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Victoria University Library
PUBLICATION No. J.
A BIBLIOGRAPHY
OF Canadian Poetry (ENGLISH)
BY
C. C. JAMES.
PRINTED FOR THE LIBRARY BY WILLIAM BRIGQS, TORONTO 1899. &m VICTORIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
PUBLICATION NO. I.
A BIBLIOGRAPHY
(ENGLISH)
BY
C. C. JAMES.
PRINTED FOR THE LIBRARY BY WILLIAM BRIGGS, TORONTO
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Entered according to Act of the Parliament of Canada, in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, by Charles Cannipf Jambs, at the Department of Agriculture. This Bibliography of Canadian Poetry is based on a collection of about four hundred volumes and pamphlets brought together by the author during the past ten years, now in the Library of Victoria University, The other principal sources of information have been the Toronto
Public Library, the Library of the Ontario Legislature, the Library of the Ontario Department of Education, and the Library of the Dominion Parliament, Ottawa. It has been restricted to publications in English. The author will be pleased to be informed of any olnissions or errors, and also to receive additional personal notes of any authors mentioned. He is indebted to Mr. A. E.
Lang, B.A., for much valuable assistance in the preparation of this volume.
C. C. JAMES.
Toronto, August 1st, 1899. LIBRARY COMMITTEE OF VICTORIA UNIVERSITY.
J. F. McLaughlin, M.A., B.D. {Librarian). L. E. Horning, Ph.D.
J. C. Robertson, B.A.
A. E. Lang, B.A.
C. C. James, M.A.
A. L. Langford, M.A. A BIBLIOGRAPHY
OF CANADIAN POETRY
Note. —The references to Morgan in this volume are to " Canadian Men and 'Women of the Time," by Henry J. Morgan. Published by William Briggs, Toronto, 1898.
Adams, Mary Electa
llorn in the St. Francis Valley. Teacher at Cobourg, Picton, Sackville,
N.B., Dundas, Wesleyan Ladies' College, Hamilton ; Principal of Brook- hurst Academy, Cobourg, and Lady Principal of Ontario Ladies' College, Whitby. Died at Toronto, November 5th, 1898. From Distant Shores.
A collection of nine poems, published at Toronto in 1898, after her death, for circulation among her many friends. Illustrated. Alden, Margaret H.
Of Saginaw, E. S., Mich., daughter of William Thomson, and sister of E. W. Thomson, both well-known writers. Born in Simcoe County, Ont. Author of two small collections of Christinas poems.
Alexander, Armstrong J. Songs of the New World. Toronto, 1896, pp. 74. Alexander, James Lynne According to Dr. Scadding he was a teacher in the York Grammar School, and afterwards Incumbent of Saltfleet and Binbrook, Ont. (See Gagnon's
*' Essai de Bibliographic Canadienne," p. 525.)
Wonders of the West ; or, A Day at the Niagara Falls in
1825 : A Poem. By a Canadian. (York), 1825, pp. 46.
Note. —This is one of the earliest books of poetry published in Ontario. There was printed at The Herald office, Kingston, in 1822, a 13-page pamphlet, entitled "An Address to the Liege men of every British Colony and Province in the World, by a Friend to his Species." It was in rhyme, .and published anonymously. (See Gagnon, pp. 18, 19.) )
6 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CANADIAN POETRY.
Allan, Lieut. Adam
Bom 1757, in Dumfries, Scotland. Served in Simcoe's Queen's Rangers ; Lieutenant of the King's N. B. Regiment. Died at Poquiock, York County, N.B., in 1823. (See Morgan's '• Bibliotheca Canadensis," also " New Brunswick Historical Society Collection," Vol. L, 1894, pp. 36, 37.)
The New Gentle Shepherd. A pastoral comedy originally written in the Scotch dialect by Allan Ramsay. Reduced to
English by Lieut. Adam Allan, to which is annexed a description of the Great Falls of the River St. John, in the Province of New Brunswick. London, Eng., 1798.
Allan, Peter John
Born at York, Eng., in 1825. " Third son of Dr. Colin Allan, a surgeon in the army who held the appointment of Principal Medical Officer in Halifax,
N. S., which place he quitted on retiring from the service in 1836, and passed the remaining years of his life at Fredericton." Died in 1848.
The Poetical Remains of Peter John Allan, Esq., late of Fredericton, New Brunswick, with a short biographical notice (by his brother, J. McGregor Allan, Aberdeen).
Edited by the Rev. Henry Christmas, M.A., F.R.S., etc. London, Eng., 1853, pp. 171.
Allen, Grant
Son of Rev. J. A. Allen (see below). Born at Kingston, Ont., February 24th, 1848. Educated at Oxford, Eng. Graduated in 1871. Now resident in England. Author of many npvels and works on evolution in nature. (See Morgan, The Lower Slopes. Reminiscences of excursions round the base of Helicon, undertaken for the most part in early manhood. London and Chicago, 1894, pp. 79. Dedicated to Edward Clodd.
Allen, Rev. Joseph Antisell
Bom in Ireland, 1814. Came to Canada, 1842. Ordained by Bishop Mountain. Married a daughter of C. W. Grant, 4th Baron de Longueuil. Still living at Kingston, Ont. (See Morgan.)
Day-Dreams by a Butterfly. Kingston, C.W., 1854, pp. 156. Published anonymously. The Lambda-Nu Tercentenary Poem on Shakespeare. Strat- ford-upon-Avon, 1864, pp. 46. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CANADIAN POETRY. 7
Allen, Rev. Joseph Antisell— Continued. The Church of the Pope, and Primitive Christianity. King- ston, Ont. (1891), pp. 104. The True and Romantic Love-Story of Colonel and Mrs. Hutchinson. A drama in verse. London, Eng., n.d., pp. 88. Allen, Jacob D.
A Book of Poetry. London, Ont,, 1869, pp. 240. The Musings of Uncle Jake. London, 1866, pp. 208.
Allen, Rev. John S. Methodist minister, of New Brunswick. From Appollyonville to the Holy City. Halifax, 1880, pp. 302. Almon, Sophie M.
Daughter of Rev. Henry Pryor Almon, of Nova Scotia, and granddaughter of Hon. M. B. Almon, of Halifax, N.S. Married Mr. H. A. Hensley, of New York, in 1889.
Poems. For private circulation. Halifax, N.S., 1889, pp. 16. A Woman's Love-Letters. By Sophie M. Almon - Hensley. New York, 1895, pp. 82. Anderson, Rev. Duncan, M.A,
Of Quebec. Born 1828, in Rayne, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Came to Canada in 1854, and located at Levis, Que.
Lays of Canada, and Other Poems. Montreal, 1890, pp. 116. Anderson, James Now living in Scotland.
Sawney's Letters and Cariboo Rhymes. Toronto, 1895, pp. 49.
This is a reprint of songs and poems that were popular in the gold diggings of Cariboo, B.C., many years ago. Appleton, Lydia Ann. Of Whitechurch, Ont. > Miscellaneous Poems, Moral and Religious, written on various occasions. Toronto, 1850, pp. 92. Archibald, A. K. Of Colchester, N.S.
Poems. Boston, 1848, pp. 200. 8 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CANADIAN POETRY.
Ascher, Isidore G. Born at Glasgow, Scotland, 1835. Came to Canada, 1843. Educated in
Montreal ; graduated at McGill in law ; called to the Bar in 1862. Went to London, Eng., in 1864, where he now resides. (See Morgan.)
Voices from thk Hearth : A Collection of Verses by "Isidore." Isidore G. Ascher, B.C.L., Advocate, Montreal. Montreal and New York, 1863, pp. 168. Awde, Robert Of Toronto. Of English birth.
Jubilee, Patriotic, and Other Poems. Toronto, 1887, pp. 50.
B-. p. J. Pencillings by the Way, during a vacation visit in Chebucto.
By a student who is a native of Halifax. Montreal, 1868, pp. 24. Baker, Henry Of Owen Sound, Ont. Translations and Choice Pieces From Some of the Best French and German Authors. Montreal, 1867, pp. 286. Baldwyn. Augusta
Daughter of Rev. — Baldwyn, Rector of St. John's, Que.
Poems. Montreal, 1859, pp. 163. Bannatyne, William
Poems and Songs. Toronto, 1875, pp. iv. 198. Barr, James ("Angus Evan Abbott")
Of London, Eng. Son of Robert and Jane Barr, still living at Windsor, Ont. He was born at Wallacetown, Ont., in 1862. Journalist on Windsor
' " Becord and Detroit Free Press. Editor of ' American Humorous Verse in the Canterbury Series of Poets. His brother, Robert Barr, is the well- known novelist and short-stor}'^ writer. His sister, Miss Jean Barr, is also an author. Robert Barr was born in Glasgow in 1850, and came to Canada in 1857. (See Morgan.) •
Baylis, Samuel Mathewson Of Montreal.
Camp and Lamp : Rambles in Realms of Sport, Story and Song.
Montreal, 1897, pp. 316. Edition limited to 500 copies, numbered. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CANADIAN POETRY. 9
Beck, George Fairley
Daybreak : A Poem. Toronto, 1873, pp. 13.
Bell, John Allison Chebucto, AND Other Poems. Halifax, N.S., 1890.
For private circulation. Bengough, John Wilson
Journalist, caricaturist, lecturer, political economist, and poet, of Toronto. Born at Toronto, April 5th, 1851. Founder and editor of Orip, 1873 to 1892. (See Morgan.)
Motley : Verses Grave and Gay. Toronto, 1895, pp. 172.
Bentley, E., Sr.
Epistlks and Poems. Toronto, 1896, pp. 31.
Betts, Craven Langstroth
Born at St. John, N.B., April 23rd, 1853. Now journalist in New York. (See Morgan.) Translations of Beranger. New York, 1888.
The Perfume-Holder : A Persian Love-Poem. New York, 1891.
Bigney, Mark F. Born at Pug wash, N.S. Removed to New Orleans, U.S., in 1848. Journalist. The Forest Pilgrims, and Other Poems. New Orleans, 1867, pp. 258. Blackadder, Edward Of Wolfville, Kings County, N.S. Fancies of Boyhood. A series of poems, original and translated. Halifax, N.S., 1890, pp. 73.
Poems : Sonnets, Lyrics, and Miscellaneous. Halifax, N.S.> 1895, pp. 34.
Blair, John, Jr. Born in Lincoln County, Ont. Now living at Jordan, Ont.
Poems Serious, Sentimental, Patriotic and Humorous. St. Catharines, Ont., 1875, pp. 132. Blenerhasset, Mrs. The Widow of the Rock, and Other Poems. By a lady. Anonymous. Montreal, 1824, pp. 192. 10 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CANADIAN POETRY.
Blewett, Mrs. Jean
Born, of Scottish parentage, in Kent County, Ont., on November 4th, 1864. Maiden name, McKishnie. Now resident at Blenheim, Ont. Author also- of a novel, ' Out of the Depths." (See Morgan.)
Heart Songs. Toronto, 1897, pp. 264.
Bliss, W. B.
Translations from Catullus, Horace, etc. Halifax, N.S.,
1872, pp. 70.
Boyd, William
Born in Scotland. For many years a printer in Montreal. Now resident at Manchester, Mass., where he celebrated his golden wedding on May 26th, 1898.
SwARTZEN. An imaginary advertisement, principally enumera-^ tive of the furs worn in Canada. Montreal, 1859 and 1865,,
pp. 4. Breakenridge, John ("Claud Halcro") Barrister at Kingston, Ont. Educated at Upper Canada College.
The Crusades, and Other Poems. Kingston, 1846, pp. 327.
Breckenridge, Rev. James
Born in Scotland. Teacher at Georgetown, Ont. Ordained as Presby- terian minister at Streetsville, 1871, where he died, December 10th, 1879.
Poems. Toronto, 1860, pp. 256.
Breeze, Rev. J. T. The Poet's Glance op Kingston Scenes. Picton, Ont., 1864,^ pp. 24. The Beauties op Belleville. Anonymous, n.d., pp. 20. The Poet's Rambles Through Toronto. Toronto, 1864, pp. 24. The Poet's Memento of Picton. Picton, 1865, pp. 24. The Great Theme of the Age. A Poem on the Confederation. of the British American Provinces. By J. T. Breeze, Brigh- ton. Ottawa, 1866, pp. 23. The Martyred President. Third Edition. Montreal, 1867^. pp.8. Welcome to the Princess Louise. CoUingwood, Ont., 1879. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CANADIAN POETRY. 11
Brooke, John The bard of Brantford, Ont. Born in Toronto.
Poems. Toronto, 1882, pp. 84.
Brown, John Henry-
Born in Ottawa, 1859 ; still resident there. In the Post Office Department of Dominion Civil Service.
Poems: Lyrical and Dramatic. Ottawa, 1892, pp. 204.
Brownlow, Edward Burrough ("Sarepta")
Journalist of Montreal.
Orpheus, and Other Poems. Montreal, 1896, pp. 96.
" Thes3 poems are now collected and published in memory of Edward
Brownlow (born in London, Eng., 27th November, 1857 ; died in Montreal, Canada, 8th September, 1895), by his fellow-members of the Pen and Pencil Club." This volume was edited by Wm. McLennan {q.v.). Brymner, Douglas, LL.D., F.RS.C Dominion Archivist, Ottawa, Ont. Born at Greenock, Scotland, July 3rd, 1823. Came to Canada in 1857. Appointed Archivist, June 26th, 1872.
LL.D. (Queen's University), 1892 ; F.R.S.C, 1895. (See Morgan.)
The Twa Mongrels : A Modern Eclogue. By Tummas Treddles, Esq., Thrums Cottage. Toronto, 1876, pp. 7. Bullock, Rev. Wm.
Songs of the Church. Halifax, N.S., 1854, pp. 235.
Burtis, W. R. M.
Born at St. John, N.B. Died in 1882. Lawyer and journalist.
16. The New Dominion : A Poem. St. John, N.B., 1867, pp. Bush, Thomas Toronto, 55. Santiago : A Drama in Five Acts. 1866, pp.
Butler, Martin
Born in Kings County, N.B., in 1857. Peddler, printer and poet. of Maple Leaves and Hemlock Branches : A Collection Poems. Fredericton, N.B., 1889, pp. 60.
Caldwell, James Ernest Resident of Ottawa.
Songs of the Pines. Toronto, 1895, pp. 142. 12 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CANADIAN POETRY.
Cameron, Rev. Charles Innes, A.M.
Born in Scotland, 1837. Died at New Edinburgh, Out., 1879. Presby- terian minister.
Poems and Hymns. Toronto, 1879, pp. 60. Cameron, George Frederick
Born at New Glasgow, N.S., in 1854 ; educated at New Glasgow, Boston University of Law, and Queen's College, Kingston. Died September 17th, 1885. Lyrics ox Freedom, Love, and Death. By the late George Frederick Cameron. Edited by his brother, (Rev.) Charles J. Cameron, M.A., formerly of Brockville. Kingston and Boston, 1887, pp. 296. Leo, the Roy^al Cadet. An entirely new and original military opera, in four acts. Libretto by G. F. Cameron, music by
Oscar F. Telgmann. Kingston, 1889, pp. 32. •Cameron, H. D.
Principal of the Central School, Goderich, Ont.
The Garland : A Collection of Songs and Lyrics, original and selected, for schools and families. Goderich, C.W., 1865,
pp. 120. Campbell, Charles
Of St. John, N.B. Author of the "New Brunswick Prize Ode on the Queen's Diamond Jubilee," etc.
Canada : A Metrical Story. Toronto, 1897, pp. 32.
Campbell, (Miss) M. A.
Posthumous Poems. Woodstock, Ont., 186-5, pp. 26.
Campbell, William Wilfred, F.R.SC.
Ottawa, Ont, Born at Berlin, Ont., June 1st, 1861. Educated at Univer- sity College, Toronto, and at Harvard. From 1888 to 1891, Rector of Church of England at St, Stephen, N.B, Appointed Clerk in Department of Secretary of State, Ottawa, Ont., July 1st, 1893. (See Morgan.)
Snowflakes and Sunbeams. St. Stephen, N.B., 1889, pp. 18. Lake Lyrics, and Other Poems, St. John, N.B., 1889, pp. 160. The Dread Voyage: Poems. Toronto, 1893, pp. 190.
Mordred and Hildebrand : A Book of Tragedies, Ottawa, 1895, pp, 168. )
A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CANADIAN POETRY. 13^
Carlon, J.
The Crucifix : Poems and Songs. (Peterboro'), n.d., pp. 29.
Carman, Rev. Albert, D.D.
