John William Garvin
Encyclopedia
John William Garvin was a Canadian
publisher and teacher in Toronto
. He was also the husband of the writer known as Katherine Hale, the pen name of Amelia Beers Warnock.
Garvin was a prolific editor and published numerous literary anthologies.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
publisher and teacher in Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
. He was also the husband of the writer known as Katherine Hale, the pen name of Amelia Beers Warnock.
Garvin was a prolific editor and published numerous literary anthologies.
Selected works
- Garvin, J. W. (ed): The collected poems of Isabella Valancy CrawfordIsabella Valancy CrawfordIsabella Valancy Crawford was an Irish-born Canadian writer and poet. She was one of the first Canadians to make a living as a freelance writer....
, Toronto: W. Briggs, 1905. With an introduction by Ethelwyn Wetherald. - Garvin, J. W. (ed): Canadian Poets, Toronto, Canada: McClelland, Goodchild & Stewart, Publishers, 1916; with a second, updated edition 1926.
- Garvin, J. W. (ed): Wanderings of an Artist: Among the Indians of North America, The Radisson Socienty of Canada Ltd, Toronto, 1925. A republication of Paul KanePaul KanePaul Kane was an Irish-born Canadian painter, famous for his paintings of First Nations peoples in the Canadian West and other Native Americans in the Oregon Country....
's original travel account from 1859 with an introduction by Lawrence J. Burpee. - Garvin, J. W. (ed): Voyages from Montreal on the river St. Laurence through the continent of North America to the frozen and Pacific Oceans in the years 1789 and 1793 : with a preliminary account of the rise, progress, and present state of the fur trade of that country by Alexander MacKenzie, The Radisson Socienty of Canada Ltd, Toronto, 1927.