Name James Mille Role Writer | ||
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Died January 28, 1880, Halifax, Canada Books A Strange Manuscript Found in, Cord And Creese, The Living Link, The B O W C (Illustrate, The Lady Of The Ice | ||
A Strange Manuscript Found in a by James De Mille (Book Reading, British English Female Voice)
James De Mille (23 August 1833 – 28 January 1880) was a professor at Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, and an early Canadian popular writer who published numerous works of popular fiction from the late 1860s through the 1870s.
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- A Strange Manuscript Found in a by James De Mille Book Reading British English Female Voice
- Lost in the Fog by James De Mille Book Reading British English Female Voice
- History
- Works
- References
Lost in the Fog by James De Mille (Book Reading, British English Female Voice)
History
He was born in Saint John, New Brunswick, son of the merchant and shipowner, Nathan De Mille. He attended Horton Academy in Wolfville and spent one year at Acadia University. He then travelled with his brother Elisha Budd to Europe, spending half a year in England, France and Italy. On his return to North America, he attended Brown University, from which he obtained a Master of Arts degree during 1854. He married Anne Pryor, daughter of the president of Acadia University, John Pryor, and was there appointed professor of classics. He served there until 1865 when he accepted a new appointment at Dalhousie as professor of English and rhetoric. He continued to write and teach at Dalhousie until his early death at the age of 46.
Works
His most popular work with contemporaries, and the work for which he is most known today, is A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder, which was serialized posthumously in Harper's Weekly, and published in book form by Harper and Brothers of New York City, during 1888.
Other works included the 1867 historical novel Helena's Household: A Tale of Rome in the First Century (the 1890 edition was subtitled : An Ideal of Roman Life in the Time of Paul and Nero), and the following:
The B.O.W.C. Club Series:
Nonfiction:
Many of DeMille's books were originally published in serial form in such periodicals as Harper's Weekly.