J. B.The Chambers’s Journal ledgers gives his details as “Saddler, Ayton,” for his poem
The Dying Year,published on 14 December 1878 (NLS Dep 341/371; 341/294). This presumably indicates that he worked as a saddler. Ayton is a village in Berwickshire, Scotland. (AC)
| Poem title | Date | Periodical | Roles | id # |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Dying Year | 1878-12-14 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal | Poet | 6983 |