Author:William Edward Armytage Axon

William Edward Armytage Axon
(1846–1913)

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British librarian and antiquary, journalist for the Manchester Guardian.

This author wrote articles for the Dictionary of National Biography, and the list on this page is complete to 1901.
Articles written by this author are designated in the DNB by the initials "W. E. A. A."

This author wrote articles for the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.
Articles attributed to this author are designated in EB1911 by the initials "W. E. A. A."

William Edward Armytage Axon

Works[edit]

Dr. Rondeau's Revenge, and Other Lancashire Sketches, 1867 external source
The literature of the Lancashire dialect, 1870 external source
Folk songs and folk-speech of Lancashire, 1871 external source
The mechanic's friend, a collection of receipts and practical suggestions, 1875 external source
A list of Lancashire authors, 1876 external source
Handbook of the public libraries of Manchester and Salford, 1877 external source
John Ruskin; a bibliographical biography (1879) (external scan)
The literary history of Parnell's 'Hermit', 1881 short work external source
Lancashire gleanings (1883) (external scan)
English Dialect Words of the Eighteen Century, ed 1883 external source
The barber's shop, 1883 external source
Caxton's Game and playe of the chesse, 1474, ed 1883 external source
A vindication of natural diet by Percy Bysshe Shelley, ed 1884 external source
Cheshire gleanings (1884) (external scan)
The Annals of Manchester: A Chronological Record from the Earliest Times to the End of 1885 external source
Stray chapters in literature, folk-lore, and archaeology (1888) (external scan)
Essays in literature and ethics. Ed 1889 external source
Thomas Taylor, the Platonist (1890) (external scan)
Shelley's vegetarianism (1891) (external scan)
Bygone Sussex (1897) (external scan)
The Ancoats skylark, and other verses. 1894 external source
Echoes of old Lancashire (1899) (external scan)
The frugal life: a paradox by Ortensio Landi, ca. 1512-ca. 1553; ed 1899 short work external source
Ortensio Lando, a humorist of the renaissance (1899) (external scan)
Echoes of old Lancashire, 1899 external source
The Story of Belfagor in Literature and Folk-lore, 1902 external source
Cobden as a Citizen (1907) external source
The Thomas Greenwood Library for Librarians at Manchester, 1907 short work external source
The thorny path of literature by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, ed 1917 external source

Articles in Popular Science Monthly[edit]

"The Physiological Position of Tobacco" in Popular Science Monthly, 2 (December 1872)

Edited works[edit]

Collected Sermons of Thomas Fuller, 1631-1659 edited by John Eglington Bailey. Completed by William E. A. Axon (1891) (external scans (multiple parts): 1, 2)

Contributions to the DNB[edit]

Contributions to EB1911[edit]

"Manchester," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
"Roscoe, William," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
"Salford," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)

Works about Axon[edit]

"Obituary: Dr. William Edward Armytage Axon," in The Times (1913)

Works by this author published before January 1, 1926 are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.