Poet and novelist. Lived at Hooley Hill, Audenshaw, Lancashire. Author of *Wildings
from the Field of Song* (1879). In the Preface to this volume, Barstow states he is
twenty-three years old, which is the basis for his birthdate. This poet should not
to be confused with Charles H. Barstow (-1908), the American poet. The *Chambers’s
Journal* ledger entries for his poems list his address as 41 Nicholls St, Hyde Rd,
Manchester (poem published 23 August 1884; NLS Dep 341/369), 72 Mornington St, Stockport
Rd, Manchester (poem published 19 April 1890; NLS Dep 341/370), and 37 Milton St,
Stockport Road, Manchester (poem published 27 June 1896; NLS Dep 341/371). Biographical
information: Reilly, *Mid-Victorian Poetry*, p. 31; *At the Circulating Library*.
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