Toronto, Grit. General Superintendent of the Methodist Church. Born at Iroquois, Ont., June t^Tth, 1833. Graduated at Victoria University, Cobourg. Ont., in 1855. Principal of Albert University, Belleville, 1868- to 1874. Bishop of the M. E. Church 1874 to 1883.
Canada. Toronto, 1896, pp. 7. Reprinted from fhe Methodint Magazine, July, 1896.
Carman, (William) Bliss
Born at Fredericton, N.B., April 15th, 1861. Educated at Fredericton- (1881), Edinburgh and Harvard (1886). Journalist. Now resident in New- York. The mothers of Bliss Carman, Barry Straton, and C. G. D. Roberts were sisters (Bliss), granddaughters of Judge Bliss, who was a cousin of Ralph Waldo Emerson. (See The Magazine of Poetry, Buffalo, July, 1896.)
Low Tide on Grand-Pre : A Book of Lyrics. First Edition, New York, 1893, pp. 120. Second Edition, Cambridge and. Chicago, 1894, pp. 132. Songs from Vagabondia. By Bliss Carman and Richard Hovey. Boston and London, 1894, pp. 55.
A Seamark : A Threnody for Robert Louis Stevenson. Boston^. 1895, pp. 10. Behind the Arras. Boston and New York, 1895, pp. 102. More Songs from Vagabondia. By Carman and Hovey. Bos- ton and London, 1896, pp. 72.
Ballads of Lost Haven : A Book of the Sea. Boston, New York and London, 1897, pp. 117. By the Aurelian Wall, and Other Elegies. Boston, New York and London, 1898, pp. 132.
Carnochan, Miss Janet
School-teacher at Niagara, Ont, Born in Stamford Township, Ont. Author of many historical papers and pamphlets dealing with Old Niagara, includ- ing the two churches, St. Mark's and St. Andrew's. Author of several well-known poems. "The Lonely Sycamore" and "Has Canada a His- tory ?" first appeared in The Canadian Methodist Magazine, " Fort Missas- sagua" in The Week, and "Canada" in the Dominio7i Illustrated. (See Morgan. 14 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CANADIAN POETRY.
Cartwright, Rev. Conway Edward, B.A.
Born May loth, 1837, at Kingston, Ont. Appointed Protestant Chaplain at the Kingston Penitentiary, October '25th, 1875. Brother of Sir Richard Cartwright. Son of the Rev. R. D. Cartwright.
Lena : A Legend of Niagara, and Other Poems. Dublin, 1860, pp. 72.
Carus-Wilson, Mrs. Ashley
(Mary L. G. Petrie, B.A., Lond.), born in Surrey, Eng. Educated at University College, London. Married Professor Carus- Wilson, who came to Canada in 1890 as a member of the Staff of McGill University, Montreal. Returned to England in 1898. (See Morgan.)
ToKiWA, AND Other Poems. London, Eng., 1895, pp. 357.
Chamberlain, A. F., M.A.
Born at Kenninghall, Norfolk County, Eng., January 12th, 1865. Educated at Peterboro' Collegiate Institute and at Toronto University. B.A. in 1886, M.A. in 1889, and Ph.D. at Clark University, 1892. Lecturer in Anthro- pology since 1892 in Clark University. (See Morgan.)
An Ode os the Queen's Birthday. Toronto, 1891, pp. 12.
Chandler, Amos H., M.D. Born at Dorchester, N.B., 1837. Lyrics, Songs and Sonnets. By Amos Henry Chandler and Charles Pelham Mulvaney. Toronto, 1880, pp. 230.
Chapman, Edward J.
Professor in Toronto University until his resignation in 1895. Songs of Charity, and Other Poems. London, Eng., 1839. A Song of Charity. Toronto, 1857, pp. 80. A Memory. By E. J. C. Toronto, 1874, pp. viii. East and West, a Summer's Idleness. Toronto, 1887, pp. 18.
Clarke, Mrs. W. N.
Of Toronto.
The New Song, and Other Poems. Toronto, 1883.
Cochrane, E. G.
Eblana, or Dublin Doings. A poem in twelve cantos. Quebec, 1846, pp. 124. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CANADIAN POETRY. 15
Cochrane, Hugh Of Montreal. "Ideal," and Other Poems. Montreal, n.d., pp. 11. Rhyme and Roundelay. Montreal, n.d. pp. 16. Roundels. Montreal, 1891, pp. 9. Cockin, Hereward K. Born in England. Now of Guelph, Ont.
The Happy Family ; or, Deacon Brown's Dream and the Lord Mayor of York and His Brother Ned. By Hereward. Toronto, n.d., pp. 16. Gentleman Dick o' the Greys, and Other Poems. Toronto, 1889, pp. 126. Colgan, John C Poems. Toronto, 1873, pp. viii. 197. Cowdell, Thomas D. A Poetical Account of the American Campaigns of 1812 and 1813. By an Acadian. Halifax, N.S., 1815, pp. 139. Cowherd, Thomas Of Brantford, Ont. The Emigrant Mechanic, and Other Tales in Yerse. By Thomas Cowherd, the Brantford Tinsmith Rhymer. Jack- son, Mich., 1884, pp. 319. Cox, Palmer
^ Born April 28th, 1840, near Danby, Que. Now journalist and artist in United States. He wrote his first Brownie Stories for St. Nicholas. These have been collected and published in five volumes. (See Morgan.) Crawford, Isabella Valancy Born at Dublin, Ireland, December 25th, 1851. Came to Canada when five years of age. Died suddenly at Toronto, February 12th, 1887. Last sur- viving daughter of the late Stephen Crawford, M.D., of Peterboro', Ont. Buried at Peterboro'. (See article in Canadian Magazine, October, 1895,
by E. J. Hathaway. See The Mail, Toronto, July 15th, 1899, p. 10, " The Neglected Grave of a Poetess.") Old Spookses' Pass, Malcolm's Katie, and Other Poems. Toronto (1884), pp. 224.
• ' Just given time to reach the goal Of some warm hearts before the call, Like golden gauze her fancies roll Across the heaven of my soul."—James Barr. )
16 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CANADIAN POETRY.
Crawford, Mrs. John Songs of all Seasons, Climes and Times: A Motley Jingle op Jumbled Rhymes. Toronto, 1890, pp. 117.
Cross, Ethelbert F. H. Of Toronto.
Fire and Frost. Toronto, 1898, pp. 240. A vohiuie of stories, essays, poems, satires and dialogues.
Currie, George G. How I Once Felt: Songs of Love and Travel. Montreal, 1893,. pp. 142.
Currie, John Allister Of Toronto. Born February 25th, 1862, in Nottawasaga Township, Simcoe County, of Scottish parents. Educated at Collingwood. In 1886, reporter on The Evening News. From 1888 to 1898, on the staff of The Mail, Toronto. In 1898, became mining broker. Is now President of the Toronto Mining Exchange.
A Quartette of Lovers. Toronto, 1892, pp. 65.
Currie, Mrs. Margaret Gill Of Fredericton, N.B.
Gabriel West, and Other Poems. Fredericton, N.B., 1866,, pp. 127.
John Saint John and Anna Grey : A Romance of Old New Brunswick. Toronto, 1897, pp. 128.
Curzon, Mrs. Sarah Anne ( "S. A. C")
Born at Birmingham, Eng., in 1833 ; married Mr. Robert Curzon in 1858 ; came to Canada in 1862. Died at Toronto, November 8th, 1898. First President of Women's Canadian Historical Society of Toronto. (See
Transaction No. 2 of same. ) (See Morgan.
Laura Secord, the Heroine op 1812 : A Drama. Toronto, 1887, pp. 215.
Cushing, Mrs. E. L.
Born in Massachusetts. Authoreas and journalist of Montreal.
Esther : A Dramatic Poem. Daniel, Charles T. William and Annie, and Other Poems. Guelph, Ont., 1864,, pp. vii. 112,
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A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CANADIAN POETRY, 17
Darling, Rev. Wm. Stewart Born in Scotland, 1818. Ordained by Bishop Strachan in 1842. Church of England clergyman at Toronto. Died in Italy, 1886.
The Emigrants : A Tale (in verse). Toronto, 1863, pp. 39. Reprinted from British American Magazine.
Darnell, Rev. H. F.
Born at London, Eng,, in 1831. Rector of St. John's, Que., in 1861, since 1883 at Avon, N.Y. (See Morgan.)
Songs by the Way. Montreal, 1862, pp. 186. Verses in Memory op the Rt. Rev. G. J. Mountain, Lord
Bishop of Quebec. St. John's, L.C., 1863, pp. 7.
Davidson— ( " Judson France" A Lapful of Lyrics and Merry Muse-Whangs. Toronto, 1885, pp. 32. Muse-Whangs. By Judson France, citizen of Toronto. 1887, pp. 104. Davin, Nicholas Flood, M.P.
Now of Regina, N. VV.T. Born at Ballyscallan, Limerick, Ireland, January 13th, 1843. Barrister of Inner Temple, 1868. For some time journalist at Toronto. Author of " The Irishman in Canada," Toronto, 1877. Estab- lished The Leader, at Regina, N.W.T., in 1882. (See Morgan.)
Album Verses, and Other Poems. Ottawa, 1882, pp. 32. Eos: A Prairie Drama. Ottawa, 1884, pp. 36.
Eos : An Epic of the Dawn, and Other Poems. Regina, N.W.T., 1889, pp. 141. Davison, Leslie Loring Born at Wolfville, N.S., April 18th, 1871. Died April 13th, 1889. Book of Wonders (Prose and Poetry). Wolfville, N.S., 1890. Dawson, iEneas McDowell, LL.D. ("Father Dawson") Born at Redhaven, Banffshire, Scotland, July 30th, 1810. Ordained Roman Catholic priest in 1835. Came to Canada in 1854. Died at Ottawa, Ont., December 29th, 1894. (See " /n Memoriam, Recollections of Father Daw- son," by Henry J. Morgan, Ottawa, 1895.) Author of " Pius IX. and His Time," 1880. Also author of "Massacre of Oszmania," a poem in blank verse, Glasgow, 1844. Lament for the Rt. Rev. James Gillis, D.D., Bishop of Edin- burgh, and Other Poems. London and Ottawa, 1864, pp. 58. 18 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CANADIAN POETRY.
Dawson, JEnea.s McDowell, lA^.Ty.— Continued.
Solitude. 1866, pp. 11. •Our Strength and Their Strength, etc. Ottawa, 1870. Contains 80 pp. of poems and lecture on the poets of Canada. Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra. Ottawa, 1833, pp. 108. Dominion Day, Caractacus, Malcolm and Margaret. Ottawa, 1886.
Dawson, Samuel E., F.R.SC, Lit.D. Queen's Printer, Ottawa, Ont. Second son of Rev. Benj. Dawson. Born at Halifax, June 1st, 1833. Bookseller of Montreal (Dawson Bros.). Author of a study of Tennyson's "Princess" (2nd ed., 1884). Also of several monographs on the Cabot voyages. F. R.S.C., 1893; Lit.D. (Laval), 1890. Queen's Printer, 1891. (See Morgan.)
Champlain. Montreal, 1890, pp. 8. A poem printed for private circulation. Reprinted in The (hvl, Ottawa, 1892. De Mille, James Born at St. John, N.B., in 1834. Educated at Horton Academy, Acadia
College, and Brown University ; in 1861 Professor of Classics at Acadia ; in 1864 Professor of English Literature and History at Dalhousie Univer- sity, Halifax. Died January 28th, 1880.
Behind the Veil. Halifax, 1893, pp. 30. •' The MS. of this poem was found in Professor De Mille's papers after his death. Even his wife did not know of its existence. It had been pre- pared for the press with the greatest of care, and had apparently been offered for publication in vain." Dermot, Walter H. The Autumn Wreath. Ottawa, 1869, pp. 14.
Dedicated to I. B. Taylor, Esq. , editor of the Ottawa Citizen. Dewart, Rev. Edward Hartley, D.D. Bom in Cavan County, Ireland, in 1828. Came to Canada in 1834. Methodist minister. Editor of the Christian Guardian from 1889 to 1895. In addi- tion to the following he compiled a volume of poetry and prose for High School readings, and in 1864 issued '* Selections from Canadian Poets, with occasional Critical and Biographical Notes, and an Introductory Essay on Canadian Poetry," (See Morgan.)
Songs op Life. Toronto, 1869, pp. 256. Essays for the Times. Toronto, 1898, pp. 198. This volume contains 28 pages of Dr. Dewart's later poems. It
' also contains an essay on ' Charles Sangster, a Canadian Poet of the last Generation," pp. 38 to 51. )
A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CANADIAN POETRY. 19
Dick, Alexander
Splores of a Halloween Twenty Years Ago. Woodstock, C.W., 1867, pp. 22.
Dixon, Frederick A.
Little Nobody : A fairy play for fairy people. By F. A. D. Toronto, 1875, pp. 37.
Maiden Mona : A fairy play for fairy people. By F. A. D. Toronto, 1877, pp. 42.
Fifine, the Fisher-Maid ; or, The Magic Shrimps. By F. A. D. Ottawa, 1877, pp. 50. Pipandor.
A Masque, entitled "Canada's Welcome." Ottawa, 1879, pp. 19,
The first three were written for the children of the Earl and Countess of
DufFerin ; the fourth was given in the Opera House, Ottawa, before the Marquis of Lome and Princess Louise.
Dixon, George
The Bard of War. (Pamphlet.) St. John, KB., 1868.
Dole, William Peters
Born at St. John, N.B., in 1825. Teacher and writer.
Carmen Acadium. (Jubilee ode.) St. John, 1887, pp. 11. Our Country. By W. P. Dole, James Hannay and H. L. Spencer. St. John, N.B., 1889.
Doughty, Arthur G., M.A.
Born March 22nd, 1860, at Maidenhead, Berkshire, England. Second son of William James Doughty and Esther Hobbs. Educated at Eldon House, Oxford, and Dickinson College, Carlisle. Now in Civil Service at Quebec. (See Morgan.
Rose Leaves. London, Eng., 1894, pp. 79.
NuGAE Canorae. Portland, Me., 1897, pp. 70. Also, printed for private circulation, " Helen and Aphrodite," and " The Song Story of Francesco and Beatrice." Author of Tennyson's "In Memo- riam," in shorthand (1887), and *' The Idylls of the King," in shorthand (1889), illustrated by Henry Sandham. Also author of "Tennyson, His Life and Works." London, 1893. 20 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CANADIAN POETRY.
Drummond, William Henry, M.D., F.R.SC.
Of Montreal. Born in Leitrim County, Ireland, April 13th, 1854. Came to Canada when quite young. M.D., Bishops' College, 1884. (See sketch
in Canadian Magazine, May, 1899^—portraits. ) (See Morgan.)
The Halitant, and Other French-Canadian Poems. Illustrated. New York and London, 1897, pp. 137. Phil-o-rum's Canoe and Madeleine Vercheres. New York and London, 1898, pp. 12. Both volumes illustrated by Frederick Simpson Coburn, a Canadian artist. The first was issued in two editions, one with thirteen full-page illustrations, and the other with one illustration as frontispiece. Up to June 1st, 1899, the sale of " The Habitant" had reached 25,000 copies, and •' Phil-o-rum's Canoe " 6,000 copies.
Duncan, Eric
Of Comox, B.C.
Rural Rhymes and the Sheep Thief. Toronto, 1896, pp. 64.
" ' These Rural Rhymes ' are not the rose-tinted reveries of a rusticating rhapsodist, but the regular rough reminiscences of a real rancher, written by himself."
Duncan, Sara Jeannette
(Mrs. Everard Cotes), resident since her marriage in India. Born and edu- cated at Brantford, Ont. As " Garth Grafton," contributed to the Toronto Globe and the Montreal Star. Author of a long series of successful novels. Some of her poems are to be found in the Anthologies.
Dunn, Mrs. C A.
Fugitive Pieces. Woodstock, 1867, pp. 94.
Duvar. See under " Hunter-Duvar."
Eaton, Arthur Wentworth
Bom at Kentville, N.S. Now living in New York. (See Morgan.) Acadian Legends and Lyrics. New York, 1889 and 1892, pp. 148.
Eaton, Oliver Mowat Of Athens, Ont.
Synchronisms of an Hour, and Other Poems. Brockville, 1897,,. pp. 105. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CANADIAN POETRY. 21
Edg-ar, Sir James D., M.P. Barrister-at-Law, of Toronto. Born at Hatley, Quebec, August 10th,
1841. Barrister, 1864; entered Parliament, 1872 ; Speaker, 1 896 ; Knighted, 1898. Author of "Canada, and its Capital." Toronto, 1898. (See Morgan.) Died at Toronto, July 31st, 1899—see The Globe, August 1st.
