James Lewis Milligan

James Lewis Milligan (February 1, 1876 - May 1, 1961), was a Canadian poet and journalist.

Life
Milligan, born one of nine children, emigrated to Canada in 1911. He spent two years as a lay minister for the Methodist Church; then became an editor for Peterborough Review in 1913, and a military correspondent (and later editorial writer) for the Toronto Star in 1914. In 1922 he left to do public relations for the Church Union movement. He joined the Mail and Empire in 1925. Later he did public relations for 8 years for the provincial Department of Mines. He ended his career as editor of the Stratford Beacon-Herald, from which he retired in 1937.

He writings include two volumes of poetry, and everything from speeches for Prime Minister Mackenzie King to Lady Eaton’s Christmas cards.

Poetry

 * Songs in Time’s Despite. London: Francis Griffiths, 1910.
 * The Beckoning Skyline, and other poems. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1920.
 * Christmas: Eight poems (chapbook). Toronto: Gothic Press, [192-?]
 * A Clock in a Bassinet: A ballad of love and time. Ryerson Press, 1938.
 * They Shall Return, and other poems. Toronto: Forward Publishing, 1943.
 * Siluria, and other poems. Toronto: privately printed by the Ryerson Press, 1947.

Non-fiction

 * The Search for Minerals in Canada. Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1931.