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William Canton (27 October 1845 – 2 May 1926) was a British poet, journalist and writer, now best known for his contributions to children's literature. These include his series of three books, beginning with The Invisible Playmate, written for his daughter Winifred Vida (1891-1901). The book was read by the late nineteenth century English novelist George Gissing on New Year's Eve 1895. In his lifetime Canton was known for his use of recent archeological evidence of prehistory in his poetry. (From Wikipedia) More about William Canton:
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| | Books by William Canton: ![[Info]](https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/info.gif) Canton, William, 1845-1926: A Child's Book of Saints (London: J. M. Dent and Co., 1902), illust. by T. H. Robinson (illustrated HTML at Gateway to the Classics)- Canton, William, 1845-1926: A Child's Book of Saints (London: J. M. Dent and Co.; New York: E. P. Dutton and Co., 1906), illust. by T. H. Robinson (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- Canton, William, 1845-1926: A Child's Book of Warriors, illust. by Herbert Cole (illustrated HTML at Gateway to the Classics)
- Canton, William, 1845-1926: The Invisible Playmate; W. V. Her Book; and In Memory of W. V. (multiple formats at archive.org)
Additional books by William Canton in the extended shelves:![[X-Info]](https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/infouc.gif) Canton, William, 1845-1926: The Bible and the Anglo-Saxon people (J.M. Dent & Sons ltd.;, 1914) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)- Canton, William, 1845-1926: The Bible story (George H. Doran company, 1924) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Canton, William, 1845-1926: Children's sayings (Isbister, 1900) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Canton, William, 1845-1926: Children's sayings, ed. with a digression on the small people (Isbister and company limited;, 1901) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Canton, William, 1845-1926: A child's book of saints (J.M. Dent & co.;, 1907) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Canton, William, 1845-1926: A child's book of saints (J.M. Dent, 1916), also by Janice Dohm (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Canton, William, 1845-1926: A child's book of saints (London: J.M. Dent & Co., 1898), illust. by Thomas Hastings Robinson (page images at Florida)
- Canton, William, 1845-1926: A child's book of warriors (J.M. Dent ;, 1912) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Canton, William, 1845-1926: A child's book of warriors (J.M Dent & sons, ld ;, 1907) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Canton, William, 1845-1926: The comrades; poems old & new (Isbister, 1902) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Canton, William, 1845-1926: Dawn in Palestine (Pub. for Syria and Palestine relief fund by the Society for promoting Christian knowledge, 1918) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Canton, William, 1845-1926: History of the British & Foreign Bible Society (J. Murray, 1904) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Canton, William, 1845-1926: invisible playmate & W. V. her book (Dodd, Mead and Company, 1898), also by George Wharton Edwards, C. E. Brock, and Stone & Kimball (page images at HathiTrust)
- Canton, William, 1845-1926: The invisible playmate & W.V. her book. (Isbister, 1899) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Canton, William, 1845-1926: The invisible playmate : a story of the unseen, with appendices (Stone & Kimball, 1896) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Canton, William, 1845-1926: The invisible playmate: a story of the unseen: with appendices. (Isbister & co., 1894) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Canton, William, 1845-1926: The invisible playmate : a story of the unseen: with appendices (Isbister & Co., 1895) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Canton, William, 1845-1926: The invisible playmate : W.V. her book & In memory of W.V. (J.M. Dent & Sons ;, 1921) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Canton, William, 1845-1926: The invisible playmate : W.V. her book & In memory of W.V. (J.M. Dent & Sons ;, 1911) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Canton, William, 1845-1926: A lost epic : and other poems (W. Blackwood, 1887) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Canton, William, 1845-1926: The poems of William Canton (George G. Harrap, 1927) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Canton, William, 1845-1926: Songs of England's glory. (G.P Putnam's sons;, 1902) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Canton, William, 1845-1926: The story of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary (Herbert and Daniel ;, 1910), also by Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Canton, William, 1845-1926: The story of the Bible Society (J. Murray, 1904) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Canton, William, 1845-1926: W. V. her book, and various verses (Stone & Kimball, 1897), also by C. E. Brock (page images at HathiTrust)
- Canton, William, 1845-1926: W. V. her book and various verses (Stone & Kimball, 1896), also by C. E. Brock, Mass.) University Press (Cambridge, John Wilson and Son, and Stone & Kimball (page images at HathiTrust)
- Canton, William, 1845-1926: W. V.'s golden legend (Dodd, 1898) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Canton, William, 1845-1926: W. V.'s golden legend (New York: Dodd, 1898), illust. by T. H Robinson (page images at Florida)
- Canton, William, 1845-1926: William Canton. (E. Benn Ltd., 1925) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Canton, William, 1845-1926: W.V. her book (New York: Stone and Kimball, 1896), illust. by C. E. Brock (page images at Florida)
- Canton, William, 1845-1926: W.V. her book (London: Isbister & Co., 1896), illust. by C. E. Brock (page images at Florida)
- Canton, William, 1845-1926: W.V. her book and various verses (Isbister & co., ltd., 1896) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Canton, William, 1845-1926: W.V., her book : and various verses (Hodder and Stoughton, 1909) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
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