[363] Edward William Thomson, b. in the township of Toronto, Ontario, February 12, 1849. Educated at Trinity College Grammar School, Weston. He served with the army of the Potomac during the closing scenes of the Am. Civil War. Served in the field with the Queen's Own Rifles, Toronto. In 1889-90 was chief editorial writer on the Toronto Globe. He removed to Boston to accept a lucrative post on the Youth's Companion. Writer of occasional verse, and author of several volumes of short stories. Resides in Boston, Mass.
[365] John Stuart Thomson, b. in Montreal, 1870, where he was educated at the old "Senior School," and in special work at M'Gill University. He also enjoyed special advantages of private classical study in New York City. He is a frequent contributor to the Magazines. Author of Estabelle and Other Poems, 1897. Resides in New York City.
[369] Francis L. Dominick Waters, b. in Fermoy, Ireland, April 4, 1857. Educated at St Colman's College. Compelled by ill health to abandon his medical studies, he came to Canada, 1879. He has devoted himself chiefly to literature. Author of The Water Lily: an Oriental Fairy Tale, 1888. Resides at Cornwall, Ontario.
[370] Arthur Weir, b. in Montreal, June 17, 1864. Educated at M'Gill University. He has had considerable journalistic experience. Author of Fleur de Lys, poems, 1877; The Romance of Sir Richard, Sonnets, and Other Poems, 1890; The Snowflake, and Other Poems, 1896. He was selected to read the inaugural poem at the unveiling of the national monument to Sir John A. Macdonald, at Ottawa, 1895; and he also wrote the inaugural poem for the unveiling of the monument to Maisonneuve, dedicated on the same day. Resides in Montreal.
[376] Agnes Ethelwyn Wetherald ("Bel Thistlewaite"), b. in Rockwood, Ontario, of English Quaker parentage, and educated at Friends' Schools in New York and Ontario. She has done much journalistic work. Author of The Algonquin Maiden, a romance of the early days of Upper Canada, written in collaboration with G. Mercer Adam; and The House of Trees, a volume of verse, 1896. Resides at Fenwick, Ontario.
[379] Rev. William Henry Withrow, D.D., author and journalist, b. in Toronto, August 6, 1839. Educated at Victoria and Toronto Universities. Elected a Fellow of the Eng. Lit. Sec. of the Royal Soc. of Can., 1884. He is editor of the Methodist Magazine and Review, and author of numerous volumes, the best known of which is The Catacombs of Rome, and their Testimony Relative to Primitive Christianity. Writer of occasional verse. Resides in Toronto.
[380] Rev R. Walter Wright, b. near Toronto, Ontario, December 29, 1852. Educated at Streetsville High School, and was graduated in Theology in connection with Chautauqua University. Author of The Dream of Columbus, a poem, 1894. Present residence, Arthur, Ontario.
[382] Mrs Eva Rose York, b. in Western Ontario, December 22, 1858. Educated at Woodstock College, and at the New England Conservatory of Music. Writer of occasional verse. Resides in Toronto.
[384] Mrs Pamelia Vining Yule, wife of the late professor J. C. Yule, of Woodstock College, Ontario. Author of Poems of the Heart and Home, 1881, and of several prose works. She was born in Clarendon, State of New York, and her early life was spent in Ellicottville in that State. Died at Ingersoll, Ontario, 1896.