John Hartley (1839-1915) was an English poet who worked in the Yorkshire dialect. He wrote a great deal of prose and poetry – often of a sentimental nature – dealing with the poverty of the district. He was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire.
Hartly wrote and edited the Original Illuminated Clock Almanack from 1866 to his death.
Most of Hartley's works are written in dialect.
Hartley wrote a number of books featuring the character "Sammywell Grimes", who has a number of adventures and suffers unfortunate mishaps.
Yorkshire Ditties, First SeriesYorkshire Ditties, Second SeriesYorkshire Tales, First SeriesYorkshire Tales, Second SeriesYorkshire Tales, Third SeriesYorkshire Lyrics (1898)Pensive Poems and Startling StoriesA Rolling Stone. A Tale of Wrongs and RevengeMally An' Me : A selection of Humorous and Pathetic Incidents from the Life of Sammywell Grimes and His Wife Mally (1902)Yorksher Puddin (1876)A Sheaf from the Moorland - A Collection of Original PoemsGrimes' Visit To Th' Queen. A Royal Time Amang RoyaltiesSeets I'Lundun: A Yorkshireman's Ten Days' TripSeets i' Yorkshire and Lancashire or Grimes' Comical Trip from Leeds to Liverpool by CanalSeets i' Blackpool - Grimes at the SeasideSeets i’ Paris - Sammywell Grimes’s trip with his old chum Billy Baccus; his opinion o’th’ French, and th’ French opinion o’th’ exhibition he made ov hissen.Grimes’ Trip to America - Ten letters from Sammywell to John Jones SmithSammywell Grimes An' his Wife Mally Laikin I' Lakeland: A Humorous Account of their Visit to the Home of Famous Poets, &c., &c.