The White Stone Canoe : A Legend of the Ottawas. Illustrated- Toronto, 1885, pp. 27. This Canada of Ours, and Other Poems. Toronto, 1893, pp. 64. Edgar, Pelham, Ph.D.
(7raduate of Toronto University and Johns Hopkins; Associate Professor of French in Victoria University, Toronto. Son of Sir James D. Edgar *(above), and of Lady Edgar, the author of " Ten Years of Upper Canada, 1805-1815." Toronto, 1890.
N.p., n.d., 32. I'OEMS. (Privately printed.) pp. , Edwards, George
Poems. Clarence, U.C., 1867, pp. 50.
£11wood, Thomas
Night of Doom. Halifax, N.S., 1865, pp. 28. Elmore, Blanche
< f Toronto. *' Born blind." Born in England. For many years resident in Toronto.
Poems. Toronto, third series, 1896, pp. 23. Fifth series, 1899, pp. 22.
Emberson, Rev. F. C. Of Montreal. The Yarn of the Love-sick Parsee. Montreal, 1897. Evans, Robert
Tabor Melodies. Toronto, 1878, pp. vi. 125. Evans, Walter Norton Of Montreal. Born at VVolverhampton, Eng., in 1836. Died at Montreal, October, 1896.
Mount Royal. Montreal, 1886, pp. 27. This poem was re-issued in 1893, with illustrations by Elizabeth Warren and A. B. Clarkson, pp. 66.
Cartier and Hochelaga ; Maisonneuve and Ville Marie. Two historic poems of Montreal. Montreal, 1895, pp. 28. )
22 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CANADIAN POETRY.
Fairweather, George Edwin The Stone Church Bell, and Other Poems. St. John, N.B., 1895, pp. 60. *• Published in loving memory of Walter Cardwell Fairweather, a good son." Contains portrait of \V. C. Fairweather, who died November 17th,
1894, aged 28 years ; also illustration of St. John's Church, " The Stone Church," and portrait of Rev. John de Soyres, M. A., Rector of the same. Fenerty, Charles Of Sackville, N.B.
Betula Nigra : A Poem. Halifax, 1855.
Fleck, Widow 4 Poems on Various Subjects. By Widow Fleck. Montreal,. 1833, pp. 12. Written by a lady of New Glasgow, whose husband was carried off by the cholera. Fleming, Mrs. Ann Cuthbert
Born in Scotland. Came to Canada about 1815. Resided in Montreal.
Home : A Poem. Edinburgh, 1815, pp. 98. A Year in Canada, and Other Poems. Edinburgh, 1816, pp. 126.
Fletcher, Edward Taylor
The Lost Island. Ottawa, 1889, pp. ii. 24.
Foran, Dr. J. K. Of Montreal. Born at Aylmer, Que., 1857. Educated at Ottawa Univer- sity and Laval (LLB. 1880). Called to the Bar in 1881. Editor of 7'Ae True Witness (Roman Catholic). In April, 1896, appointed to a position on the Montreal Harbor Board. Published The Pen. (See Morgan.
Poems and Canadian Lyrics. Montreal, 1895, pp. 244.
Forsyth, William Langdon ("Sauda")
Born at Quebec. Stationed for a time with a cavalry regiment in India, Zebunisa, and Other Poems. By "Sauda." Montreal, 1873^ pp. 99. Published under pen-name, as above.
Fraser, John (" Cousin Sandy ") Of Montreal. A Tale of the Sea, and Other Poems. Illustrated. Montreal, 1870, pp. 87. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CANADIAN POETRY. 23
Gahan, James Joseph Of Quebec. Canada. Quebec, 1877, pp. 21. Dedicated to L. H. Frechette, M.P.
Vivian : A Tale of Chateau Richer. Toronto, 1880, pp. 24. Garnier, John Hutchison, M.D.
Born in Scotland of Irish parentage about 1810. Educated at Dublin.
Came to Canada about 1850. Practised as physician at Hagersville, Ont , whence he removed about 1860 to Lucknow, Ont. A prominent naturalist. Died at Lucknow, February 1st, 1898.
Prince Pedro : A Tragedy. Toronto, 1877, pp. vi. 158.
Garrett, Rev. John C. Church of England clergyman, of Niagara. The Centennial, 1792-1892. A poem written on the Centenary of St. Mark's Church, Niagara, Ont. Illustrated. 1892,
pp. 24. Garvie, Alexander Rae
Journalist. At one time was on the staff of Stewart's Magazine, Quebec.
Thistledown. Toronto, 1875, pp. 274.. This volume of prose and poetry w^as published after Mr. Garvie's death. Introduction by George Stewart, Jr. Gay, James Formerly of Guelph. Dead. Canada's Poet. Yours always, James Gay, Poet Laureate and
Master of all Poets this Day, with an introduction by James Millington. London, Eng., n.d., pp. 102. " To Dr. C. L. Alfred Tennyson. " Dear Sir, —Now Longfellow is gone there are only two of us left. There ought to be no rivalry between us two." Gerrard, George Of Montreal. The Consolation. Toronto, 1881, pp. 64.
Gilbert, Sophia V. Wayside Echoes. Portrait. Toronto, 1894, pp. 179.
Gillespie, George W. Born in Scotland. Miscellaneous Poems. Toronto, 1843, pp. 152. 24 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CANADIAN POETRY.
Gillespy, William
Born in England in 1824. Came to (llanada in 1842. Collector of Customs at Dundas, 1871-1886. Died at Hamilton, 1886.
Fugitive Poetry. Hamilton, 1846, pp. 100.
Gillies, Rev. A. C Presbyterian Minister. Born at jjotbiniere, Que., in 1834.
Daily Meditations ; A Collection of Poems. Kingston, 1860, pp. 96. Glendenning, Alexander Rhymes. By Alexander Glendenning. Sometime in Eskdale-
muir, Dumfriesshire, .Scotland. Vol. I. London, Ont., 1871, pp. 240. Goldsmith, Oliver
Born in 1787, in Annapolis County, N.S. Died in 1861 in Liverpool, Eng. " Collateral descendant" of the author of " The Deserted Village."
The Rising Village. A Poem. London, Eng., 1825, pp. 48. The Rising Village, with Other Poems. St. John, N.B., 1834 pp. 144. This poem appeared also in The Canadian Review and Magazine, Mont- real, 1826. Gordon, Alexander McGregor Rose
Born in Scotland in 1846. Educated at Aberdeen University. Called to the Free Church, Banffshire, Scotland. On account of an unfortunate weakness he left his Church, his family and his country, added Gordon as his surname, came to America and became a wanderer, a Bohemian journal- ist. He walked and worked from city to city across the continent. He spent his last few years in Montreal and contributed to The Herald. His end was a sad one. He died at Notre Dame Hospital, Montreal, May 11th, 1898, and was buried by his Montreal friends. Sir Wilfrid Laurier's Progress. Illustrated by John Innes, of Toronto.
Gordon's poem, *' Hoch der Kaiser!" was reprinted in The Critic, March, 1899. The same journal for April, 1899, contains a personal note by one of his Montreal friends. Graham, Alexander Of Otonabee, OnL.
Leisure Hour Musings. Peterboro', pp. 256. Two hundred and thirty-five miscellaneous pieces, written 1840-73. "
A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CANADIAN POETRY. 25
Grant, Mrs. J. P.
Stray Leaves : A Collection of Poems. Montreal, 1865, pp. 166. Gray, Rev. Archibald
Rector of Digby, N.S. Shades of the Hamlet, and Other Poems. Woburn, Mass., 1852. Greaves, Arthur
Bubbles from the Deep ; Sonnets and Other Poems, Dramatic
AND Personal. Halifax, 1873, pp. 194. Hag:arty, Sir John Hawkins ("Zadig") Born at Dublin, Ireland, September 17th, 1816. Came to Canada in 1834. Called to the Bar at Toronto in 1840. Raised to the Bench in 1856. Made Chief Justice of Common Pleas in 1868. Chief Justice 'of Queen's Bench, 1878. Knighted 1897, in which year he retired from active life. A Legend of Marathon. By an Ontario Judge. (Printed for private circulation.) 1888, pp. 35.
' Also author of ' The Funeral of Napoleon. Haliburton, Robert Grant Son of Judge Haliburton, author of the " Sam Slick " Stories. Born in Nova Scotia in 1833. Now living at Toronto. (See Morgan's Bib. Can., also Dawson's Lecture.) Graduated at King's College, Windsor; B.A., 1849; M.A., 1852; D.C.L., 1877; made Q.C., 1880. Author of "New Material for the History of Man." Ethnologist. (See Morgan.)
Voices from the Street : A Series of Poems. (Privately cir- culated.) Halifax, n.d., pp. 20. For other poems see Blackwood's, May, 1873, August, 1873, and Novem-
ber, 1886 ; also Temple Bar, April, 1875. Hamilton, Pierce Stevens Journalist. Author of ** Union of the Colonies of British North America," and of a dramatic poem "The Solitaire." Born at Brookfield, Colchester County, N.S., January 23rd, 1826. Studied law and called to the bar in 1851. From 1853 to 1861 edited The Acadian Recorder at Halifax. Then took up mining, and for a time was Chief Commissioner of Mines for Nova Scotia. From as early as 1848 he was an ardent advocate of Union. He died February 22nd, 1893. On June 2l8t, 1899, a monument to his memory was erected in Halifax by his friends. (See The Nova Scotian, June 24th, 1899, and The Star, Montreal, July 15th, 1899— illustrations.) The Feast of Ste. Anne, and Other Poems. Montreal, 1878 and 1890, pp. 165. 26 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CANADIAN POETRY.
Hammond, George Arthur
Tlie printer-poet of Kingsclear, York County, N.B. According to Macfar- lane's '* Bibliography of New Brunswick," this poet has issued about a dozen volumes of poetry, the last being "The Recluse, and Other Poems,"' 1893.
Harper, Dr. J. M. Educationist, of Quebec. Born in Scotland, 1845. (See Morgan.)
Sacrament Sunday. Montreal, 1894, pp. 15.
Author, also, of the poems, "The Battle of the Plains," and '* The Old Chateau."
Harrison, S. Frances ("Seranus")
Of Rosedale, Toronto. Born at Toronto (maiden name, Riley). Married in 1879, Mr. J. W. F. Harrison, musician. Author of "Crowded Out, and Other Sketches," and of "The Forest of Bourg Marie." Compiler, also, of the Canadian Birthday Book, 1889.
Pine, Rose, and Fleur-de-Lis. Toronto, 1891 and 1896, pp, 208.
Haultain, Theodore Arnold
Of Toronto. Born in Madras, India, November 3rd, 1857. Eldest son of Major-Gen. Haultain. Came to Canada, 1876. B. A., Toronto University, 1879; M, A., 1880. Contributor to leading magazines.
Versiculi. Toronto, 1893, pp. 32.
Hawley, William F.
Of Montreal and Quebec. Born 1804. Died 1855.
Quebec, the Harp, and Other Poems. Montreal, 1829, pp. 172.
The Unknown ; or, Lays of the Forest. Montreal, 1831, pp. 240.
The Society for the Encouragement of Arts and Sciences of Quebec bestowed an honorary medal for the poem, " The Harp."
Haynes, Dr. J.
Poems. Quebec, 1864, pp. 152.
Hajrward, Mrs. Catherine Of Ravenscourt, Port Hope, Ont.
The Battles op the Crimea, etc. Port Hope, 1855, pp. 68. )
A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CANADIAN POETRY. 27
Hazlewood. Hetty
A Garland Gathered at Morn : A Collection of Short Poems. Toronto, 1871, pp. 79.
Heavysege, Charles
Born at Liverpool, Eng., in 1816. Came to Canada in 1853; resided at Montreal till his death; was a cabinet-maker by trade; when "Saul"
was coming from the press he was a wood-carver ; gave up this calling,
however, to become a journalist ; writer for many years on the Montreal Witness. Died July 14th, 1876. Revolt op Tartarus. Montreal, 1853.
Saul : A Drama in three parts. First Edition, Montreal, 1857, pp. 315. Second Edition, Montreal, 1859. Third Edition, Boston, 1869, pp. 436.
Count Filippo ; or. The Unequal Marriage. A Drama in Five Acts. Montreal 1860, pp. 154. The Dark Huntsman (A Dream). Montreal, 1864, pp. 8. The Owl. Montreal, 1864, pp. 4. Jephthah's Daughter. London and Montreal, 1865, pp. 94. "Jezebel," a Drama, and "A Shakespearian Tercentenary Ode" were pub- lished in Montreal magazines about 1864. His novel, " The Advocate,'* " was published in 1865. One writer says that " The Revolt of Tartarus was first published in London, Eng., in 1852, and that he afterwards pub- lished a volume of fifty sonnets in Montreal, both anonymously. (See the
Dominion Illustrated, Vol. III. , p. 266.
Hensley, Mrs. Almon (See under " Almon.")
Herbert, George Miscellaneous Poems and Songs. Fredericton, N.B., 1885,
pp. 32.
Herbert, Mary E., and Sarah
Sisters, resident in Halifax, N.S. Of Irish parentage.
The Eolian Harp ; or, Miscellaneous Poems. By Sarah and Mary E. Herbert. Halifax, N.S., 1857, pp. 237.
Herbin, John Frederic, B.A. Of Wolfville, N.S.
Canada, and Other Poems. 1891, pp. 10. —
28 A BIHLIOGRAPHY OF CANADIAN POETRY.
Herbin, John Frederic, BA. Continued The Marshlands: A Souvenir in Song of the Land of Evange- line. Illustrated. Windsor, N.S., 1893, pp. 33. TuE Maiish LANDS (second edition) and The Trail of the Tide. Toronto, 1899, pp. 99. Higginson, Thomas
Poetical Works. Portrait. Vankleek Hill, Ont., 1888, pp. 199.
Hill. Thomas
Darn in England. Journalist in New Brunswick, 1842 to 1860. Died 1860.
The Provincial Association : A Tragi-Comedy. Fredericton, 1845.
The Constitutional Lyrist. Fredericton, 1845, pp. 240.
Hindley, Rev. John I., M.A., Of Barrie.
Indian Legends : Nanabush, the Ojibbeway Saviour. Moosh- Kuh-reng, or The Flood. 1885, pp. 22. Hodgins, James Cobourg Born at Hamilton, Ont., in 1866. Unitarian minister, now of Philadelphia.
Fugitives. Toronto, 1891, pp. 16. A Sheaf of Sonnets. Philadelphia, 1896, pp. 20. Hojg, James Journalist. Born at Leitrim, Ireland, in 1800. Came to Canada, 1819. Edited The Reporter at Fredericton, N.B. Died, 1866.
Poems. St. John, KB., 1825, pp. 270.
Poems : Religious, Moral and Sentimental. Fredericton, N.B.
Hooker, Rev. Leroy
Formerly Methodist minister in Canada, now in United States. Stanley: A Christaias Ballad by Jason and Boaz. Toronto, 1882, pp. 14. Also author of poem, *' The United Empire Loyalist " (July 3rd, 1884).
Hornsell, William Of Montreal. The Ice-bound Ship, and the Dream. By W. H. Montreal, 1860, pp. 48. )
A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CANADIAN POETRY. 29"
Howe, Joseph Printer, journalist, poet, orator, statesman. Born at Halifax, N.S., in 1804. Died June 1st, 1873. {See Canadian Magazine, October a,ndl^o\em- " ber, 1894 ; also, Notman's Portraits and Biographies," Vol. I. Poems and Essays. By the Hon. Joseph Howe. (Selected and published by his family after his death.) Montreal, 1874, pp. 341.
Rowland, Oliver Aiken Barrister, of Toronto. Son of Sir Wm. P. Howland. Born at Lambton Mills, Ont., April 18th, 1847. (See Morgan.) The Redman's Council. Suggested by the researches of Mr. David Boyle, as contained in his Archeological Report for 1898.
Hunt, William Edward (" Keppell Strange ") Journalist. Of Montreal.
Poems and Pastels. Toronto, 1896, pp. 137.
Hunter-Duvar, Lieut-Col. John ("The Bard of Hernewood") Of Prince Edward Island. Born August 29th, 1830, in Scotland. Author of " Annals of the Court of Oberon " (London, Eng., 1895). In Dominion Civil Service from May 16th, 1879, to May 16th, 1889. Died January 25th, 1899. (See Morgan.)
