Edward S. Caswell
Edward Samuel Caswell was a Canadian librarian, publisher, and editor. He was born in Goderich, Ontario (at that time Canada West) in 1861. He was for many years the manager of the book publishing department of the Methodist Book and Publishing House in Toronto (which later evolved into the Ryerson Press), and in that capacity did much to advance literature in Canada. Among the writers he championed were William Wilfred Campbell, Isabella Valancy Crawford, Agnes Christina Laut, Charles Mair, Nellie McClung, Catharine Parr Traill, and Ethelwyn Wetherald. He began working at the Methodist Book and Publishing House in 1881 and was put in charge of book publishing in 1892; he continuted in the latter role until his resignation in 1909. He worked subsequently at the Toronto Public Library and died in 1938.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
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- ^ Caswell, Edward S. (24 November 1909). "Canadian Literature" (PDF). The Christian Guardian. LXXX (47). Toronto: 8.
- ^ Caswell, Edward S. (April 1913). "Time on Our Side". The Canadian Magazine. 40 (6). Toronto: 581–582. ASIN B0BKZGMXYR.
- ^ Caswell, Edward S., ed. (1925). Canadian Singers and Their Songs: A Collection of Portraits, Autograph Poems, and Brief Biographies. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, Limited. ASIN B0BFKYJ2WK.
- ^ Fiskney, Janet B. (Fall 1995). "Beyond the Shadow of William Briggs, Part I: Setting the Stage and Introducing the Players". Papers of the Bibliographical Society of Canada. 33 (2). Toronto: The Bibliographical Society of Canada. doi:10.33137/pbsc.v33i2.17963. ISSN 2562-8941.
- ^ Peterman, Michael A.; Fiskney, Janet B. (Fall 1995). "Booming' the Canuck Book: Edward Caswell and the Promotion of Canadian Writing". Journal of Canadian Studies. 30 (3). Toronto: University of Toronto Press: 60–90. doi:10.3138/jcs.30.3.60.
- ^ Friskney, Janet B. "Edward Caswell and His Editorial Influence". Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ^ "Books and Authors". Saturday Night. 23 (2). Toronto: Saturday Night, Limited: 7. 23 October 1909.