Fletcher, J. S. (M)

b. 1863. d. 1935. Nationality: English. VIAF.
Poet, novelist, children’s writer, and journalist. Born in Halifax, Yorkshire, and often wrote about local topics. Contributor to *Leeds Mercury*. Author of several poetry volumes including *Anima Christi* (1884, 1887), *Poems, Chiefly Against Pessimism* (1893), *Ballads of Revolt* (1897). *Chambers’s Journal* ledger entries list his address as 9 Westfield Crescent, Bradford (NLS Dep 341/369, 370). Biographical information: Reilly, *Late Victorian Poetry*, pp. 168-9. (AC)

Poems associated with this person

Total poems: 6
Poem title Date Periodical Roles id #
Out at Sea 1887-07-09 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 12907
The Poet’s World 1888-05-05 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 13030
Unsung Heroes 1888-07-21 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 13041
A Letter 1888-11-10 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 13057
Real Presence 1889-03-23 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 13076
Winter’s Gone 1894-04-28 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 13346