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A Short Biography of Robert Williams Buchanan

Author Name:

Robert Williams Buchanan

Born As:

Robert Williams Buchanan

Other Names:

Robert Williams Buchanan

Born:

1841

Died:

1901




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Novelist, Dramatist and Poet                          
Selected Works:

The Drama of Kings - 1871
St Abe and his Seven Wives, a lively tale of Salt Lake City, Utah, published anonymously in 1872
Balder the Beautiful - 1877
The City of Dream - 1888
The Outcast: a Rhyme for the Time - 1891
The Wandering Jew - 1893.
His earlier novels, The Shadow of the Sword, and God and the Man - 1881. A tale of a family feud.
The Martyrdom of Madeline - 1882
Foxglove Manor - 1885
Effie Hetherington - 1896
Father Anthony - 1898
David Gray and other Essays, chiefly on Poetry - 1868
Master Spirits - 1873
A Poet's Sketch Book - 1883, in which the interesting essay on Gray is reprinted
A Look round Literature - 1887, and the previous volume contain Buchanan's chief contributions to periodical literature
The Land of Lorne - 2 vols., 1871, a vivid record of yachting experiences on the west coast of Scotland.
                          
The son of Robert Buchanan - 1813-1866.