The Enamorado : A Drama. Summerside, P.E.I., 1879, pp. 120. " De Roberval : A Drama. Also, The Emigration of the Fairies," and ''The Triumph of Constancy," a Romaunt. St. John, KB., 1888, pp. 192. Also, printed for private circulation, *' John a' Var, His Lays," lyrical. (See Dominion Illustrated, Vol. V., p. 127.) Hutchison, Rev. D. Faloon Clergyman, at Bridgewater, N.S.
Satisfaction of Justice : A Poem. Kingston, Ont., 1851, pp. 50.
Imrie, John Of Toronto. Printer. Born at Glasgow, Scotland, in 1846. Came to
Canada in 1 87 1 . ( See M organ. Sacred Songs, Sonnets and Miscellaneous Poems. Toronto, 1886, pp. 210. Songs and Miscellaneous Poems. Toronto, 1891, pp. 348. Third Edition appeared in 1895. A Bouquet of Sonnets. Toronto, n.d., pp. 32.
I 30 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CANADIAN POETRY.
I sard, Mrs. E. A.
Wayside Songs. Newmarket, Ont., 1896, pp. 224.
Jack, Annie L. Of Chateauguay, Que. Belated Violets. (Illustrated by hand.) N.p., n.d., pp. 4.
Jakeway, Charles Edwin, M.D. Of Stayner, Ont. Born 1847, at Holland Landing, Ont. Graduated M.D. at
Toronto in 1871 ; settled at Stayner. Also town clerk.
The Lio:^ and the Lilies : A Tale of the Conquest, and Other Poems. Toronto, 1897, pp. 278.
James, William T. Of Toronto. Born February 22nd, 1861, at Cheltenham, Eng. Printer.
Rhymes Afloat and Afield. Toronto, 1891, pp. 144.
Jennings, Clotilda
Born in Nova Scotia. Resided for about twenty years at Montreal, where she died in 1895. (See Morgan's Bib. Can.)
Linden Rhymes. By "Maude." Halifax, 1854, pp. 152.
The White Rose in Acadia, and Autumn in Nova Scotia : A Prize Tale and Poem. By " Maude." Halifax, 1855, pp. 36. North Mountaiv, near Grand-Pre. By " Mileta." 1883.
Jerdon, Gertrude
(Mrs. Waller), of Montreal. Author of "Keyhole Country," etc.
Flowering Thorns. London, Eng., 1886, pp. 63.
Johnson, E. Pauline Of Brantford, Ont. Born March 10th, 1862. Daughter of Chief Johnson of the Mohawks. (See Morgan.) The White Wampum. By E. Pauline Johnson (Tekahionwake).
London, Toronto, and Boston, 1895, pp. 88.
Johnson, Frank
Giles and Janey : or, The Kindly Gentleman. A Canadian Tale. Second Edition, Montreal, 1872, pp. 14.
The Village of Merrow. Montreal, 1876, pp. 208. Prose and verse. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CANADIAN POETRY. 31
Johnson, George Washington
Teacher and journalist. Born at Binbrook, Ont. , 1839. Removed to Cleve- land, 0., in 1864. Now on staff of Upper Canada College, Toronto.
Maple Leaves. Hamilton, U.O., 1864, pp. 204.
Johnson, Helen Mar Born at Magog, Que., in 1835. Died at Magog in 1863.
PoExMS. Boston, 1855, pp. 249.
Canadian Wild Flowers. Boston, 1884, pp. 200. Contains portrait and life-sketch.
Jones, K. L.
Meeting of the Waters. Kingston, n.d., pp. 6.
Joussaye, Marie Of Toronto and Belleville, Ont.
The Songs that Quinte Sang. Belleville, 1895, pp. 91.
Kearney, W. D. Of Carleton County, N.B. The Open Hand: An Epic Poem. Presqu'Isle, Maine, 1864, pp. 258.
Kernighan, Robert Kirkland ("The Khan")
Of Rushdale E'arm. Farmer and journalist. P. 0. address, Rockton, Ont. Born April 25th, 1857. Has worked on the press in Hamilton, Winnipeg and Toronto. (See Morgan.)
The Khan's Canticles. Hamilton, 1896, pp. 240.
Kidd, Adam Born in 1802. Died at Quebec, 1831.
The Huron Chief, and Other Poems. Montreal, 1830, pp. 216.
Kingsmill, Colonel
A Story of the Old Marine. Guelph, 1869, pp. 24. The old marine, Cordingley by name, was in his 107th year. He was a survivor of The Nile and Trafalgar, and lived near Toronto in a rude hut, cared for by charitable persons interested in his behalf. (See Toronto Morning Telegraph, January 2nd, 1869.) ;
32 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CANADIAN POETRY.
Kirby, William, F.R.SC.
Born at Hull, Kng., October 13th, 1817. Came to Canada in 1832. Journalist.
Appointed Collector of Customs at Niagara, Ont., July 1st, 1871 ; superannu- ated, 1895. Author of the Canadian novel, "The Golden Dog" (1877), and •'Annals of Niagara" (1896). For portrait, see "Canada," edited by J. Castell Hopkins, Vol. V., p. 126. (See Morgan.)
The U. E.: A Tale of Upper Canada. Niagara, 1859, pp. 178. Canadian Idylls. Welland, Ont., 1894, pp. 175. The Idylls of this collection were issued separately for private circulation from time to time, beginning with "The Sparrows," in 1878. Knight, Dorothy
Daughter of R. S. Knight, of Lancaster, Leeds County, Ont. Echoes from the Thousand Islands, Yerses by Dorothy-
Knight (eleven years old). Montreal, 1893 ; Brock ville,-
1892 ; pp. 41 and 29. The Vision of the Seasons, and Other Verse. Montreal, 1898, pp. 68. Knight, Rev. Matthew Richey
Methodist minister, now stationed at St. James, N.B. Grandson of Kev. Dr. Matthew Richey. Born at Halifax, April 21st, 1854. Graduated from Moimt Allison University, Sackville, N.B., in 1875; ordained Methodist minister in 1877. (See Morgan.)
Poems of Ten Years, 1877-1886. Halifax, 1887, pp. 143. Laidlaw, Thomas Bom in Scotland. Now resident at Acton, Ont.
The Old Concession Road. Guelph, 1892, pp. 54. Sprigs o' Heather for Scottish Gatherings. Guelph, n.d.,, pp. 28. Lampman, Archibald Late of Ottawa, Ont. Born at Morpeth, Kent County, Ont., November 17th, 1861. Son of Rev. Archibald Lampman and Sara Gesner, both of U. E. L. descent. Graduated at Trinity University, Toronto, in 1882
taught school ; appointed clerk in Civil Service at Ottawa, 1883, in the Post OflBce Department. Died at Ottawa, February 10th, 1899. (See
Dominion Illustrated, Vol. IV., p. 182; also sketch by A. J. Stringer in Canadian Magazine, April, 1894. Illustrated descriptions of his birthplace are to be found in the Supplement to the Saturday Globe, Toronto, February 18th and March 18th, 1899.) (See Morgan.)
Among the Millet, and Other Poems. Ottawa, 1888, pp. 151. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CANADIAN POETRY. 33
Lampman, Archibald— Continued.
Lyrics of Earth. Boston, 1896, pp. 56. A third volume, " Alcyone," in press at time of his death. A complete edition of his poems now in preparation, edited by D. C. Scott. Langstaff, Launcelot The Charivari, or Canadian Poetics. 1824. (See Canadian
Magazine, 1824, p. 376.) Lanigan, George T. ("Allid") Journalist. Writer for the press at Montreal, New York, Rochester and Philadelphia. Born at St. Charles, Que., December 10th, 1846. Went to New York in 1867. Died at Philadelphia, February 5th, 1886. Author of ''Fables Out of the World," New York, 1878. His mother was a second cousin of Daniel Webster. (See Le Courrier du Livre, Quebec, July, 1899 — portrait.) National Ballads of Canada. 1865. Contains translation of '* Un Canadien Errant." Four of Lanigan's poems, including '* The Akhoond of Swat," are to be found in American Humorous Verse, published by Walter Scott, of London (The Canterbury Poets). Laskey, John K. Journalist, of St. John, N.B.
Mars Hill, and Other Poems. St. John, N.B., 1838, pp. 70.
Leisure Hours : A Collection of Original Poems. St. John, N.B., 1838, pp. 70. Lawson, Rev. James Reid
Born in Ireland in 1820. Came to New Brunswick in 1845. Died in Kings County, N.B., 1891.
Songs of Zion. St. John, N.B., pp. 32. Lawson, Thomas Of Waterville, Kings County, N.S.
The Poetical Works of Thomas Lawson. Halifax, 1888, pp. 44. "Mr. J. B. Lade, who is totally blind, being in this place lecturing on tem- perance, and spending an evening with me, I read him a few of the verses, and he earnestly requested me to let him have them for publication. Think-
ing it might be the means of assisting him in a small way I cheerfully con- sented." (Preface.) Lawson, Mrs. William (Mary Jane Katzman.) Born at Preston, N.S. Died at Halifax in 1890*
Frankincense and Myrrh. Halifax, 1893, pp. 152. 34 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CANADIAN POETRY.
Lefevre, Mrs. Lily Alice ("Fleurange")
Formerly of Brockville, Ont., now resident at Victoria, B.C. (See Morgan.)
The Lion's Gate, and Other Verses. Victoria, B.C., 1895, pp. 95.
Leggett, William Martin
Bom at Sussex Vale, N.B., in 1813. Methodist minister until 1845, when
he joined the Church of England. Went to London, Eng. ; turned his attention to literary work. (See MacFarlane's " Bibliography of N.B.")
The Forest Wreath. St. John, N.B., 1833, pp. 194.
Lehigh, M. Stanley Of Frankville, Ont.
Youthful Fancies and Ione. Brockville, Ont., 1897, pp. 95.
Leonard, Mrs. Carrie
Gems for the Home Circle. London, Ont., 1869, pp. 150. Lepage, John Of Prince Edward Island. Died 1885. The Island Minstrel. A collection of the poetical writings of John Lepage, late third teacher of the Central Academ}'^, Charlottetown, P.E.I., 1860, pp. xiii. 242. The Island Minstrel. Vol. II. Charlottetown, P.E.I., 1867, pp. 216. Leprohon, Rosanna Eleanor
Born in Montreal, 1832. Maiden name Mullins ( '*Mis8 R.E.M." ). Died in Montreal, September, 1879. (See Morgan.)
The Poetical Works of Mrs. Leprohon. Montreal, 1881, pp. 228.
Lesperance, John Talon
Bom in St. Louis, U. S. ; for many j'ears a journalist in Montreal, contrib- uting poems and critiques to the current Canadian periodicals. Wrote over the pen-names of ** Talon" and "Laclede." Author of a valuable review of Canadian poetry in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of Canada, Vol. II. (1884) Section II, pp. 31-44. Lett William Pittman
Bom in Wexford County, Ireland, in 1819. Son of Capt. Andrews Lett, of the 26th Cameronians, who served under Sir John Moore. Came to Canada ) ) )
A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CANADIAN POETRY. 35
in 1820 ; settled in Richmond ; moved to Ottawa, then Bytown, in 1828. In 1849 he married a daughter of Joseph Hinton, of Hintonburg. Mr. Lett was Clerk of Ottawa from 1855 until his death, August 15th, 1892. He contributed to the press over the pen-name of " Algonquin." Recollections of Bytown and Its Oldest Inhabitants. Ottawa, 1874, pp. 96.
Lighthall, William Douw
Advocate, of Montreal. Born at Hamilton, Ont., December 27th, 1857. Compiler of "Songs of the New Dominion" (London, 1889), and author of "The Young Seigneur," 1888; also, of " The False Chevalier," 1898. (See Morgan.
Thoughts, Moods, and Ideals : Crimes of Leisure. Montreal, 1887, pp. 24.
This was privately printed : supplement in 1895.
Listen, James K. Of Clinton, Ont.
Niagara Falls : A poem in three cantos. Toronto, 1843, pp. 100.
Songs of the Canadian Winter. Toronto, 1868, pp. 96.
Livingstone, Stuart
Barrister, of Hamilton, Ont. (See Morgan.
In Various Moods. Toronto, 1894, pp. 100.
Lockerby, Elizabeth N. Born in Prince Edward Island.
The Wild Brier ; or, Lays by an Untaught Minstrel, E. N. L. Charlottetown, P.E.I., 1866, pp. 196.
(" Pastor Felix Lockhart, Rev. Arthur J. ') Of Scottish descent on his father's side, and of Huguenot on his mother's. Born May 5th, 1850, at Lockhartville, N.S., eight miles from Windsor, N.S. and four from Gaspereau and Grand-Pre. Learned printer's art at Wolfville, N.S.; worked one year at the University Press, Cambridge,
Mass. Became a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Maine : now preaching at Pemaquid, Me. (See Dominion Illustrated, Vol. V. , p. 70.
Lockhart, Rev. Burton W., D.D.
Brother of A. J. L. (above). Born at Lockhartville, 1855. Educated at
Acadia College, Wolfville, N.S. ; 1882, pastor of Baptist Church, Suffield Corner; 1888 to 1893 at Chicopee; now pastor of Franklin Street Congre- 36 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CANADIAN POETRY.
Lockhart, Rev. Burton W., D.'D.— Continued. gational Churcli, Manchester, N.H. Sketch, with portrait, in Magazine of
Poetry y February, 1896. The Masque of Minstrels, and Other Pieces. Chiefly in verse. By Two Brothers (Arthur J. and Burton W. Lockhart). Bangor, Maine, 1887, pp. 361. Beside the Narraguagus, and Other Poems. By Arthur John Lockhart. Buffalo, N.Y., 1895, pp. 112.
All but a few of the latter were destroyed by fire at Buffalo (The Peter Paul Book Co.)
Logan, John E. (" Barry Dane.") A Voice from the Saskatchewan. 1885.
Lorimer, J. G. At one time a journalist in New Brunswick.
The Recluse of New Brunswick ; or, The Hermit of Point Lepreaux. St. John, N.B., 1842, pp. 24.
Lorne, Marquis of
Governor-General of Canada, 1878 to 1883.
Memories of Canada and Scotland : Speeches and Verses. Montreal, 1884, pp. 360.
Contains 63 pages of verses on Canadian subjects.
MacColl, Evan
Bom at Kenmare, Scotland, September 21st, 1808. Published " The Mountain Minstrel," at Glasgow, in 1838 (six editions). Also "Clarsach Nam Beann," in 1838. Came to Canada in 1850. Resided in Kingston till 1880, when he came to Toronto. Died at Toronto, July 24th, 1898, and was buried at Kingston. " The Bard of Loch Fyne." (See Morgan.) The English Poetical Works of Evan MacColl. First Edi- tion, Toronto, 1883, pp. 360. Second Edition, Kingston, 1888, pp. 232.
MacColl, Mary J. Daughter of Evan MacColl (above).
Bide a Wee, and Other Poems. Buffalo, 1880, pp. 113. Toronto,. 1882, pp. 113. Several editions.
MacDonald, Mrs. (See " Miss Roberts.") A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CANADIAN POETRY. 37
Macfarlane, John (•' John Arbory") Of Montreal. Born in Scotland in May, 1857. He edited in 1895 a col- lection of poems, songs and ballads, " The Harp of the Scottish Covenant." (See Morgan.) Within the Night, and Other Lyrics. Toronto, 1892.
Heather and Harebell. Montreal, 1892, pp. 62.
Macfie, Archibald
The Farmer and His Son. A dialogue. Chatham, 1888, pp. 28.
Macgeorge, Rev. Robert Jackson
Born in Scotland about 1811. Came to Canada in 1841. Returned to Scotland in 1858. Anglican clergyman and editor. Incumbent of Trinity Church, Streetsville, Ont. Editor of IStreetsville Feview, 1848-1858, con- tributing frequently over pen-name "Solomon of Streetsville." See The Canadian Journal, No. XCII, October, 1876, pp. 267-270. Editor also of The Anglo-American Magazine published by Thomas Maclear, Toronto, 1852-55. Died in Scotland, May 14th, 1884.
The Canadian Christian Offering. Edited by R. J. Mac- george. Toronto, 1848, pp. 102. Poems by various clergymen of Church of England in Canada.
Tales, Sketches and Lyrics. Toronto, 1858, pp. 269.
Machar, Agnes Maule ("Fidelis") Of Kingston, daughter of late Kev. Dr. Machar. Her late brother was married to a sister of Grant Allen. Poems not yet published in collected form. Author of fugitive poems, which are to be found in all Canadian anthologies. Author also of many historical tales. Her poems appear frequently in The Canadian Magazine aj\^ The Westminster. (See Morgan.)
Mackenzie, George A.
Malcolm : A Story of the Day-Spring. Toronto, 1887.
Mackenzie, J. B. Of Toronto.
