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Arthur St John Adcock

August 22, 2023

Arthur St John Adcock (17 January 1864 in London – 9 June 1930 in Richmond) was an English novelist and poet, known as A. St John Adcock or St John Adcock. He is remembered for his discovery of the then-unknown poet W. H. Davies. His daughters, Marion St John Webb and Almey St John Adcock, were also writers.

St. John Adcock, 1920s photograph

Biography

Arthur St John Adcock was born on 17 January 1864 in London. He was a Fleet Street journalist for half a century, as an assiduous freelance writer.[1] He worked initially as a law office clerk, becoming a full-time writer in 1893. Adcock built up a literary career by unrelenting efforts in circulating his manuscripts, initially also working part-time as an assistant editor on a trade journal.[2][3]

He was a founder member in 1901 of Paul Henry's literary and performing club, with Robert Lynd, Frank Rutter and others.[4] The acting editor of The Bookman from 1908, Adcock, according to A. E. Waite who knew him, did all the work of the Bookman, nominally under its founder William Robertson Nicoll.[5] In 1923, he became its official editor.[2]

As an influential critic, Adcock has been classed with conservatives such as Hilaire Belloc, Edmund Gosse, Henry Newbolt, E. B. Osborn and Arthur Waugh.[6]

Adcock married Marion Taylor in 1887, and they settled in Hampstead.[7] Their daughters Marion St John Webb (1888-1930)[8] and Almey St John Adcock (1894–1986),[9] became writers.

He died on 9 June 1930 in Richmond. Adcock's papers are held by the Bodleian Library.[10]

Works

Adcock is considered one of the "Cockney school novelists" (not the earlier Cockney School poets), a group influenced by Charles Dickens and including also Henry Nevinson, Edwin Pugh, and William Pett Ridge.[11] East End Idylls (1897), about the London slums, began an early trilogy, and had an introduction by the Christian Socialist James Granville Adderley, a friend. It drew on Arthur Morrison.[12][7]

Adcock published:

  • An Unfinished Martyrdom (1894)
  • Beyond Atonement (1896)
  • East End Idylls (1897)
  • The Consecration of Hetty Fleet (1898)
  • In The Image of God (1898)
  • In The Wake of the War (1900)
  • Songs of the War (1900)
  • The Luck of Private Foster: A Romance of Love and War (1900)
  • From a London Garden (1903)
  • More Than Money (1903)
  • In Fear of Man (1904)
  • London Etchings (1904)
  • Admissions And Asides (1905)
  • Love in London (1906)
  • London From The Top of A 'Bus (1906)
  • The Shadow Show (1907)
  • The World that Never Was. A London Fantasy (1908)
  • Billicks (1909)
  • Two to Nowhere (1911)
  • A Man with a Past (1911)
  • Famous Houses and Literary Shrines of London (1912)
  • The Booklover's London (1913)
  • Modern Grub Street and other essays (1913)
  • In the Firing Line (1914) as editor, a war reportage anthology, part of the Daily Telegraph War Books series[13]
  • Seeing It Through (1915)
  • Australasia Triumphant! With the Australians and New Zealanders in the Great War on Land And Sea (1916)
  • Songs of The World War (1916)
  • For Remembrance. Soldier Poets who have Fallen in the War. With nineteen portraits (1918)
  • The ANZAC Pilgrim's Progress: Ballads of Australia's Army (1918) Lance-Corporal Cobber, editor
  • Tod MacMammon Sees His Soul (1920)
  • Exit Homo (1921)
  • The Divine Tragedy (1922)
  • Gods of Modern Grub Street: Impressions of Contemporary Authors (1923) on Jeffery Farnol, W. B. Maxwell, W. W. Jacobs et al.
  • With the Gilt Off (1923)
  • Robert Louis Stevenson: His Work and His Personality (1924) editor
  • The Bookman Treasury of Living Poets [1925) editor, and later editions
  • A Book of Bohemians (1925)
  • The Prince of Wales' African Book (1926)
  • City Songs (1926) editor, poetry anthology
  • Wonderful London (1926/7) editor, three volumes; a shorter version (1935) was reissued in one volume, with preface by Almey St John Adcock, his daughter.[14]
  • The Glory that was Grub Street – Impressions of Contemporary Authors (1928)
  • Collected Poems of St. John Adcock (Hodder and Stoughton, 1929)
  • London Memories (1931)
  • Hyde Park

Adcock was the last editor of The Odd Volume (1917), an annual that folded during World War I.[15]

