William Canton — a remark

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“Invest that ready money of yours! So far as I can see, it will have grown into a pretty fortune long before another book of my verse has crawled out of the inkpot.”

Self-deprecating humour about the slow pace of poetry · Letter to a publisher, 1906

About William Canton

William Canton

27 October 1845–2 May 1926

In the pantheon of Victorian literature, where giants like Tennyson and Browning cast long shadows, there existed quieter voices whose contributions to the literary landscape were no less profound for being more intimate in scope. William Canton, born on a Chinese island to colonial parents and destined to become one…

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