Showing 131–140 of 171 results
Elaine Maud Catley, poet, was born Nov. 14, 1889 in Bath, England, daughter of Frederick Charles and Annie Matilda (Whittington) Clark. She married Sidney Charles William Catley on Dec. 29, 1915 and moved with him to Calgary, Alberta in 1920. She contributed poems and articles to Canadian and British periodicals as well as to supplementary…
Myrtle Reynolds Adams received her formal education in public and private schools in London, Ontario, at Western University and at Queen’s University. During twenty years spent in the United States she published articles and fiction in various national magazines, was twice poet laureate of the Michigan State Federation of Women’s Clubs, and also president of…
Rich man, poor man By E. H. Burr; Ryerson Poetry Chapbook Series published by Ronald P. Frye and Co, Book Publishers, Toronto Canada. Poems by Twentieth Century Canadian poets, Cover art by Katharine Vingoe-Cram. Finely touched to all fine issues, Everett Harold L Burr, born in 1894 in the village of Bloomfield, Prince Edward County,…
Music of earth By Bliss Carman; Ryerson Poetry Chapbook Series published by Ronald P. Frye and Co, Book Publishers, Toronto Canada. Poems by Twentieth Century Canadian poets, Cover art by Brittany Roberts. “Bliss Carman was the great-granddad of United Empire Loyalists who fled to Nova Scotia after the American Revolution, settling in New Brunswick (then…
Spirit of israel By Hyman Edelstein; Ryerson Poetry Chapbook Series published by Ronald P. Frye and Co, Book Publishers, Toronto Canada. Poems by Twentieth Century Canadian poets, Cover art by Andrew Farrugia. “Born in Dublin, Ireland, Hyman Edelstein was educated at the famous Dublin High School and at Dublin University, of which he was a…
The naiad and five other poems By Marjorie L. C. Pickthall; Ryerson Poetry Chapbook Series published by Ronald P. Frye and Co, Book Publishers, Toronto Canada. Poems by Twentieth Century Canadian poets, Cover art by Sophia Erdahl. “From a hitherto undiscovered manuscript book now in the possession of her father, Arthur C. Pickthall of Toronto,…
Hearing a far call By M. Eugenie Perry; Ryerson Poetry Chapbook Series published by Ronald P. Frye and Co, Book Publishers, Toronto Canada. Poems by Twentieth Century Canadian poets, Cover art by Ryan Buckley. “M. Eugenie Perry is a third generation Canadian, born in Kirk-held, Ontario, of Irish-Scotch parents. She lived for many years in…
Aphrodite By John Heath; Ryerson Poetry Chapbook Series published by Ronald P. Frye and Co, Book Publishers, Toronto Canada. Poems by Twentieth Century Canadian poets, Cover art by Amy Funk. JohnHeath was born in England in 1917, but came to Canada when he was three. he was brought up on a Saskatchewan farm, and educated…
Litany before the dawn of fire By Katherine Hale; Ryerson Poetry Chapbook Series published by Ronald P. Frye and Co, Book Publishers, Toronto Canada. Poems by Twentieth Century Canadian poets, Cover art by Aaron McLean. Born in Berks, England, Dr. Fewster came to Canada in 1887. He studied medicine in Chicago and Kansas before returning…
In my garden By Jean Kilby Rorison; Ryerson Poetry Chapbook Series published by Ronald P. Frye and Co, Book Publishers, Toronto Canada. Poems by Twentieth Century Canadian poets, Cover art by Ebony Rose. “Mrs. Jean Kilby Rorison was born in Leicester, England… Mrs. Rorison from childhood has had a flair for dainty verse, and many…