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Leclaire (1954: 197): “Born at Darlington, County of Durham. Educated at Lincoln. A Non-Conformist Minister. Worked with an architect. He lived in Lancashire, and had the ambition to become the novelist of that county in its industrial aspect, and in its villages”.
WORKS
1895. Lancashire Idylls. London: Frederick Warne & Co. SC. EDD.
“Eight stories of the Lancashire country-folk. Dialect. Much in the Barrie tradition” (Leclaire 1954:197)
1896. The Sign of the Wooden Shoon. London: Frederick Warne & Co. SC. EDD.
“A pathetic story of Lancashire county folk, not without humour” (Leclaire 1954: 197)
1898. By Roaring Loom. London: J. Bowden. Not in EDD.
“Idylls of Lancashire operatives” (Leclaire 1954: 197)
KINGKONG PROJECT
Rev, James Marshall MATHER (M: 1851 May 9 - 1916 May 16)
Life And Teachings Of John Ruskin [b|?]
Popular Studies In Nineteenth Century Poets [n|?]
14414 Lancashire Idylls [s|1895]
The Sign Of The Wooden Shoon [n|?]
By Roaring Loom [n|?]
Rambles Round Rossendale (1st series) [n|?]
Rambles Round Rossendale (2nd series) [n|?]
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT HIS LIFE AND WORKS SEE
Suderland, John. 1989. The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction. Stanford: University Press: 451
Thomas, Treford. 1999. “Lancashire and the Cotton-mill in Late Victorian Fiction”. Manchester Region History Review 13: 44-51.
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LITERARY DIALECTS
1800-1950
NORTH
LANCASHIRE PROSE
James Marshall Mather
(1851-1916)
(1895)
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