[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.