[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.