References

  1. ^ Peter Pierce (17 September 2009). The Cambridge History of Australian Literature. Cambridge University Press. p. 261. ISBN 978-0-521-88165-4.
  2. ^ a b George Walter (26 October 2006). The Penguin Book of First World War Poetry. Penguin Books Limited. p. 401. ISBN 978-0-14-118190-5.
  3. ^ Morton, P. (15 April 2005). The Busiest Man in England: Grant Allen and the Writing Trade, 1875–1900. Palgrave Macmillan US. p. 67. ISBN 978-1-4039-8099-1.
  4. ^ S. B. Kennedy; Paul Henry (2007). Paul Henry: With a Catalogue of the Paintings, Drawings, Illustrations. Yale University Press. p. 22. ISBN 978-0-300-11712-7.
  5. ^ Arthur Edward Waite, Shadows of Life and Thought: A Retrospective Review in the Form of Memoirs (1992 edition, pp. 82–83.
  6. ^ Vivien Whelpton (30 January 2014). Richard Aldington: Poet, Soldier and Lover 1911–1929. Lutterworth Press. pp. 24–25. ISBN 978-0-7188-9318-7.
  7. ^ a b Sandra Kemp; Charlotte Mitchell; David Trotter (2002). The Oxford Companion to Edwardian Fiction. Oxford University Press. p. 2. ISBN 978-0-19-860534-8.
  8. ^ Who was Who 1929–1940, 1941
  9. ^ Lawrence Alfred Phillips (1 January 2007). A Mighty Mass of Brick and Smoke: Victorian and Edwardian Representations of London. Rodopi. p. 139 note 17. ISBN 978-90-420-2290-4.
  10. ^ "Papers of (Arthur) St. John Adcock". University of Oxford. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  11. ^ Johnson, George Malcolm. "Ridge, William Pett". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/56888. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  12. ^ John Sutherland (13 October 2014). The Longman Companion to Victorian Fiction. Routledge. p. 6. ISBN 978-1-317-86333-5.
  13. ^ Ann-Marie Einhaus (31 July 2013). The Short Story and the First World War. Cambridge University Press. p. 56. ISBN 978-1-107-03843-1.
  14. ^ Lawrence Alfred Phillips (January 2007). A Mighty Mass of Brick and Smoke: Victorian and Edwardian Representations of London. Rodopi. p. 139 note 17. ISBN 978-90-420-2290-4.
  15. ^ The Bookseller. J. Whitaker. 1961. p. 1676.

