[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.