WILLIAM CANTON
William
Canton was a writer and journalist best remembered now for A Child's
Book of Saints although a hundred years ago his collections of stories
and poems written for his daughter were widely appreciated: The Invisible
Playmate; W.V. Her Book; and (after her death at the age of eleven)
In Memory of W.V. I've always liked his writing style (if not always
the content) except for his over-enthusiasm for semicolons, and since none
of his work seems to have been reproduced on the Net I decided to upload
some of it here, now that he's in the public domain (William Canton died
in 1926). I'll add further items to those here, as occasion serves.
Beside a Summer Fire
Chimney Flowers
The Hermit of the Pillar
The Story of the Lost Brother
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April 9th 2004