[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.