Thayendanegea : An Historico-Military Drama. With historical notes. Toronto, 1898, pp. viii. 179.
MacKeracher, William M. Of Montreal.
Verses of Feeling and Fancy. Montreal, 1890, pp. 96. 38 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CANADIAN POETRY.
MacKnight, Samuel John Lyric and Othkk Poems. Halifax, N.S., 1892, pp. 28.
Macieod, Mrs. E. S. Of Charlottetown, P.E.I. Native of Great Britain. (See Morgan.)
Carols of Canada. Charlottetown, P.E.I., 1893, pp. 198, Dedicated to Sir Donald A. Smith.
Mac Lean, Mrs. Kate Seymour Of Kingston, Ont. The Coming of the Princess, and Other Poems. Toronto, 1881, pp. 12 + 1175.
MacNeill, A. D. Of Orangedale, N.S. Died 189—.
Woodlands, and Other Rhymes. Kingston, n.d., pp. 40.
MacNiven, Mrs. C. Born 1823. Died 1865.
AiLEEN : A Poem. IngersoU, Ont., 1865, pp. 52. McBride, Robert Of Oil Springs, Ont.
Poems, Satirical and Sentimental. London, Ont., 1869, pp. 304.
The Canadian Orange Minstrel. Toronto, 1870, pp. 32. McCaig, Donald Of CoUingwood, Ont. In 1886 appointed Inspector of Public Schools for Algoma and Parry Sound, Ontario. Born in Cape Breton, May 15th, 1832. Brought to Hamilton in 1836. Moved to Wellington County, 1840. Attended
Normal School ; taught at Rockwood, Berlin, Gait, and Ottawa. (See sketch by David Boyle in Canadian Magazine^ March, 1894. Portrait.)^ (See Morgan.)
Milestone Moods and Memories. Toronto, 1894, pp. 132. McCallum, John Patriotic Odes. Kingston, n.d., pp. 16. McCarroll, James Journalist. Born at Lanesboro', Longford County, Ireland, August 3rd, 1815. Came to Ontario in 1831. Died at Buffalo, N.Y. Madeline, and Other Poems. Chicago, New York, San Fran- cisco, and London, Eng., 1889, pp. 321. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CANADIAN POETRY. 39
McDonnell, William Of Lindsay, Ont. Born at Cork, Ireland, April, 1824. Came to Canada,
and was clerk in post office at Peterboro, Ont. ; then moved to Lindsay. Studied law in University of Pennsylvania. Returned to Lindsay. Marina: An Operatic Romance. 1883.
Manita : A Poem. N.p., n.d., pp. 29.
A poem bearing the title, '* The Beautiful Snow," appeared in the Christian Guardian, Toronto, February 17th, 1841. It was signed " Mc." William McDonnell was the author. It was set to music and sung in London. It was reprinted in the Guardian, February 24th, 1897, with notes as to claim to priority over other poems of same title.
McDougall, Mrs. Of White River, Ont. Wrote under pen-name " Nora."
Verses and Rhymes. Pembroke, 1880, pp. vii. 180.
McEvoy, Bernard
Born at Birmingham, Eng., in 1842. Educated as a mechanical engi- neer. Engaged in journalism. Came to Toronto, Ont., in 1888. Began work at once on Toronto Daily Mail, at first as reporter, soon after as editorial writer. Left the Mail in 1898 to join the staff of G. N. Morang & Co., Publishers, Toronto. Secretary of the Canadian Society of Authors.
Away from Newspaperdom, and Other Poems. Toronto, 1897. pp. 144.
With decorations by G. A. Reid, R.C.A. A Second Edition in cheap form issued in 1898.
The Feast of the Dead. Toronto, 1899, pp. 8. " To David Boyle," Toronto, July 6th, 1899.
McGee, Hon. Thomas D'Arcy Born in Ireland, April 13th, 1825. Came to Canada in 1857. Died at Ottawa, April 7th, 1868. Journalist, author, orator, statesman. (See biography with portrait, in Notman's " Portraits and Biographies," Vol. II.)
Canadian Ballads and Occasional Verses. Montreal, 1858, pp. 124.
Sebastian, or the Roman Martyr. New York, 1861, pp. 52. The Poems of Thomas D'Arcy McGee, with copious notes; also an introduction and biographical sketch by Mrs. J. Sadlier, Portrait. New York, 1870, pp. 612. 40 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CANADIAN POETRY.
Mclntyre, James The "Dairy Poet," of Ingersoll, Ont. Musings on the Banks op the Canadian Thames. Ingersoll,
1884, pp. 128. Poems. Ingersoll, 1889, pp. 198.
Mclver, Mary A.
Formerly of Ottawa, Ont. In 1870 became wife of Carroll Ryan {q.v.).
Poems. Ottawa, 1869, pp. 176.
McKenzie, William P., B.A. Of Toronto, Ont. A Song of Trust, and Other Thoughts in Yerse. Toronto, 1887, pp. 42. Voices and Undertones. In Song and Poem. New York and Toronto, 1889, pp. 157. Songs of the Human. Toronto, 1892, pp, 132. Heartsease Hymns, and Some Other Yerses. Toronto, 1895,
pp. 44.
McKillop, Archibald
" The Blind Poet of Megantic." Son of Capt. McKillop, who was placed in charge of a band of settlers sent out by the Duke of Hamilton from the Island of Arran. Temperanc^: Odes and Miscellaneous Poems. Quebec, 1860 pp. 96. McKinnell, Mrs. George
Of Orillia, Ont.
CouciiiCHiNG Carols. Orillia, 1889, pp. 51. McLachlan, Alexander
Born at Johnston, Renfrewshire, Scotland, in 1820. Son of Charles Mc- Lachlan, a mechanic and poet. Came to Canada in 1840. Died at Orange-
' ville, Ont. , March 20th, 1896. ' The Bard of Amaranth," so called from the name of the township in which he lived for many years on a farm presented to him by his admirers. (See sketch by Donald McCaig in The Canadian Magazine, November, 1897.)
The Spirit of Love, and Other Poems. Toronto, 1846, pp. 36. Poems. Chiefly in the Scottish dialect. Toronto, 1856, pp. 192. Lyrics. Toronto, 1858, pp. 151. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CANADIAN POETRY. 41
McLachlan, Alexander— Continued. The Emigrant, and Other Poems. Toronto, 1861, pp. 236. Poems and Songs. Toronto, 1874, pp. 223. Re-issued in 1888. His latest poem appeared in the Toronto Saturday Night of February 22nd, 1896—" Address to My Old Dog Yarrow," twenty-four verses. McLachlan, James
Inhumanity : A Poem in three parts. Montreal, 1868, pp. 40. McLennan, William, F.R.S.C. Notary, of Montreal. Born in Montreal, May Sth, 1856. Graduated " B.C.L. (McGill), 1880. Author of *' Spanish John and in collaboration with Miss J. N. Mcllwraith, of "The Span o' Life." (>ee illustrated sketch in The Canadian Magazine, July, 1899.) (See Morgan.)
Songs of Old Canada. Montreal, 1886, pp. 83. The above is a volume of translations from the French. McPherson, John Born at Liverpool, N.S., February 4th, 1817. Died at Brookfield, N.S., July 26th, 1845. Teacher. The Praise of Water. A Prize Poem. Halifax, N.S., 1843, pp. 16. Poems, Descriptive and Moral. By John McPherson, styled by himself, ''Harp of Acadia." Halifax, 1862, pp. xlvi. 252.
This contains memoir by J. S. T. (father of the late Sir John S. D. Thompson).
-Mair, Charles, F.R.S.C. Born in Lanark County, Ont., April 21st, 1840. Was for a time on the staff of the Montreal Gazette. Saw service at time of both Riel rebellions. In 1896 went to Prince Albert, N.W.T. Later settled on a farm near Okanagan, B.C. (See "Songs of the Great Dominion," p. 457.) (See Morgan.) Dreamland, and Other Poems. Montreal and London, 1868, pp. 151.
Tecumseh : A Drama (with notes). Toronto, 1886, pp. 205. Manners, Robert Rutland
Pasco : A Cuban Tale, and Other Poems. Cambridge, Mass., 1877, pp. 170. Cuba, and Other Verse. By Robert Manners. Toronto, 1898,
pp. 155. The second is a revision of the first. 42 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CANADIAN POETRY.
Marham, Rose
Fallen Rose Leaves, Gathered and Pressed. Toronto, n.d.^. pp. 96.
Martin, George
Born in 1822, near Kilrea, County Down, Ireland. Came to Upper Canada in 1832. Resident of Montreal since 1852. (See Dominion Illustrated, Vol..
v., p. 166.) (See Morgan.) Marguerite, or the Isle op Demons, and Other Poems. Montreal, 1887, pp. 12, 285.
Matthews, Richard F.
Poems. London, U.C., 1866, pp. 68.
Mayne, Daniel Haydn Of Toronto.
Poems and Fragments. Toronto, 1838, pp. 126.
Menzies, George A journalist of Ontario. Born in Scotland. Editor on 7 he Reporter^ of
Niagara ; also The Chronicle, of Niagara. Established The Herald, of Woodstock, in 1840. Died at Woodstock, March 4th, 1847. The Posthumous Works of the Late George Menzies, being a collection of poems, sonnets, etc. Woodstock, 1850, pp. 95^
Merkley, George E. Of North Williamsburg, Ont.
Canadian Melodies and Poems. Toronto, 1893, pp. 104.
Merrill, Helen M.
Author and journalist. Bom in Napanee ; daughter of Judge Merrill, no-vr of Picton. Is the author of many fugitive poems, also of the following volume of prose and poetry.
Picturesque Prince Edward County. Picton, 1892, pp. 128^
Merritt, J. P. Of St. Catharines. Son of Hon. Wm. Hamilton Merritt, the promoter of the Welland Canal.
Canada Seventy Years Ago, or Prince Edward's Visit tO' Niagara. Third Edition, St. Catharines, 1860, pp. 13. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CANADIAN POETRY. 43
Minto, Charles Of Montreal.
The Howes o' Bucuan and Far awa', with Other Poems. Montreal, 1896.
Moodie, Mrs. Susanna
Susanna Strickland was born in Suffolk County, Eng., December 6th, 1803.. In 1831 she married Lieut. J. W. D. Moodie, who for many years was Sheriff of Hastings County, Ont. In 1832 they came to Canada, living at Cobourg, Peterboro', and Belleville. For some years she was editor of the Victoria Magazine, published at Belleville. She contributed poems and sketches to TTie Literary Garland, Montreal. Author of '* Roughing it in the Bush," "Life in the Clearings versus the Bush," etc. In 1830, before coming to Canada, Susanna Strickland published in London a volume of poems,, entitled "Enthusiasm, and Other Poems." Died at Toronto, April 8th, 1885. Agnes Strickland and Mrs. Catharine Parr Trail were sisters of Mrs. Moodie. (See G. M. Rose's "Cyclopaedia of Canadian Biography," Toronto, 1886.)
Moore, S.
Of Quebec. Manager of La Gompagnie des Chars Urhains.
Poems. Montreal, 1887, pp. 315.
Moore, William Wallace Of Moorefield, Ont.
Random Rhymes. Toronto, 1885, pp. 224.
Morgan, Miss Mary ("Gowan Lea")
Born in Scotland. Daughter of the late Morgan, merchant of Mont- real. Now living in England. (See Morgan.)
Poems and Translations. Montreal, 1887, pp. 12, 195. Sonnets from Switzerland. 1896. Marguerites. London, Eng., 1898.
Morrison, Llewellyn A.
Born on the farm of his father, Mr. Robert Morrison, J. P., in Peterboro' County, Ont. Mechanical and Mining Engineer, Toronto.
Heart Bells. London, Ont., 1899, pp. 303. Religious Hymns and Poems, " Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage." -
44 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CANADIAN POETRY.
Mountain, Mrs. Annie
" " A Wreath of Rue for Lent ; and the Sacred Lake. Toronto, 1873, pp. 49.
Mountain, Rev. George Jehoshaphat, D.D., D.CL.
Born at Norwich, Eng., in 1789. Came to Canada in 1793. Educated in I'^ngland. Bishop of Quebec. Died at Quebec, 1863. For full biography S3e "The Last Three Bishops Appointed by the Crown for the Anglican Church of Canada," by Fennings Taylor (1870).
Songs of the Wilderness. London, Eng., 1846, pp. 28, 153. These songs were written while making a missionary tour of the North West Territory by canoe and trail.
Mountcastle, Miss Clara H. ("Caris Sima")
Of Clinton, Ont. Born in Clinton, Artist and author. (See Morgan.)
The Mission of Love ; Lost ; and Other Poems. With Songs and Valentines. By "Carls Siraa." Toronto, 1882, pp. 200.
Muchall, Mary Elizabeth
Of Lakefield, Ont. Fourth daughter of Thomas and Catharine Parr Traill. Bom at Ashburnham, Peterborough County, Ont., November 7th, 1841. Married Thomas William Muchall, December 30th, 1863. Died May 28th, 1892. Her mother, Mrs. Catharine Parr Traill, one of the Strickland sisters, died at Lakefield, Ont., on August 29th, 1999, in her 98th year. The Blue-Bottles' Ball.
Step by Step ; or, The Shadow on a Canadian Home. Toronto, 1876, pp. 59. The Stolen Skates.
-Mulvaney, Rev. Charles Pelham
Bom at Dublin, Ireland, 1835. Died at Toronto, 1885.
Lyrics, Songs, and Sonnets. Toronto, 1880, pp. 230. (See "Chandler.") Murdoch, William
Born at Paisley, Scotland, in 1823. Came to Canada in 1854. Died 1887. Journalist at St. John, N.B. {The Daily News).
Poems and Songs. St. John, N.B., 1860, pp. 152. Poems and Songs. St. John, N.B., 1872, pp. 232. DiscuRSORY Ruminations, A Fireside Drama, etc. St. John, N.B., 1876, pp. 233. .,
A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CANADIAN POETRY. ^O
Murray, George, M.A., F.R.S.C. Born at London, Eng. Graduated at Oxford. Came to Canada, and for many years was Classical Master of the High School at Montreal. Founder of the comic paper, Diogenes, also of the Free Lance. Since 1882 has
edited the ' • Notes and Queries " column in the Saturday Montreal Star. One of the charter Fellows of the Royal Society. (See Morgan.)
How CxVNADA WAS Saved. Toronto, 1874, pp. 15. This poem won first prize in the Witness competition.
Verses and Versions. Montreal, 1891, pp. 8, 403.
Myers-Funnell, Rozelle V., M.D. Of Ottawa.
A Jubilee Offering: '-A Booklet of Yerse." Ottawa, 1897,- pp. 25. Nelson, V. H.
Bookseller, of St. John, N.B. His son, Edwin J. Nelson, was author of " My Own Canadian Home."
The New Brunswick Minstrel. St. John, N.B.
Newell, J. R. Of Woodstock, Ont.
V The Times, and Other Poems. Toronto, 1881, pp. 151. Newton, John The Emigrant, and Other Pieces. Hamilton, 1846, pp. 48. Nickerson, Moses H. Of Clarke's Harbor, N.S. " The fisherman poet." Carols of the Coast. A collection of songs, ballads and!
legends, original and translated. Halifax, N.S., 1892, pp. 10, 288.
Nobile, A. A., B.A Miscellaneous Poems. Translation from French and Italian.. 1883.
O'Brien, Rev. Cornelius, D.D.
Archbishop of Halifax, N.S. Born of Irish parents in the Parish of Rustic©, Prince Edward Island, 1843. Made Archbishop of Halifax, January 21st, 1883. (See Morgan.)
Aminta : A Modern Life Drama. By Cornelius O'Brien, D.D., Archbishop of Halifax. New York, 1890, pp. 187. k ) "
46 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CANADIAN POETRY.
O'Grady, Standish Of Montreal.
The Emigrant: A Poem in four cantos. Montreal, 1841, pp. 204.
O'Hagan, Thomas, Ph.D.
Teacher, journalist, etc. Born near Toronto in 1855. Graduated at Ottawa University in 1882. Ph.D. of Syracuse University, 1889. (See sketch by Emily McManus in Canadian Magazine^ October, 1893—portrait.^ (See Morgan.
A Gate of Flowers, and Other Poems. Toronto, 1887, pp. 64.
In Dreamland, and Other Poems. Toronto, 1893, pp. 84. Songs of the Settlement, and Other Poems. Toronto, 1899, pp. 70.
Contains portrait of author. Dedicated " To the Pioneers of the County of Bruce, Ontario.
