D. J. R.,
D. R.From Kirkwall, Orkney. Chambers’s Journal ledger, which refers to him as
Duncan J. Robertson,
D. Robertson,and
D. J. Robertson,lists his address as the Philosophical Institute, Queen Street, Edinburgh (poem published 11 July 1885; NLS Dep 341/369), 16 Eildon St, Edinburgh (2 October 1886, 11 February 1888; NLS Dep 341/369, 370), 32 Dundas Crescent, Kirkwall (17 June 1893; NLS Dep 341/370), Crantit House, Kirkwall, (13 February 1897; NLS Dep 341/371). Possibly the same poet as D. Robertson, who also published in Chambers’s Journal in the same period. (AC)
| Poem title | Date | Periodical | Roles | id # |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Waif | 1885-07-11 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal | Poet | 12939 |
| The Return | 1886-04-10 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal | Poet | 12975 |
| Parted | 1886-10-02 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal | Poet | 13000 |
| Two Days | 1887-05-05 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal | Poet | 12889 |
| A Dream-Maiden | 1888-02-11 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal | Poet | 13018 |
| Kirkwall. A Sonnet | 1889-08-31 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal | Poet | 13100 |
| Dead Love | 1889-11-30 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal | Poet | 13112 |
| Lost Youth | 1893-06-17 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal | Poet | 13301 |
| Deserted | 1893-10-28 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal | Poet | 13320 |
| To a Street Sycamore | 1895-11-02 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal | Poet | 12640 |
| Convalescence | 1897-02-13 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal | Poet | 12654 |