THE SALAMANCA CORPUS:

DIGITAL ARCHIVE OF ENGLISH DIALECT TEXTS

LANCASHIRE

DING 2013: "“Wesleyan minister born at Snaith, Humberside. His ministry took him to Farnworth, Lytham, Sheffield, Shotley Bridge, York, St. Annes-on-Sea, St. Helens, Eccles, Swinton, Manchester and Burnley, where he died.”

Leclaire (1954: 209): “All attempts at discovering information concerning this author have been frustrated.”

WORKS

1897. Beckside Lights. London: Charles H. Kelly. SC. Not in EDD.

          “... made up of stories and sketches of factory workers mostly in a Lancashire village of

          Methodists. Humour and pathos” (Leclaire 1954: 209)

1898. The Scowcroft Critics. London: J. Clarke & Co. SC. Not in EDD.

          “... made up of stories and sketches of factory workers mostly in a Lancashire village of Methodists.

          Humour and pathos” (Leclaire 1954: 209)

1899. Doxie Dent: A Clogshop Chronicle. London: Charles H. Kelly. Not in EDD.

          “The same place and people, grouped around a winsome girl” (Leclaire 1954: 209)

1900. The Clogshop Chronicles. 1900. London: Charles H. Kelly. EDD.

          “... made up of stories and sketches of factory workers mostly in a Lancashire village of Methodists.

          Humour and pathos” (Leclaire 1954: 209)

1900. The Minder. London: H. Marshall & Son. SC. Not in EDD.

          “Life among the Lancashire cotton-mill operatives” (Leclaire 1954: 209)

1901. The Coming of the Preachers.A Tale of the Rise of Methodism. London: Hodder & Stoughton. EDD.

          “There is plenty of local colour, especially in the racy use of dialect” (Leclaire 1954: 209)

1902. The Mangle House. London: Charles H. Kelly. SC. Not in EDD.

          “There is plenty of local colour, especially in the racy use of dialect” (Leclaire 1954: 209)

1907. The Partners. London: Robert Culley. SC. Not in EDD.

          “... though visibly in Lancashire, [it is] not so strongly localised” (Leclaire 1954: 210)

1910. Old Wenyon’s Will. 1910. London: S.W. Partridge & Co. Not in EDD.

          “... though visibly in Lancashire, [it is] not so strongly localised” (Leclaire 1954: 210)

KINGKONG PROJECT

Rev, Frederick R SMITH (M: 1845 - c1919)

(ps: John ACKWORTH)

            Clog Shop Chronicles [1896]

            Beckside Lights [1897]

            The Scowcroft Critics [s|1898]

            The Making Of The Million [s|1899]

            Doxie Dent [f|1899]

            The Minder [f|1900]

            The Coming Of The Preachers [f|1901]

            The Mangle House [f|1902]

            From Crooked Roots [f|1903]

            Old Wenyon's Will [f|1904]

            The Partners [f|1907]

            Life's Working Creed [e|1909]

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT HIS LIFE AND WORKS SEE

http://gerald-massey.org.uk/ackworth/index.htm

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John Ackworth

(i.e. Rev. Frederick R. Smith)

(1854-1917)