Payn, James (M)

Surname: Payn
Forename(s): James
b. 28 February 1830. d. 25 March 1898. Nationality: English. VIAF.
Poet, novelist, memoirist, and journal editor. Pseudonym: “J. P.,” “I. R. V.,” “Emeritus,” “X.” Prolific writer. Edited Chambers’s Journal from 1859 to 1874 and Cornhill Magazine from 1883 to 1896. Reader and literary adviser for Smith, Elder & Co (1874 to c.1894). Friend of Charles Dickens, although expressed public dismay at Dickens’ treatment of his wife. Biographical information: Lohrli 398-9; ODNB. (SP, AC)

Poems associated with this person

Total poems: 20
Poem title Date Periodical Roles id #
A Matin-Song 1854-05-27 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 6223
The First Snow on the Fell 1857-11-14 Household Words Poet 1470
Music 1858-02-20 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 6427
Autumn Rain 1859-03-12 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 6494
The Diver 1859-07-30 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 6523
Trodden Out 1859-09-10 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 6539
Tears 1859-09-17 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 6538
On Shakespeare’s Cliff 1859-10-29 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 6533
The Rook 1860-06-09 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 6565
Good Intentions 1860-11-10 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 6740
Shadow Thoughts 1860-11-17 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 6779
Fallen 1860-12-15 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 6738
A Railway Lyric 1861-01-05 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 6572
True Loneliness 1861-10-05 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 6611
To a Long Vacation Party 1862-03-22 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 6639
Parting at the Junction 1862-04-19 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 6643
“His Name.” From the French of Victor Hugo 1862-11-15 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Translator 6672
The Castle Moat 1863-10-03 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 6719
Lost Sunshine 1868-01-25 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 7622
Beauty’s Devotee 1868-12-12 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 7668