[345] Albert Ernest Stafford Smythe, b. at Gracehill, Ireland, December 27, 1861. Educated at Belfast Inst., and holds certificates from the Science and Art Department, South Kensington. Author of Poems, Grave and Gay, 1891. He is editor of the Lamp, a paper devoted to theosophy. Resides in Toronto.
[346] Hiram Ladd Spencer, b. at Castleton, Vermont, April 28, 1829, and educated there. Among his classmates were Henry Cabot Lodge, W. C. Wilkinson, W. C. Langdon, and Redfield Proctor. He became a resident of St John, New Brunswick, 1863. A journalist. Author of Poems, 1848; A Song of the Years: a Memory of Acadia, 1889, (widely known,—published by J. & A. M'Millan, St John, N. B.). Resides in St John.
[348] Ezra Hurlburt Stafford, M.D., b. 1865. Is an associate editor of Canadian Journal of Medicine and Surgery. An occasional contributor to periodicals. Author of Saints' Day Ballads, and Sundry Other Measures, a booklet, 1895. Resides in Toronto.
[351] Alexander Charles Stewart, b.—? Author of Poems and Songs, 1890; The Pensioner, 1890,—a booklet. Resides in Toronto.
[351] Phillips Stewart, b. 1864; d. in Toronto, Ontario, February 2, 1892. Author of Poems, 1887. A dominant sadness inspired the muse of this gifted youth. His early death was a loss to Canadian literature.
[353] Barry Straton, b. at Fredericton, New Brunswick, December 27, 1854. Educated at the Collegiate School of that city. Studied law, but the confinement proving detrimental to his health, he resorted to farming. Author of Lays of Love, and Miscellaneous Poems, 1884; The Building of the Bridge: an Idyl of the St John, 1887; and The Hunter's Hand Book. Resides at Maugerville, New Brunswick.
[356] Arthur J. Stringer, a journalist of the Montreal Herald, till very recently. Author of Watchers of Twilight, 1894; Pauline and Other Poems, 1895; and Epigrams, 1896. Present residence, New York.
[359] Alan Sullivan, b. in Montreal, November 29, 1867. Educated at Loretto School, Musselburgh, near Edinburgh. A civil engineer. Author of a booklet of verse. Resides at Rat Portage, Ontario.
[361] Bertram Tennyson, Q.C., b.—? Author of The Land of Napioa and Other Essays in Prose and Verse, 1896. Resides at Moosomin, N. W. T., Canada.