[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.