Stuart Livingston

Stuart Livingston (fl. 1889-1898) was a Canadian poet and novelist who practised law for a living.

Life
Livingston was born in Canada, the son of T.C. Livingston of Hamilton, Ontario (of United Empire Loyalist descent). He received an LL.B. from Toronto University in 1889, and was called to the bar the same year, and practiced law in Hamilton for at least the next 10 years. In 1896 he was recommended by the federal Conservative government for appointment as a Queen's Counsel. That year he was also was elected president of the Canadian Club in Hamilton (though he resigned the same year).

According to the Henry Morgan's Canadian Men and Women of the Time, Livingston was "well known in literary and artistic circles, having done good work both as a writer and painter." He published a collection of poetry (which Morgan describes as "a volume of poems of considerable merit" and a novel, as well as stories and articles in magazines.

Poetry

 * In Various Moods. Toronto: William Briggs, 1894.

Fiction

 * The History of Professor Paul. Hamilton, ON: Hunter Grant, 1889; Toronto: Toronto News Co., 1889. [http://openlibrary.org/books/OL23354723M/The_history_of_professor_Paul The history of professor Paul,'' Open Library, Internet Archive. Web, Dec. 9, 2012.

Anthologized "December" in A Century of Canadian Sonnets (edited

by Lawrence J. Burpee). Toronto: Musson, 1910.


 * This article uses public domain text from ''The

Canadian Men and Women of the Time'' (edited by Henry

James Morgan). Toronto William Briggs, 1898. (LIVINGSTON, Stuart, 585).

, barrister, is the s. of T. C. Livingston, Hamilton, Ont., was b. in Can. , and is of U. E. L. descent. Ed. at the public schs., he graduated an LL. B. at Toronto Univ. , 1889. He was called to the bar the same year, and he has since practised his profession in Hamilton. In 1896 he was recommended for appt. as a Q. C. by the Tupper Admn. Mr. L.

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is well known in literary and artistic circles, having done good work both as a writer and painter. He is the author of "In Various Moods" (1894), a volume of poems of con- siderable merit ; of " The History of Professor Paul," a novel, and of a number of short stories and mag. articles. He was elected Presdt. of the Can. Club, Hamilton, 1896, but resigned same year. — 166 Main tit., Hamilton, Onl.