Page, Rhoda Ann Born at Hackney, Eng., in 1826. Came to Canada in 1832. Married in 1856, becoming Mrs. Faulkner. Settled near Rice Lake, where she died in 1863.
Wild Notes from the Backwoods. By E,. A. P. Cobourg, Ont., 1850, pp. 62.
Palmer, David
Born in Queen's County, N.B., in 1789. Died in 1866.
New Brunswick, and Other Poems. St. John, N.B., 1869, pp. 171.
Palmer, Lizzie E. Wife of Ambrose Palmer, son of David Palmer (above).
Selected Poems. Fredericton, 1889, pp. 40.
Parham, Charles J. Of Ottawa. Lyrical Translations from the Oc, Italian, Spanish, Portu- guese and Provencal dialects. (1887), pp. vii. 88.
Park, Shubael
The Smuggler. Hamilton, 1852, pp. 76. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CANADIAN POETRY. 47
Parker, Gilbert
Son of Capt. Joseph Parker, of the Royal Artillery (still living at Belle- ville, Ont.). Born at Camden East, Lennox and Addington County, Ont., in 1861. Educated at Trinity College, Toronto, where he was for a time lecturer in English Literature. Studied for the Church, but never took orders. Correspondent in the South Seas of the Sydney Morning Herald (Australia). Went to England in 1890, where he now resides. Novelist. * (See The Book Buyer, July, 1896. ) Full-page portrait in Canada," edited by J. Castell Hopkins, Vol. V., p. 133. (See Morgan.)
A Lover's Diary : Songs in Sequence. First Edition, Chicago and London, 1894, pp. 147. Second Edition, Toronto, 1898, pp. 147. Parkinson, Miss Amy
Of Toronto. Born in Liverpool ; came to Toronto when quite young.
Love Through All. Toronto, 1893, pp. 36.
*' A Voice from a Sick-Room." Reprinted from private edition.
Patterson, Henry Of Montreal.
SoKGS IN Travel. Montreal, 1872, pp. 186.
From Preface: "They say Poetry is at a discount in this country. I trust our men of letters will wipe away this reproach, and efface this stigma that brands Canada's fair name."
Pollock, J. E. Of Keswick, Ont.
Lorenzo, and Other Poems. Toronto, 1883, pp. 117.
Porter, Miss Jane
Of Toronto. Published a volume of poems in Toronto about 1879.
Porter, V. R. C. Vindesorae, N.S. Epistola Poetica ad familiarem auctore V. R. Josepho H. Clinch, A.M., E. Coll. Reg. N.S., Latine Conversa Y. R. Carolo Porter, S.T.P., Ejusdem Collegii olim praeside. Olicanae, 1864, pp. 17. English and Latin on alternate pages. Dedicated to Dr. W. B. Bliss.
Prince, S. O. (Mrs. S. 0. Davis.)
Poems. Toronto, 1890, pp. viii. 179. 48 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CANADIAN POETRY.
Procter, John James
Bom at Liverpool, Eng , in 1838. Came to Canada in 1856. Teacher and
journalist ; at present on Quebec Daily Telegraph. Author of " The Ragged Philosopher" and '* The Philosopher in the Clearing " (1897). Voices of the Night, and Other Poems. Montreal, 1861, pp. 118.
Ramsay, A. J.
Of VVestover, Ont. He is the author of the following five books of poems, though the reader might be led to ascribe them to two different authors.
The Canadian Lyre. By J. R. Ramsay. Hamilton, 1859, pp. 126. Win-on-ah; or, The Forest Light, and Other Poems. By J. R. Ramsay. Toronto, 1869, pp. 98. One Quiet Day. By J. R. Ramsay. Hamilton, 1873, pp. 193. I Shall not Tell. New York. Muriel the Foundling, and Other Original Poems. By Andrew Ramsay. Toronto, 1886, pp. 282. Rand, Rev. Silas Tertius, D.D., D.C.L., LL.D.
Born at Cornwallis, N.S., May 18th, 1810. Died 1889. Baptist minister ; missionary to Micmac Indians for forty years. Resided at Hantsport, N.S.,
1853 to 1889 ; voluminous writer on Indian matters ; " Dictionary of Micmac Language," 1888; "Legends of the Micmacs," 1894. The latter contains
full bibliography of his Indian publications, and a sketch of his life.
The Dying Indian's Prayer. Halifax, 1872, pp. 15. The Dying Indian's Dream. Windsor, N.S., n.d.,pp. 28. Rand, Theodore Harding, D.CL. Professor in McMaster University, Toronto. Born at Cornwallis, N.S., 1835. B.A., Acadia College, N.S., 1860; M.A., 1863; Superintendent of
Education in Nova Scotia and afterwards in New Brunswick ; D.C.L., 1874 ;
1883, Professor in Acadia College ; 1885, appointed to McMaster Univer- sity, Toronto. (See Morgan.) At Minas Basin, and Other Poems. First Edition, Toronto, 1897, pp. 173. Second Edition, Toronto, 1898, pp. 206.
Dr. Rand has compiled a "Treasury of Canadian Verse" with bio- graphic^al notes, to be published before the end of 1899.
Ratcliffe, Walter A. Of Listowel, Ont.
Laurier and Victory : A Souvenir op the Campaign of 1896. Toronto, 1896, pp. 8. )
A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CANADIAN POETRY. 49
Ratcliffe, Walter h—Contmued.
MoRxiNG Songs ix the Night. Toronto, 1897, pp. 151.
•* The author . . . has for years been cut off from the ordinary- pleasures of life by an unusually heavy affliction, having become almost totally blind and deaf," — W. D. Lighthall in preface.
Read, Mrs. Jane B.
Of Brantford, widow of the late Rev. Samuel Read.
Poems for Young People, embracing Temperance and Religion. Brantford, Ont., 1871, pp. 16. Poems on Moral and Religious Subjects. Brantford, 1872, pp. 16.
Reade. John, F.R.S.C. Born at Ballyshannon, Donegal County, Ireland, in 1838. Came to Canada in 1856. Still living in Montreal. Journalist on The Gazette. Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature of Great Britain in January, 1896. For list of contributions to magazines, see Proceedings of Royal Society
of Canada, Vol. XII., p. 64. Editor of "Old and New" column in Montreal Gazette, signed R. V. (See sketch in Canadian Illustrated News, May 13th, 1873.) For portrait, see "Canada," by J. Castell Hopkins, Vol. v., p. 164. (See article by Reade in same work on " English Literature and Journalism in Quebec") (See Morgan.)
The Prophecy op Merlin, and Other Poems. Montreal, 1870,
pp. 8, 237.
Reid, Robert (" Rob. Wanlock")
Born at Wanlockhead, Dumfriesshire, Scotland. Came to Canada in 1877. Now resident of Montreal. (See Morgan.
Poems, Songs, and Sonnets. Paisley, Scotland, 1894, pp. 24, 264.
Rice, William Of Toronto. Born at North Thoresby, in Lincolnshire, England, on Feb- ruary 22nd, 1817. Apprenticed early in life to a large law firm. Was managing clerk with them for some years. Went to the United States in 1853. Came to Canada in 1871. Has followed the calling of a book agent for over forty years.
Poems. Toronto, 1898, pp. 22.
With a portrait and introduction by A. Dickson Patterson, of Toronto. 4 50 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CANADIAN POETRY.
Richey, Rev. J. A. Church of England clergyman in Prince Edward Island.
A Series op Poems by J. A. R. Montreal, 1857, pp. 46. Verses: Devotional and Miscellaneous. Halifax, N.S., 1882,
pp. 164. Second Edition, Halifax, N.S., 1886, pp. 180. Roberts, Charles George Douglas
Son of Rev. George Goodridge Roberts. Born at Douglas, N.B., January 10th, 1860. Until recently Professor in King's College, Nova Scotia. Now journalist in New York. Goodridge Bliss Roberts, Theodore Roberts, and Wm. Carman Roberts, brothers, and J, Elizabeth Gostwycke Roberts, sister, also have written poems, the latter having issued, in 1888, a sixteen- page brochure of poems for private circulation. Goodridge Bliss Roberts • died February 4th, 1892. (See under Carman." ) A volume of poems ** Northland Lyrics," by members of the Roberts family, is soon to appear. C. G. D. Roberts is author also of the following " prose works : Earth's Enigmas," a collection of stories (1896) ; two Canadian novels, entitled "The Forge in the Forest," and " A Sister to
Evangeline" ; also a "History of Canada." A third novel, a companion to the two above-named novels, is now in preparation. (See sketch of C. G. D. Roberts by T. G. Marquis, in Canadian Magazine, September, 1893 —portrait. Sketch of Goodridge Bliss Roberts, by C. G. Abbott, in Dominion Illustrated Monthly, April, 1892—portrait.) (See Morgan.) Orion, and Other Poems. Philadelphia, 1880, pp. 113. In Divers Tones. Montreal, 1887; Boston, 1886, pp. 8-f 134-
Ave : An Ode for the Shelley Centenary. Toronto, 1892, pp. 27.
Songs of the Common Day. Toronto, 1893, pp. 12 -f 126. The Book of the Native. Boston, New York, London, and Toronto, 1896, pp. 156. New York Nocturnes, and Other Poems. Boston, 1898, pp. 85.
Roberts, J. Elizabeth Gostwycke Now Mrs. MacDonald, of Fredericton, N.B., sister of C. G. D. Roberts. (See Morgan.)
Poems. (For private circulation.) 1888, pp. 16. Rogerson, Mrs. Isabella Whiteford Of St. Johns, Newfoundland. The Victorian Triumph, and Other Poems. Toronto, 1898^ pp. 232. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CANADIAN POETRY. 51
Romanes, George John Born May 20th, 1848, at Kingston, Ont., where his father was a Professor
in Queen's University. Died at Oxford, Eng. , May 23rd, 1894. Graduated at Cambridge, Eng., in 1879. A distinguished naturalist. Author of
*' Animallntelligence" (1881); "Mental Evolution in Animals" (1883); "The Philosophy of Natural History Before and After Darwin" (1888), etc, A Selection from the Poems of George John Romanes, London, Eng., 1896. With an Introduction by T. Herbert Warren, President of Magdalen College, Oxford.
Russell. Euphemia
Poetry. (Toronto), 1869, pp. 23. " The writer of these poems is a young woman who lost her sight while
studying at the Normal School to fit herself as a teacher. She had previously lost her left hand by amputation." Rutherford, John Tales and Poems. Montreal, 1868, pp. 144. Ryan, Carroll
Born at Toronto, February 3rd, 1839. Served in Crimea. Journalist at Ottawa. Now resident of St. John, N.B. Married Miss Mary Mclver
iq.v.) (See Morgan.)
Oscar, and Other Poems. Hamilton, 1857, pp. 120. The Songs of a Wanderer. By Carroll Ryan, of the 100th Prince of Wales' Royal Canadian Regiment. Ottawa, 1867, pp. 10, 289, 20. Picture Poems. 1884.
Ryan, F. B. The Spirit's Lament; or, The Wrongs of Ireland. A Poem. Montreal, 1847, pp. 194.
St. Clare, Reginald Transatlantic Sketches from Life. Hamilton, Ont., n.d., pp 46.
St. John, Charles Henry Poems. Boston, 1859, pp. 144. Sabiston, Magnus Of St. John, N.B. Grenada, and Other Poems. London, Eng. 52 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CANADIAN POETRY.
Sangster, Charles Born at Kingston, Ont., July 16th, 1822. Died at Kingston, Deceinber lUth, 1893. Journalist. Son of a shipwright. 1838 to 1848, in Ordnance Office, Kingston. 1849, editor of Amherstburg Courier. 1850 to 1867 journalist in Kingston. (See Morgan's Bib. Can., Lighthall's " Songs of Great Dominion, also sketch by Dr. Dewart in Canadian Magazine, May, 1896.) MSS. are now in McGill University Library, Montreal. The St. Lawrence and the Saguenay, and Other Poems. Kingston and New York, 185G, pp. 262. Hesperus, and 0th kr Poems and Lyrics. Montreal and King- ston, 1860, pp. 186. Our Norland. Toronto (1896), pp. 14. Sawtell, Mrs. M. Ethelind The Mourner's Tribute; or, Effusions of Melancholy Hours. Montreal, 1840, pp. 271.
Scott, Archibald Of Bloomfield, N. B. Desultory Poems. Hampton, N.B., 1880, pp. 60.
Scott, Duncan Campbell, F.R.S.C Secretary of the Indian Department, Ottawa. Son of Rev. Wm. Scott, Methodist minister. Born at Ottawa, August 2nd, 1862. Appointed clerk in Civil Service at Ottawa, October 8th, 1880. Author of "In the Village of Viger," ten stories of Canadian country life, published by Copeland & Day, Boston. (See Morgan.)
The Magic House, and Other Poems. Ottawa, 1893, pp. 12 + 95. Second Edition, Boston, 1895. Labor and the Angel. Boston, 1898, pp. 59.
Scott, Rev. Frederick George
Church of England clergyman, formerly at Lennoxville, Que., now at Quebec. Born at Montreal, April 7th, 1861. Son of the late Dr. W. E. Scott, Professor of Anatomy at McGill College. Author of "Elton Hazle- wood," published at London, Eng., 1893. (See sketch b}- J. E. Wetherell in Canadian Magazine, January, 1895.) (See sketch, with portrait, by Wm. Van Buren Thompson in the Canadian Home Journal, Toronto, May, 1899, also sketch in The Star, Montreal, July 15th, 1899.) (See Morgan.) The Soul's Quest, and Other Poems. London, Eng., 1888, pp. 10 + 123. My Lattice, and Other Poems. Toronto, 1894, pp 108. The Unnamed Lake, and Other Poems. Toronto, 1897, pp. 48. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CANADIAN POETRY. 53
Scovil, Elizabeth R^
Hymns of Praise and Gladness. Philadelphia, 1896, pp. 32. Contains portrait.
Scriven, Joseph
Born at Dublin, Ireland, about 1820. Graduated at Trinity College, Dublin. Came to Canada about 1856, settled near Rice Lake and became a tutor. Afterwards resided in Port Hope, where he died August 10th, 1886. He published a small volume of poems, printed at Peterboro', Ont. In 1895 the following small volume was issued from the Williamson Press, containing a sketch of the author by Rev. Jas. Cleland. What a Friend We Have in Jesus, and Other Poems. By Joseph Scriven. Port Hope, 1895, pp. 30. Shepminster, John The Iron Pony, and Other Rhymes, Humorous and Satirical. Toronto, 1884, pp. 33.
Sherman, Francis
Of Fredericton, N.B. Born at Fredericton in 1871, graduate of Univer- sity of New Brunswick. Banker.
Matins. Boston, 1896, pp. 58. In Memorabilia Mortis. Cambridge, Mass., 1896, pp. 11. Six sonnets, privately printed at the University Press, December, 1896. A Prelude. 1898, pp. 11. Privately printed.
Sherwood, Harold A Welcome to Albert Prince of Wales, and Other Poems Toronto, 1860, pp. 48.
Simson, Letitia F.
Flowers of the Year, and Other Poems. St. John, N.B., 1869, pp. 103.
Skeats, Wilfred S.
The Song of the Exile : A Canadian Epic. Toronto, 1891, pp. 160. Skey, Francis W.
Red Riding-Hood : An Operatic Interlude in Two Acts. Quebec, 1854, pp. 20. )
54 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CANADIAN POETRY.
Skimmings, Eloise A.
Golden Leaves. Goderich, Ont., 1890, pp. 139.
Slader, Arthur
The Conflagrations : Comprising Two Poems. St. John, N.B., 1837, pp. 32. Small, Walter
Native of New Brunswick, formerly of St. John.
Poems and Sonnets. St. John, N.B., 1866, pp. 71.
Smith, Prof. Goldwin, D.CL. Of Toronto. Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford, and formerly Regius Professor of Modern History in the University of Oxford. Born in England in 1823. Came to Canada in 1871. Historian and journalist, (See sketch by C. G. D. Roberts in " Authors at Home " (New York: Cassell & Co., 1888). See "Goldwin Smith at Home," by Frank Yeigh,
in 'I he Book Buyer, April, 1899. Five illustrations. Reprinted in The
Globe, Toronto, May 6th, 1899, p. 6, with nine illustrations. (See Morgan.
Bay Leaves : Translations from the Latin Poets. Toronto^ 1890, pp. 115. Printed for private circulation. Reprinted in New York in 1894. Specimens of Greek Tragedy. Translated by Goldwin Smith,
D.CL. -^schylus and Sophocles : Euripides. Two volumes. New York, 1894.
