Author:William James Dawson

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William James Dawson
(1854–1928)

English clergyman, lecturer, and author

William James Dawson

Works[edit]

  • Arvelon: a First Poem (1878)
  • A Vision of Souls (1884), poems
  • Quest and Vision, Essays on Life and Literature (1886; enlarged, 1892)
  • The Makers of Modern Poetry (1890)
  • The Redemption of Edward Strahan: A Social Story (1891)
  • The Church of To-morrow: A Series of Addresses Delivered in America, Canada, and Great Britain[1] (1892)
  • Poems and Lyrics (1893)
  • The Makers of Modern English: A Popular Handbook to the Greater Poets of the Century (1893)
  • The Making of Manhood (1894)
  • London Idyls (1895)
  • The Story of Hannah (1896)
  • Thro' Lattice-Windows (1897)
  • Judith Boldero: A Tragic Romance (1898)
  • In Memoriam William Ewart Gladstone (1898)
  • Makers of Modern Prose A Popular Handbook to the Greater Prose Writers of the Century (1899)
  • Savonarola: A Drama (1900)
  • The Man Christ Jesus (1901)
  • The House of Dreams (1901)
  • Literary Leaders of Modern England (1902)
  • The Reproach of Christ and Other Sermons (1903)
  • Makers of English Fiction (1905)
  • The Evangelistic Note (1905)
  • The Forgotten Secret (1906)
  • The Makers of English Poetry[2] (1906)
  • The Makers of English Prose (1906)
  • The Empire of Love (1907)
  • A Prophet in Babylon: A Story of Social Service (1907)
  • The Quest of the Simple Life (1907)
  • A Soldier of the Future[3] (1908)
  • The Great English Letter Writers - Volume 1 (1908)
  • The Threshold of Manhood (1909)
  • The Great English Essayists: With Introductory Essays and Notes (1909)
  • Masterman and Son (1909)
  • The Divine Challenge[4] (1910)
  • The Great English Short Story Writers (1910)
  • One Night in Bethlehem: A Christmas Story (1910)
  • The Book of Courage (1911)
  • A Child's Memorial by Her Father and Brother (1911)
  • The Great English Novelists - Volume 2 (1911)
  • The American Hymnal[5] (1913)
  • America, and Other Poems (1914)
  • Robert Shenstone, A Novel (1917)
  • The Father of a Soldier (1918)
  • The War Eagle (1918)
  • Chalmers Comes Back (1919)
  • The Borrowdale Tragedy (1920)
  • The Autobiography of the Mind (1925)
  • Twenty Years in America (unpublished manuscript)
  1. Dawson, W. J. (William James) (August 7, 1892). The church of to-morrow [microform] : a series of addresses delivered in America, Canada, and Great Britain. London : J. Clarke. ISBN 9780665168574. Retrieved August 7, 2019 – via Internet Archive. 
  2. Dawson, W. J. (William James) (August 7, 1906). The makers of English poetry [microform]. New York ; Toronto : F.H. Revell. ISBN 9780665992087. Retrieved August 7, 2019 – via Internet Archive. 
  3. "A soldier of the future". New York ; Chicago ; Toronto ; London ; Edinburgh : Fleming H. Revell Company. August 7, 1908. Retrieved August 7, 2019 – via Internet Archive. 
  4. Dawson, W. J. (William James) (August 7, 1910). "The divine challenge". New York : Hodder & Stoughton : George H. Doran. Retrieved August 7, 2019 – via Internet Archive. 
  5. Dawson, W. J. (William James); Fosdick, Harry Emerson (August 7, 1913). "The American hymnal". New York : Century Co. Retrieved August 7, 2019 – via Internet Archive. 

Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were published before January 1, 1929.


This author died in 1928, so works by this author are in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 95 years or less. These works may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

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