New Brunswick, 1863. A journalist. Author of Poems, 1848; A Song of the Years: a Memory of Acadia, 1889, (widely known,—published by J. & A. M'Millan, St John, N. B.). Resides in St John.
[348] Ezra Hurlburt Stafford, M.D., b. 1865. Is an associate editor of Canadian Journal of Medicine and Surgery. An occasional contributor to periodicals. Author of Saints' Day Ballads, and Sundry Other Measures, a booklet, 1895. Resides in Toronto.
[351] Alexander Charles Stewart, b.—? Author of Poems and Songs, 1890; The Pensioner, 1890,—a booklet. Resides in Toronto.
[351] Phillips Stewart, b. 1864; d. in Toronto, Ontario, February 2, 1892. Author of Poems, 1887. A dominant sadness inspired the muse of this gifted youth. His early death was a loss to Canadian literature.
[353] Barry Straton, b. at Fredericton, New Brunswick, December 27, 1854. Educated at the Collegiate School of that city. Studied law, but the confinement proving detrimental to his health, he resorted to farming. Author of Lays of Love, and Miscellaneous Poems, 1884; The Building of the Bridge: an Idyl of the St John, 1887; and The Hunter's Hand Book. Resides at Maugerville, New Brunswick.
[356] Arthur J. Stringer, a journalist of the Montreal Herald, till very recently. Author of Watchers of Twilight, 1894; Pauline and Other Poems, 1895; and Epigrams, 1896. Present residence, New York.
[359] Alan Sullivan, b. in Montreal, November 29, 1867. Educated at Loretto School, Musselburgh, near Edinburgh. A civil engineer. Author of a booklet of verse. Resides at Rat Portage, Ontario.
[361] Bertram Tennyson, Q.C., b.—? Author of The Land of Napioa and Other Essays in Prose and Verse, 1896. Resides at Moosomin, N. W. T., Canada.
[363] Edward William Thomson, b. in the township of Toronto, Ontario, February 12, 1849. Educated at Trinity College Grammar School, Weston. He served with the army of the Potomac during the closing scenes of the Am. Civil War. Served in the field with the Queen's Own Rifles, Toronto. In 1889-90 was chief editorial writer on the Toronto Globe. He removed to Boston to accept a lucrative post on the Youth's Companion. Writer of occasional verse, and author of several volumes of short stories. Resides in Boston, Mass.
[365] John Stuart Thomson, b. in Montreal, 1870, where he was educated at the old "Senior School," and in special work at M'Gill University. He also enjoyed special advantages of private classical study in New York City. He is a frequent contributor to the Magazines. Author of Estabelle and Other Poems, 1897. Resides in New York City.
[369] Francis L. Dominick Waters, b. in Fermoy, Ireland, April 4, 1857. Educated at St Colman's College. Compelled by ill health to abandon his medical studies, he came to Canada, 1879. He has devoted himself chiefly to literature. Author of The Water Lily: an Oriental Fairy Tale, 1888. Resides at Cornwall, Ontario.
[370] Arthur Weir, b. in Montreal, June 17, 1864. Educated at M'Gill University. He has had considerable journalistic experience. Author of Fleur de Lys, poems, 1877; The Romance of Sir Richard, Sonnets, and Other Poems, 1890; The Snowflake, and Other Poems, 1896. He was selected to read the inaugural poem at the unveiling of the national monument to Sir John A. Macdonald, at Ottawa, 1895; and he also wrote the inaugural poem for the unveiling of the monument to Maisonneuve, dedicated on the same day. Resides in Montreal.
[376] Agnes Ethelwyn Wetherald ("Bel Thistlewaite"), b. in Rockwood, Ontario, of English Quaker parentage, and educated at Friends' Schools in New York and Ontario. She has done much journalistic work. Author of The Algonquin Maiden, a romance of the early days of Upper Canada, written in collaboration with G. Mercer Adam; and The House of Trees, a volume of verse, 1896. Resides at Fenwick, Ontario.
[379] Rev. William Henry Withrow, D.D., author and journalist, b. in Toronto, August 6, 1839. Educated at Victoria and Toronto Universities. Elected a Fellow of the Eng. Lit. Sec. of the Royal Soc. of Can., 1884. He is editor of the Methodist Magazine and Review, and author of numerous volumes, the best known of which is The Catacombs of Rome, and their Testimony Relative to Primitive Christianity. Writer of occasional verse. Resides in Toronto.
[380] Rev R. Walter Wright, b. near Toronto, Ontario, December 29, 1852. Educated at Streetsville High School, and was graduated in Theology in connection with Chautauqua University. Author of The Dream of Columbus, a poem, 1894. Present residence, Arthur, Ontario.
[382] Mrs Eva Rose York, b. in Western Ontario, December 22, 1858. Educated at Woodstock College, and at the New England Conservatory of Music. Writer of occasional verse. Resides in Toronto.
[384] Mrs Pamelia Vining Yule, wife of the late professor J. C. Yule, of Woodstock College, Ontario. Author of Poems of the Heart and Home, 1881, and of several prose works. She was born in Clarendon, State of New York, and her early life was spent in Ellicottville in that State. Died at Ingersoll, Ontario, 1896.