Smith, Lyman C, B.A. Principal of the High School, Oshawa, Ont. Born in Glanford Township, Wentworth County, September 8th, 1850, graduated at Victoria Uni- versity, Cobourg, Ont., in 1877. Classical Master Guelph Collegiate
Institute, 1877 to 1882 ; since then at Oshawa.
Mabel Gray, and Other Poems. Toronto, 1896, pp. 131.
Smith, Martin F.
Bom about 1840. A lover of Burns. Farming near Hamilton. A Book of Canadian and American Poems. Hamilton^ 1863, pp. 316. " The unpolished style of a countryman." Smith, Mary Barry Of St. John, N.B.
Jubilee Poem. St. John, N.B., 1887. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CANADIAN POETRY. 55
Smith, Rev. Wm. Wye
Of St. Cath-aTt«e6,-0ftt. ©orn in Scotland, 1827. Came to Ontario in 1837. Congregational minister. Journalist, formerly editor of The Canadian Independent. (See Morgan.)
Alazon, and Other Poems. Toronto, 1850, pp. 125.
Poems. Toronto, 1888, pp. 265.
Smythe, Albert E. S.
Of Toronto. Born in 1861, at Gracehill, Antrim County, Ireland. Came to Canada in 1889. (See Morgan.)
Poems, Grave and Gay. Toronto, 1891, pp. 184.
Spedon, Andrew Learmont
Born at Edinburgh, Scotland, August 2 1st, 1831. Teacher, farmer and journalist in Quebec. Removed to Bermuda, where he died, September 26th, 1884.
The Woodland Warbler : A Collection of English and Scottish Songs and Poems. Montreal, 1857, pp. 132.
The Canadian Minstrel. Montreal, 1870, pp. 112.
Spencer, Agnes (Mrs. H. H. Spencer), of Brooklin, Ont.
The Logs' Lament. N.p., 1898, pp. 14.
Illustrated frontispiece of " The Old Log House," erected 1834.
Spencer, Hiram Ladd Born at Castleton, Vermont, April 28th, 1829. Came to New Brunswick in 1857. Journalist. (See Dominion Illustrated, August, 1892, p. 404.) (See Morgan.) A Song of the Years, and a Memory of Acadia. St. John, N.B., 1889. " He issued two volumes before coming to Canada, namely, " Poems (1848), and " Summer Saunterings Away Down East " (1850).
Stafford, Rev. Ezra A., D.D., LL.D.
Born in Elgin County, Ont., in 1839. Entered ministry of Methodist Church in 1860. Graduated as B.A. from Victoria University, Cobourg,
in 1880 ; as LL.B. in 1884, and LL.D. in course in 1889. Died at Hamil- ton, December 21st, 1891.
Recreations. Toronto, 1883, pp. 96. 56 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CANADIAN POETRY.
Stafiford, Dr. Ezra Hurl hurt
Born in 1805. The son of Rev. Dr. E. A. Stafford (above). Graduated M.D. in 1889. Assistant Physician of Asylum for the Insane at Toronto. (See Morgan.)
Christmas Canticle. Toronto, 1895, pp. 20. The Old Village Doctor. Toronto, 1899, pp. 2.
Starke, Richard Griffin Of Montreal.
The Lord of Lanoraie. Montreal, 1898, pp. vii. 92.
Stephens, William A.
Born in Ireland, 1809. Died 18 — . Journalist. Collector of Customs at Owen Sound, Ont.
Hamilton, and Other Poems. Toronto, 1840, pp. 180. A Poetical Geography, and Rhyming Rules for Spelling. Toronto, 1848, pp. 36. Hamilton, and Other Poems' and Lectures. Toronto, 1871, pp. 410.
The Centennial : An International Poem. Toronto, 1878, pp. 72.
Stewart, Alexander Charles Of Toronto.
The Pensioners : A Poem. Toronto, 1890, pp. 16. The Poetical Works of A. C. Stewart. Toronto, 1890, pp. 189.
The Poetical Review : A Brief Notice of Canadian Poets and Poetry. Toronto, 1896, pp. 24.
Stewart, Charles Of Gait, Ont.
The Harp of Strathnaven : A Lay of the Scottish Highlands Evictions, and Other Poems. Gait, 1884, pp. 89.
Stewart, Phillips
Born 1864. Died at Toronto, February 2nd, 1892. (See Dominion Illus- trated, May, 1892.)
Poems. London, Eng., 1887, pp. 89. )
A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CANADIAN POETRY. 57
rStraton, Barry
Born at Fredericton, N.B., December 27th, 1854. Son of Judge Straton. Cousin of Carman and Roberts. Now farming in York County, N.B. (See Morgan. Lays of Love, and Miscellaneous Poems. St. John, N.B., 1884,
pp. 80. The Building of the Bridge. St. John, N.B., 1887.
Stringer, Arthur J. Formerly of London, Ont. Now a journalist in New York. Watchers of Twilight, and Other Poems. London, Ont., 1894, pp. 43. Pauline, and Other Poems. London, 1895, pp. 64. Epigrams. London, 1896, pp. 42.
Sullivan, Alan
Of Toronto. Son of the former Bishop of Algoma. A civil engineer.
Venice, and Other Verse. (Toronto), n.d., pp. 48. The White Canoe, and Other Verse. Toronto, 1891, pp. 30.
Summers, G. Poems. N.d., pp. ix. 84.
Swire, Fred.
Short Poems, and Other Writings. London, Ont., 1877, pp. 109.
Talon-Lesperance, J. See Lesperance.
1^ Taylor, Archibald McAlpine Formerly of Huron County, Ont., afterwards a practising barrister in Toronto and Chicago. Teacher in High School in Ingersoll and Clinton. Deceased.
Boyhood Hours : Comprising a Collection of Simple Poems, Songs and Odes. Toronto, 1881, pp. 178.
Telford, William Born at Leitholm, Berwickshire, Scotland, January 6th, 1828. Came to Canada in 1852, settling first at Peterboro', Ont.; afterwards removed to Smith Township in same county, where he now resides on a farm. The Poems of William Telford, Bard of Peterboro' St, Andrew's Society. Peterboro', Ont., 1887, pp. 156. 58 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CANADIAN POETRY.
Tennyson, Bertram, QC.
Formerly of Moosomin, N.W.T. The Land of Napioa, and Other Essays in Prose and Verse. Moosomin, N.W.T., 1896, pp. 6 + 163.
Thayers, Mrs. M. J. Of Toronto.
A Wreath of Wild Flowers. Toronto, 1877, pp. 79. Buds and Blossoms. Toronto, 1894, pp. 192.
Thomson, John Stuart Now of New York, formerly of Montreal. (See Morgan.)
Estabelle, and Other Verse. Toronto, 1897, pp. 113.
Tolcher, H.
Poems. Calgary, Alta., 1896, pp. 43. Poems. Calgary, Alta., 1897, pp. 90. A Souvenir from Banff. Montreal, 1898, pp. 29. With portrait.
Tovell, Rev. Isaac, D.D.
Methodist minister, now stationed in Toronto.
Golden Wedding-Day : or, Semi-Centennial Pulpit and Pew of Richmond Street Methodist Church, Toronto. Toronto, 1884, pp. 48.
Urquhart, William T.
Poems. Montreal, 1868, pp. 36.
Walker, Sergt. Alexander
A non-commissioned officer of the 71st Highland Light Infantry. Em- ployed in Military Stores Department at Quebec. Assistant editor of The Gazette^ Quebec, 1857 to 1861.
The Knapsack : A Collection of Fugitive Poems. By a Soldier. Kingston, 1853, pp. 132.
Wallace, Rev. M. A.
Roman Catholic priest, of New Brunswick.
Hymns of the Church : The Nativity, and Other Poems. Port- land, Me., 1853, pp. 318. ) )
A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CANADIAN POETRY. 59
Ward, J. G. Journalist, of Montreal, Que., and of Cobourg, Oat. books, with illus- The Sprincx of Life : A Didactic Poem in four trative and didactic notes by the Author. Montreal, 1834,
pp. xii. 228. Waters, Frank Of Cornwall, Ont. Born in Ireland in 1857. Came to Canada in 1879. (See Morgan.
The Water Lily : An Oriental Fairy Tale. Ottawa, 1888, pp. 87. A poem by this author ran through several numbers of IValsh's Maga- zine (Toronto). Watson, Samuel James Born in Ireland, 1837. Came to Canada in 1857. Librarian to the Legis-
lature of Ontario. Died at Toronto, 1 88 1.
The Legend of the Roses : A Poem. Ravlan : A Drama. Toronto, 1876, pp. 228. Watson, W. F.
Born in Carleton County, N.B. ; now in South Carolina. The Children of the Sun, and Miscellaneous Poems. By "Wat." Springfield, Mass., 1886, pp. 104. Webling, Lucy and Peggy Poems and Stories. Toronto. Weir, Arthur
Born at Montreal, June 17th, 1864. Graduated B. So. , at McGill University, " 1886. Journalist ; now living at Montreal. Has in preparation From Paddle to Propeller." (See Morgan.)
Fleur-de-Lys, And Other Poems. Montreal, 1887, pp. 8, 147.
The Romance of Sir Richard : Sonnets, and Other Poems.
Montreal, 1890, pp. 8, 121. The Snowflake, and Other Poems. Montreal, 1897, pp.
8, 144. Wetherald, Miss Ethelwyn Of Fenwick, Ont. Born at Rockwood, Ont. Wrote for The Globe under the pen-name of "Bel Thistlethwaite. " Author of "The Algonquin Maiden " in collaboration with G. Mercer Adam. (See Morgan. Tbe House of the Trees, and Other Poems. Boston, New York and Toronto, 1895, pp. 94. 60 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CANADIAN POETRY.
Whitman, James, B.A. A Barrister-at-Law of Nova Scotia.
Canada : A Ballad in Three Parts. Halifax, N.S., 1885, pp. 23.
Wicksteed, Gustavus W., Q.C
Born at Liverpool, Eiig., December 21st, 1799. Came to Canada, 1821. For many years law clerk to House of Commons. In Dominion Civil Service October, 1828, to February 1st, 1887. Died at Ottawa, August 18th, 1898.
Waifs in Verse. Montreal, 1878, pp. xvi, 137, viii. Continued in 1891 and in 1894.
The Excommunicated : An Episode in the History of Canada.
N.p., n.d., pp. 6.
In French, by Louis Frechette ; in English, by G. \V. W.
Wilkins, Miss Harriet Annie Of Hamilton. (" Harriet Annie.")
TiiK Holly Branch. Hamilton, 1851, pp. 140.
The Acacia. Hamilton, 1860, pp. 128. Second Edition, Ham- ilton, 1863, pp. 200. Autumn Leaves. Hamilton, 1869, pp. 87.
Wayside Flowers. Toronto, 1876, pp. 255.
Victor Roy : A Masonic Poem. Hamilton, 1882, pp. 128.
Wilkinson, J. R. Lieut. -Colonel, of Leamington, Ont. Canadian Battlefields, and Other Poems. Toronto, 1899, pp. 292.
Willard, Mrs. F. J. " Of Louisiana."
A Life Idyl. Hamilton, Ont., 1869, pp. 92.
Williamson, Dr. A. J. Journalist, of Ancaster, Ont.
Original Poems on Various Subjects. Toronto, 1836, pp. 151
There is a God, with Other Poems. Toronto, 1839, pp. 24.
Devotional Poems. Toronto, 1840, pp. 24. ,
A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CANADIAN POETRY. 61
Wilson, Sir Daniel Born at Edinburgh, Scotland, January 5th, 1816. Came to Canada in 1853 as Professor of History and English Literature at University College, Toronto. President of Toronto University, 1881 to 1892. Died August 6th, 1892. Author of " Memorials of Edinburgh in the Olden Time," "Prehistoric Man," etc. See sketch by Dr. George Stewart in Dominion Illustrated Monthly, November, 1892 (portrait). See In Memoriam^ by Wm. Kingsford, in Transactions of Royal Society of Canada, 1893,'
Spring Wild Flowers. London, Eng., 1875, pp. 243.
This was a reprint of a volume issued many years before under the ingenious nom de plume of " Wil. D'Leina, Esq., of the Outer Temple."
Willson, David Of York County. Hymns and Prayers for the Children of Sharon. New- market, 1846, pp. iv. 108. Another Edition, 1849, pp. 207. To be sung in worship on Sabbath days.
Wingfield, Alex. H. Of Hamilton. Died, 189—.
Poems and Songs, in Scotch and English. Hamilton, 1873, pp.. 255. Wright, Frederick Born in Ireland. Came to Canada in 1833. Resided at or near Brockville,
Wayside Pencillings. Ogdensburg, N.Y., 1855, pp. 200.
Lays op a Pilgrim. Brockville, Ont., 1864, pp. 150.
Wright, Rev. R. Walter Methodist minister.
The Dream of Columbus. Toronto, 1894, pp. 64.
Wylie, David
Journalist, of Brockville, Ont. Born in Scotland, 1811. Came to Canada in 1845. Died December 21st, 1891. For many years proprietor and editor of The Recorder, Brockville, and " Poet laureate " of the Canadian Press Association. Recollections of a Convict, and Miscellaneous Pieces in Prose and Verse. Montreal, 1847, pp. 200. Metrical Waifs from The Thousand Islands. Brockville, Ont., 1869, pp. 62. "
62 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CANADIAN POETRY.
Young, T. F. Of Huron County, Ont.
Canada, and Other Poems. Toronto, 1887, pp. H7.
Yule, Mrs. J. C ("P.S.V.") (Miss Pamela S. Vining), of Ingersoll, Ont. Prior to marriage, teacher in the Canadian Literary College, Woodstock, Ont. Died March 6th, 1897. Poems of the Heart and Home. Toronto, 1881, pp. 8, 220.
Anonymous
Constance : A Lay of the Olden Time. By Maple Leaf. Montreal, 1874, pp. 50. An Address to the Liegemen of Every British Colony and Province in the World. By a Friend to his Species.
Kingston, 1822, pp. 13. (See Gagnon.)
The Charivari : or, Canadian Poetics ; A Tale after the manner of Beppo. Montreal, 1824, pp. 48. Authorship attributed to Launcelot Langstaff.
Leaves from the Backwoods. Montreal, 1862, pp. 166. The Beauties of Belleville. (See under " Breeze.")
Maple Leaves. By Susie D. London, Ont., 1871, pp. 200. A Legend of Marathon. By an Ontario Judge. (See under "Hagarty.") The Widow of the Rock, and Other Poems. By a Lady. Montreal, 1824, pp. vi. 192.
' See under ' Blennerhasset. ScRAP.s AND Sketches; or, The Album of a Literary Lounger. Montreal, 1831, pp. 246.
Prose and poetry, chiefly prose.
Vacation Verse. By W. M. M. Montreal, 1891, pp. 23.
Songs of a Sophomore. By W. M. M. Montreal, 1892, pp. 24.
The Norman Conquest ; The Saguenay. Montreal, 1860, pp. 237, 31.
By the late Justice Cornwallis Monck.
The Canadian Temperance Minstrel. Montreal, 1842, pp.
vi. 108. "
A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CANADIAN POETRY. 63
Anonymous. — Continued.
The Book-keeper, and Song of the Bell. By Mercator. Montreal, 1868, pp. 61. The Final Crisis. (Wm. Spiers.) Toronto, 1882.
The Two Elders, and the Meal Club Plot. By Toots. Toronto, 1856, pp. 16. The King of the Beavers. By Sam Scribble. Montreal, 1865, pp. 20.
Dolorsolatio : A Local Political Burlesque. By Sam Scribble. Montreal, 1865, pp. 22.
Orpheus and Eurydice. By Sam Scribble. 1866, pp. 25.
The Unspecific Scandal. Ottawa, 1874, pp. 19. OoucHiCHiNG Carols. (See <'Mrs. McKinnell.")
Hours of Childhood, and Other Poems. Montreal, 1820, pp. 94. Probably by a native of United States. Canada. A descriptive poem, written at Quebec, 1805. With satires, imitations, and sonnets. Quebec (1806), pp. 52.
Beminiscences of a Soldier. Toronto, 1843, pp. 118.
Variety : Poetry and Prose by the Bard of Niagara. Montreal, 1872, pp. 254.
Canada : A Satire. By one of her sons. N.p., n.d., pp. 24. "There's something rotten in the State of Denmark."
Warblings and Wailings of Leisure Hours. By Scotus.
Three Rivers, Que., 1859, pp. 4, 78.
A Military Mite to the Mountain of Literatqre : or, The
Rhymes of a Redcoat. Quebec, 1858, pp. 140. By , of Quebec. Published for the benefit of the India Relief Fund. "To the troops in the Garrison of Quebec.