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Arthur St John Adcock 17 January 1864 in London 9 June 1930 in Richmond was an English novelist and poet known as A St John Adcock or St John Adcock He is remembered for his discovery of the then unknown poet W H Davies His daughters Marion St John Webb and Almey St John Adcock were also writers St John Adcock 1920s photograph Contents 1 Biography 2 Works 3 References 4 External linksBiography EditArthur St John Adcock was born on 17 January 1864 in London He was a Fleet Street journalist for half a century as an assiduous freelance writer 1 He worked initially as a law office clerk becoming a full time writer in 1893 Adcock built up a literary career by unrelenting efforts in circulating his manuscripts initially also working part time as an assistant editor on a trade journal 2 3 He was a founder member in 1901 of Paul Henry s literary and performing club with Robert Lynd Frank Rutter and others 4 The acting editor of The Bookman from 1908 Adcock according to A E Waite who knew him did all the work of the Bookman nominally under its founder William Robertson Nicoll 5 In 1923 he became its official editor 2 As an influential critic Adcock has been classed with conservatives such as Hilaire Belloc Edmund Gosse Henry Newbolt E B Osborn and Arthur Waugh 6 Adcock married Marion Taylor in 1887 and they settled in Hampstead 7 Their daughters Marion St John Webb 1888 1930 8 and Almey St John Adcock 1894 1986 9 became writers He died on 9 June 1930 in Richmond Adcock s papers are held by the Bodleian Library 10 Works EditAdcock is considered one of the Cockney school novelists not the earlier Cockney School poets a group influenced by Charles Dickens and including also Henry Nevinson Edwin Pugh and William Pett Ridge 11 East End Idylls 1897 about the London slums began an early trilogy and had an introduction by the Christian Socialist James Granville Adderley a friend It drew on Arthur Morrison 12 7 Adcock published An Unfinished Martyrdom 1894 Beyond Atonement 1896 East End Idylls 1897 The Consecration of Hetty Fleet 1898 In The Image of God 1898 In The Wake of the War 1900 Songs of the War 1900 The Luck of Private Foster A Romance of Love and War 1900 From a London Garden 1903 More Than Money 1903 In Fear of Man 1904 London Etchings 1904 Admissions And Asides 1905 Love in London 1906 London From The Top of A Bus 1906 The Shadow Show 1907 The World that Never Was A London Fantasy 1908 Billicks 1909 Two to Nowhere 1911 A Man with a Past 1911 Famous Houses and Literary Shrines of London 1912 The Booklover s London 1913 Modern Grub Street and other essays 1913 In the Firing Line 1914 as editor a war reportage anthology part of the Daily Telegraph War Books series 13 Seeing It Through 1915 Australasia Triumphant With the Australians and New Zealanders in the Great War on Land And Sea 1916 Songs of The World War 1916 For Remembrance Soldier Poets who have Fallen in the War With nineteen portraits 1918 The ANZAC Pilgrim s Progress Ballads of Australia s Army 1918 Lance Corporal Cobber editor Tod MacMammon Sees His Soul 1920 Exit Homo 1921 The Divine Tragedy 1922 Gods of Modern Grub Street Impressions of Contemporary Authors 1923 on Jeffery Farnol W B Maxwell W W Jacobs et al With the Gilt Off 1923 Robert Louis Stevenson His Work and His Personality 1924 editor The Bookman Treasury of Living Poets 1925 editor and later editions A Book of Bohemians 1925 The Prince of Wales African Book 1926 City Songs 1926 editor poetry anthology Wonderful London 1926 7 editor three volumes a shorter version 1935 was reissued in one volume with preface by Almey St John Adcock his daughter 14 The Glory that was Grub Street Impressions of Contemporary Authors 1928 Collected Poems of St John Adcock Hodder and Stoughton 1929 London Memories 1931 Hyde ParkAdcock was the last editor of The Odd Volume 1917 an annual that folded during World War I 15 References Edit Peter Pierce 17 September 2009 The Cambridge History of Australian Literature Cambridge University Press p 261 ISBN 978 0 521 88165 4 a b George Walter 26 October 2006 The Penguin Book of First World War Poetry Penguin Books Limited p 401 ISBN 978 0 14 118190 5 Morton P 15 April 2005 The Busiest Man in England Grant Allen and the Writing Trade 1875 1900 Palgrave Macmillan US p 67 ISBN 978 1 4039 8099 1 S B Kennedy Paul Henry 2007 Paul Henry With a Catalogue of the Paintings Drawings Illustrations Yale University Press p 22 ISBN 978 0 300 11712 7 Arthur Edward Waite Shadows of Life and Thought A Retrospective Review in the Form of Memoirs 1992 edition pp 82 83 Vivien Whelpton 30 January 2014 Richard Aldington Poet Soldier and Lover 1911 1929 Lutterworth Press pp 24 25 ISBN 978 0 7188 9318 7 a b Sandra Kemp Charlotte Mitchell David Trotter 2002 The Oxford Companion to Edwardian Fiction Oxford University Press p 2 ISBN 978 0 19 860534 8 Who was Who 1929 1940 1941 Lawrence Alfred Phillips 1 January 2007 A Mighty Mass of Brick and Smoke Victorian and Edwardian Representations of London Rodopi p 139 note 17 ISBN 978 90 420 2290 4 Papers of Arthur St John Adcock University of Oxford Retrieved 16 December 2015 Johnson George Malcolm Ridge William Pett Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online ed Oxford University Press doi 10 1093 ref odnb 56888 Subscription or UK public library membership required John Sutherland 13 October 2014 The Longman Companion to Victorian Fiction Routledge p 6 ISBN 978 1 317 86333 5 Ann Marie Einhaus 31 July 2013 The Short Story and the First World War Cambridge University Press p 56 ISBN 978 1 107 03843 1 Lawrence Alfred Phillips January 2007 A Mighty Mass of Brick and Smoke Victorian and Edwardian Representations of London Rodopi p 139 note 17 ISBN 978 90 420 2290 4 The Bookseller J Whitaker 1961 p 1676 External links EditWorks by A St John Adcock at Project Gutenberg Works by or about Arthur St John Adcock at Internet Archive Papers of Arthur St John Adcock in the Special Collections at Bodleian Library University of Oxford Portraits of St John Adcock in the National Portrait Gallery London Arthur St John Adcock at Library of Congress with 27 library catalogue records Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Arthur St John Adcock amp oldid 1083728731, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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