[316] Carroll Ryan, b. in Toronto, Ontario, February 3, 1839. Educated at St Michael's College. He served as a volunteer in the British German Legion and Turkish Contingent, during the Crimean war, and in H.M.'s 100th Royal Can. Regt., 1859. After his return to Canada he commanded a battery of volunteer artillery at Ottawa, and was extra A.D.C. to Gen. Sir E. S. Smyth. Mr Ryan is a veteran of the Canadian press. Author of Oscar and Other Poems, 1857; Songs of a Wanderer, 1867; and Picture Poems, 1884. Resides in Montreal.
[318] Charles Sangster, b. at Kingston, Ontario, 1822; d. at Ottawa, Ontario, 1893. Author of The St Lawrence, and the Saguenay, and Other Poems, 1856, and of Hesperus and Other Poems and Lyrics, 1860. A representative Canadian poet, widely known.
[322] Duncan Campbell Scott, b. at Ottawa, Ontario, August 2, 1862. Educated at Stanstead Wesleyan College. Is Accountant of the Department of Indian Affairs. He is a contributor to Magazines in prose and verse. Author of The Magic House and Other Poems, 1893, and of Labor and the Angel, 1898. Resides at Ottawa.
[330] Rev. Frederick George Scott, b. in Montreal, April 7, 1861. Educated at Bishop's College, Lennoxville, Quebec, and at King's College, London, England. Author of The Soul's Quest, and Other Poems, 1888; Elton Hazlewood, a dramatic life-story, 2nd ed., 1893; My Lattice and Other Poems, 1894; The Unnamed Lake and Other Poems, 1897; and Poems Old and New, 1899. Resides in Quebec city.
[336] Charles Dawson Shanly, b. in Dublin, Ireland, March 9, 1811. Came to Canada, 1836, and settled near London, Ontario. He edited Punch in Canada. A writer of occasional verse. He became noted as an Art Critic in New York. Died at Arlington, Florida (whither he had gone in search of health), April 15, 1875, and is buried near London, Ontario. Best known as engineer of the Hoosac Tunnel.
[338] Francis Sherman, b. at Fredericton, New Brunswick, 1871. Educated at the Collegiate School and the University there. Author of Matins, 1896; In Memorabilia Mortis, a booklet of Sonnets, 1896; and A Prelude, privately printed, 1897. Resides in Fredericton.
[341] Goldwin Smith, LL.D., D.C.L., author, and a distinguished Professor of History, b. at Reading, England, August 23, 1823. His published works are numerous and widely known,—among them, Bay Leaves: Translations from the Latin Poets, 1894. A very occasional writer of verse. Resides at "The Grange," Toronto.
[342] Lyman C. Smith, b. at Glanford, near Hamilton, Ontario, September 8, 1850. Educated at Victoria University. He has been for the past eighteen years the principal of the High School, Oshawa, Ontario. Author of Mabel Gray and Other Poems, 1896.
[344] Rev. William Wye Smith, b. in Jedburgh, Scotland, March 18, 1827. Came to Canada, 1837. A man of considerable journalistic experience. Author of Poems, 1888; The New Testament in Broad Scotch, 1896. Resides at St Catharines, Ontario.