Edmund H. Yates,
Edmund Yates.Worked for 25 years at the General Post Office. Wrote prolifically for periodicals, including Court Journal, The Illustrated London News, Bentley’s Miscellany, Chambers’s Journal, Welcome Guest. Also wrote gossip columns for Illustrated Times and Morning Star, and was drama critic of Daily News and European corespondent for New York Herald. Editor of Comic Times (1855), The Train (1856-1858), Tinsley’s Magazine (1867-1869). Founded The World (weekly) on 8 July 1874. Wrote nine plays for the West End between 1856 and 1872, and as well as nineteen novels between 1864 and 1875. Biographical information: Lohrli 474-5; ODNB ; Waterloo Directory.
Poem title | Date | Periodical | Roles | id # |
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To —. | 1853 | The Keepsake | Poet | 5634 |
I Number None But Sunny Hours | 1853 | The Keepsake | Poet | 5615 |
St. Michael’s Eve | 1854 | The Keepsake | Poet | 5640 |
The Ordeal | 1856 | The Keepsake | Poet | 5741 |
The Brill. A Lay of Brighton | 1857 | The Keepsake | Poet | 5774 |
Gone Before | 1857-01-24 | Household Words | Poet | 1446 |
Two Rocks | 1860-12 | Temple Bar | Poet | 16937 |
Aged Forty | 1861-07 | Temple Bar | Poet | 16967 |
Invited and Declining | 1862-02 | Temple Bar | Poet | 16991 |
Then—and Now | 1862-05 | Temple Bar | Poet | 17012 |