Hunting Adventures in Utopia. Toronto, 1880, pp. 30. The Logs' Lament. (See "Mrs. Spencer.")
The Young Minstrel : Being a Collection of Original and Selected Juvenile Songs. Published by E. W. Bliss, pub- lisher of music, at the Toronto, 1843, pp. 31. Derry Harmonist. By "A Prentice Boy." Ottawa, 1861. 64 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CANADIAN POETRY.
Anonymous.— Continued.
A Month in the Marsh. By Saw-waw-goosh, or The Yellow Fox. Chatham, Ont., 1860, pp. 32.
Descriptive Sketches of Nova Scotia, in prose and verse. By a Nova Scotian. Halifax, N.S., 1864.
The Christian's Wedding Ring, containing five Letters and a series of Poems. Written by a Lady with the sincere desire of sowing the seeds of union in the Christian Church. Montreal, 1874, pp. 287.
A Memory. By E. J. C. Toronto, 1874, pp. viii.
A Song of Charity. Toronto, 1857, pp. 80.
The above two volumes are by Prof. Chapman (g. v.)
Curious Facts. Toronto, 1895, pp. 124.
Proceedings of the Toronto Tandem Club, 1839, 1840, 1841. Toronto, 1841, pp. 66. A collection of humorous poems.
Rhymes for the Times : Original Poems on Popery, Slavery and Intemperance. By a Protestant. Montreal, 1857.
Curiae Canadknses ; or. The Canadian Law Courts. By Plinius Secundus. Toronto, 1843, pp. 44, appendix.
According to Dr. Scadding, in The, Canadian Journal, April, 1877, the author of this volume was an English barrister named John Rumsey, at one time a resident of Toronto. According to a manuscript note in a copy owned by Mr. Lawrence Heyden, of Toronto, the author was a Mr. Baldwin, an Irish barrister residing near Shanty Bay, Simcoe County, Ont. He returned to Ireland about 1845.
Miscellaneous Entries.
The Maple Leaf. By Alexander Muir, Public School Teacher of Toronto. (See TAe Canadian Magazine, December, 1895.)
My Own Canadian Home. By E. G. Nelson, of St. John, N.B.,
The poem, with music by Morley McLaughlin, of St. John, is to be found in The Canadian Home. Journal for March Ist, 1898. Illustrated. Mr. Nolson is also the author of other patriotic poems. (See under "Nelson.") A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CANADIAN POETRY. 65
Miscellaneous Rntries.— Continued. Tramp, Tramp, Tramp, the Boys are Marching was composed in 1866, by Lachlan McGoun, a painter and decorator by trade.
Mr. McGoun was born in Glasgow in 1837 ; came to Canada about 1857,
And first settled in Montreal, later lived in Port Hope ; moved to Napanee about 1867, where he died November 11th, 1896, death resulting from a fall from a scaffold while painting in the Public School building. He served at the time of the Fenian Raid of 1866 in the artillery under Capt. Kennedy, and composed this popular poem at that time. The Land of the Maple. Words and music by H. H. Godfrey, of Toronto, will be found in The Canadian Maga- zine, January, 1898.
Emigration. By Henry Scadding. The prize poem, as recited on 20th December, 1832, at the Upper Canada College-
Printed in The Canadian Literary Magazine, No. 1, April, 1833, York, U.C.
The Grand Magazine of Universal Intelligence and Monthly Chronicle of our own Time (London, Eng.), for the year 1759, contains a notice of the appearance of the following
poem which is entered here since it was written at an early
date in what is now part of Canada : The Reduction of Louisbourgh. A Poem. Wrote on board
His Majesty's Ship Or/ord, in Louisbourgh Harbor. By
Valentine Neville, Esq. ; Is., Owen.
Anthologies of Canadian Poetry.
Selections from Canadian Poets, with occasional critical and biographical notes, and an introductory essay on Canadian
poetry by Edward Hartley Dewart. Montreal, 1864, pp. xix. 304.
This was the first collection of Canadian verse (English). The author
and editor was Rev. Dr. Dewart {q. v.), himself a poet and critic of recognized ability. This book is somewhat scarce, and should be the foundation volume of a collection of Canadian poetry.
Songs of the Great Dominion : Voices from the Forests and Waters, the Settlements and Cities of Canada. Selected and edited by William Douw Lighthall, M.A., of Montreal. 5 66 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CANADIAN POETRY.
Anthologies of Canadian Poetry. — Continued.
London, Eng., 1889, pp. xxxvii. 465. Introduction and biographical notes.
This volume from the press of Walter Scott appeared in two different
editions. It is still in demand and forms a good companion or supplement to Dr. Dewart's collection. It appears in *' The Canterbury Poets" under the title "Canadian Poems and Lays." (See under " Lighthall.")
Poems of Wild Life. Selected and edited by Charles G. D. Roberts, M.A. Tx)ndon, 1888.
This is one of the volumes in the series, "The Canterbury Poets." It contains poems by John Hunter-Duvar, Arthur W. Eaton, Agnes M. Machar, Charles Mair, C. G. D. Roberts and Chas. Sangster, with short biographical notes.
American Humorous Verse. Selected and edited by James. Barr.
This volume in " The Canterbury Poets," selected and edited by the Canadian-born journalist, James Barr, contains verse by Robert Barr, W. H. Drummond, George T. Lanigan, John E. Logan, Wm. Wye Smith,, with short biographical notes.
American Sonnets. Selected and edited by William Sharp.
This is another volume of " The Canterbury Poets," published by Walter Scott, of London, England. There are selections from Charles. Heavysege, Archibald Lampman and C. G. D. Roberts.
The Canadian Birthday Book. Compiled by Mrs. S. Frances Harrison. Published in 1889.
Patriotic Recitations and Arbor Day Exercises. Compiled by Geo. W. Ross, LL.D., Minister of Education, Ontario.. Toronto, 1893, pp. xii. 374.
This book contains 83 pages of patriotic poems by Canadian writers.
Later Canadian Poems. Edited by J. E. Wetherall, B.A. Toronto, 1893, pp. ix. 187.
This book contains selections from the poems of Geo. Frederick Cameron, William Wilfred Campbell, Bliss Carman, Archibald Lampman, Chas. G. D. Roberts, Duncan Campbell Scott, Frederick George Scott,
(with portraits) ; also poems by E. Pauline Johnson, S. Frances Harrison, Agnes Maule Machar, Ethelwyn Wetherald, Sara Jeannette Duncan and Isabella Valancy Crawford. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CANADIAN POETRY. 67
Anthologies of Canadian Poetry. — Continued.
-A Victorian Anthology, 1837-1895. Selections, illustrating the editor's critical review of British poetry in the reign of Victoria. Edited by Edmund Clarence Stedman. Boston and New York, 1896, pp. xl. 744.
Pages 63.3 to 676 are given to Canada, and comprise poems by Susanna 'Strickland Moodie, Chas. D. Shanly, Chas. Heavysege, John Hunter Duvar, Chas. Mair, John E. Logan, George Murray, Geo Frederick Cameron, Isabella Valancy Crawford, W. D. Lighthall, Chas. G. D. Roberts, Wm. Wilfred Campbell, Frederick George Scott, Elizabeth G. Roberts, Archibald Lampraan, Bliss Carman, S. Frances Harrison, Duncan Campbell Scott, Gilbert Parker, E. Pauline Johnson, Arthur Weir and -Ethelwyn Wetherald.
^Sladen, Douglas, B.A. : Younger American Poets. New York, 1891, pp. 517-633. Contains appendix, "Younger Canadian Poets," edited by Goodridge Bliss Roberts, of St. John, N.B.
.Ross, John D., LL.D. : A Cluster of Poets, Scottish and Ameri- can. New York, 1897.
This book contains portraits and biographical sketches, with selec- tions from the following Canadian poets : Rev. Duncan Anderson, John Imrie, William T. James, Rev. A. J. Lockhart, Rev. Dr. Burton W. Lockhart, John Macfarlane, George Martin, Robert Reid, Rev. W. W. Smith, and Albert E. S. Smythe. A Treasury of Canadian Verse. Edited by Dr. T. H. Rand, of Mc Master University, Toronto. With biographical notes. To be issued in 1899. The Caledonian Society of Toronto has had in preparation for some time a collection of Scottish-Canadian poetry.
Articles on Canadian Poets in Magazines, Ete.
."Some Canadian Women Writers. By Dr. Thomas O'Hagan, in Catholic Worlds September, 1896.
Many portraits of writers of poetry and of prose. vSoME Canadian Writers of To-day. By W. Blackburn Harte, in New England Magazine^ Boston, September, 1890.
Illustrated with portraits of Goldwin Smith, Sir Daniel Wilson, A. Lampman, W. W\ Campbell, C. G. D. Roberts, Grant Allen, Agnes M. 68 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CANADIAN POETRY.
Articles on Canadian Poets in Magazines, Etc. — Continued.
Machar, Sara J. Duncan, Ethelwyn Wetherald, J. Hunter-Duvar, Nicholas Flood Davin, Chas. Mair, W. D. Lighthall, and others (prose writers).
Canadian Poetry. By John A. Cooper (editor of The Canadian Magazine), in The National Review, May, 1897. Edward Arnold, publisher. New York and London.
GoLDWiN Smith at Home. By Frank Yeigh, in The Book BuyeVy. New York, April, 1899. Five illustrations of Professor Smith and his home, " The Grange," Toronto.
Bengough : An Artist of Righteousness. J. W. Bengough,. Canadian Caricaturist and Humorous Poet. By Dr. With- row, in The Methodist Magazine, Toronto. Illustrated.
Canada : An Encyclopaedia of the Country. Edited by J. Castell Hopkins. Vol. V. includes the following articles, containing
much information as to the poets and poetry of Canada : A Review of Canadian Literature. By the Editor. French-Canadian Literature and Journalism. By Ben- jamin Suite, F.R.S.C. English Literature and Journalism in Quebec. By John Reade, F.R.S.C. A Sketch op Canadian Poetry. By Prof. A. B. DeMille,. M.A. Canadian Women Writers. By Thos. O'Hagan, M.A.,. Ph.D.
This same volume contains portraits of C. G. D. Roberts, Wra. Kirby,, Chas. Sangster, Gilbert Parker, Dr. Geo. Stewart, John Reade, A. Lamp- man, W. W. Campbell and Hon. T. D'Arcy McGee.
Acta Victoriana (Victoria University, Toronto), in its Christmas- number, 1898, contains portraits of Gilbert Parker, D. 0. Scott, J. W. Bengough, W. W. Campbell, A. Lampman, Dr. Theodore H. Rand, Dr. Goldwin Smith, C. G. D. Roberts, Dr. G. W. Ross, Miss Wetherald, Hon. David Mills and Bernard McEvoy. The same nural)er contains^ many Canadian poems, including "The Minstrel," by Archi-
bald Lampman, dated Ottawa, November, 1898, the last. poem published by him before his death. —
A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CANADIAN POETRY. 69
Articles on Canadian Poets in Magazines, Etc Continued,
Proceedings and Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada. Vol. II., 1884. " The Poets of Canada." By John Lesperance. Vol. XL, 1893. "Our Intellectual Strength and Weakness." By Dr. John George Bourinot.
This was issued in separate enlarged form under same title. Part of it deals with Canadian poets and their poetry. Vol. XIL, 1894. " Bibliography of the Members of the Royal Society of Canada." By Dr. John George Bourinot.
This valuable bibliography contains full lists to date of the publications of W. W. Campbell, Rev. ^neas Mel). Dawson, William Kirby, Evan MacColl, Charles Mair, George Murray, Rev. Cornelius O'Brien, John Reade and Chas. G. D. Roberts.
Some Canadian Noms-de-Plume, identified with samples of the writings to which they are appended, by Henry Scadding» D.D., in The Canadian Journal. The Journal for April, 1877, pp. 449-457, deals with the following
Canadian poets and their writings : " Roseharp." James M. Cawdell. % " A Canadian." James Lynne Alexander. "Erie-US." Adam Hood Burwell. " Plinius Seoundus." John Rumsey. " Claud Halcro." John Breakenridge. " Zadig." John Hawkins Hagarty. "Isidore." Isidore G. Ascher. Prof. Chapman. " Wil. D' Leina." Prof. Daniel Wilson.
List of Articles in " Canadian Magazine."
September, 1893, " C. G. D. Roberts." By T. G. Marquis. October, 1893, "Thomas O'Hagan." By Emily McManus. January, 1894—"Wm. Wilfred Campbell." By Colin A. Scott. March, 1894, " Donald McCaig." By David Boyle. April, 1894, "Archibald Larapman." By A. J. Stringer. October, 1894, "Joseph Howe. I." By Hon. J. W. Longley. November, 1894, "Joseph Howe. II." By Hon. J. W. Longley. January, 1895, " Frederick G. Scott." By J. E. Wetherell. 70 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CANADIAN POETRY.
List of Articles in "Canadian Magazine."— Continued.
October, 1895— ** Isabella Valancy Crawford." By E. J. Hatha- way. December, 1895, "Alexander Muir." By J. A. Cooper. May, 1896, "Charles Sangster." By Dr. Dewart. Deceml^er, 1896, "Canadian Poetry." By Gordon Waldron. March, 1897, " A Vindication." By A. B. DeMille. November, 1897, "Alex. McLachlan." By D. McCaig. June, 1898, "Frederick G. Scott." By Principal Adams. May, 1899, " Dr. W. H. Drummond." By E. Q. Y. July, 1899, "William McLennan." By E. Q. V.
Pen-Names of Canadian Poets.
Algonquin—William Pittman Lett. Allid —Geo. T. Lanigan. Angus Evan Abbott—James Barr. Barry Dane—John E. Logan. Caris Sima—^iss C. Mountcastle. Cinna— Robert Baldwin Sullivan. Claud Halcro—John Breakenridge. Cousin Sandy—John Eraser. Erie-US—Adam Hood Burwell. F. A. D.— Frederick A. Dixon. Fidelis —Miss A. M. Machar. Fleurange— Mrs. Lefevre. Garth Grafton—Sara Jeanette Duncan. Gowan Lea—Miss Mary Morgan. Harriet Annie— Mrs. Wilkins. Isidore—Isidore G. Ascher. J. A. R.— J. A. Ritchie. John Arbory—John Macfarlane. Judson France— Davidson, Keppel Strange—W. E. Hunt. Khan, The—R. K. Kernighan. Laclede—J. T. Lesperance.
Maude ) Clotilda Jennings. Mileta J 71 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CANADIAN POETRY.
Pen- Names of Canadian Poets.— Continued.
Nora—Mrs. McDougall. Pastor Felix—A. J. Lockhart. Plinius Secundus—John Rumsey. P. S. v.—Mrs. J. C. Yule. R. E. M., Miss. —Mrs. Leprohon. R. A. P. —Rhoda Ann Page. Rob. Wanlock—Robert Reid. Roseharp—James M. Cawdell. S. A. C—Mrs. S. A. Curzon. Sarepta—E. B. Brownlow. Sauda—W. L. Forsyth. Seranus—Mrs. Harrison. Talon— J. T. Lesperance. William Talbot—W. T. Allison. Zadig—John Hawkins Hagarty. The Bard of Amaranth—Alexander McLachlan. The Bard of Hemewood—John Hunter Duvar. The Bard of Loch Fyne—Evan McColl. The Blind Bard of Megantic—A. McKillop. ADDENDA/
Bannerman, Frances
Mrs. Bannerman is a daughter of Hon. A. G. Jones, of Halifax, N.S. Milestones: A Collection of Verses. London, Eng., 1899.
Bengough, J. W.
Medley : Verses Lively and Severe. In press.
Frame, Elizabeth Native of Nova Scotia. Sketches in Prose and Verse.
Hunt, Robert OfSorel, Que. A Canadian Colonist's Welcome, and Thirty-Two Acrostics. Montreal, 1860, pp. 52.
Machar Agnes Maule ("Fidelis") Lays of the "True North," and other Canadian Poems. London, Eng., and Toronto, Ont., 1899, pp. xii, 243.
Medley, Bishop Of Fredericton, N.B. Author of an admirable translation in blank verse of the Book OF Job.
Spedon, Andrew Learmont Tales for Canadian Homes, Prose and Verse. Montreal,
1872, pp. 112.
Wanless, Andrew Born in Scotland. For many years bookseller in Toronto, whence he moved to Detroit, where he died.
Poems and Songs. Detroit, 1872, pp. 168. Second Edition, Detroit, 1873, pp. 192.
* The Editor is indebted to Mr. E. B. Biggar, Toronto, for most of these additional entries, suggested after an examination of the proof pages of the book.
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