James Chapman Woods (1854-1933), A Child of the People, and other poems. Forgotten Books, 2018. Courtesy Amazon.com.
James Chapman Woods (12 July 1854 - 1933) was an English-born Welsh poet.
Life[]
Woods was born in Islesham, Cambridgeshire, 12 July 1854. He was educated at Queen Elizabeth's School, Ipswich.[1] In 1875 he took first prize in the Law Society's final examination.[2]
He came to Swansea in 1876,[1] joining the law firm Brown & Collins. The firm's name was changed to Collins & Woods,[2] when he was made a partner. Woods ran the firm after Collins's death in 1905.[3]
In 1879 he published his debut collection of poetry, A Child of the People, and other poems.[1]
In 1883 he published a guidebook to the Swansea area, A Complete and Reliable Guide to Swansea and the Mumbles, Gower, and Other Places of Interest Within Easy Access of Swansea.[1]
He lived and practiced law in Swansea until his death in 1933.[3]
Dylan Thomas wrote a critical estimate on Woods's poetry in the Herald of Wales, April 1932, which was subtitled "Swansea's Greatest Poet."[3]
Publications[]
Poetry[]
- A Child of the People, and other poems. London: C. Kegan Paul, 1879.
- In the Youth of Arcady, , and other poems. London: privately published, 1912.
- A Pageant of Poets, and other poems. London: Elkin Mathews & Marrot, 1931.
Non-fiction[]
- A Complete and Reliable Guide to Swansea and the Mumbles, Gower, and Other Places of Interest Within Easy Access of Swansea. London: Simpkin, Marshall, 1883.
- Old and Rare Books: An elementary lecture delivered at the Royal Institution of South Wales, Swansea, on March 2nd, 1885 London: Elliot Stock, 1885.
- In Foreign Byways: A rhapsody of travel. London: 1887.
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[4]
See also[]
References[]
- Stuart Batcup, "James Chapman Woods, 1854-1933: Swansea's greatest poet?", Minerva 4 (1996), 27-29, National Library of Wales. Web, Mar. 9, 2017.
Notes[]
External links[]
- Poems
- Woods in A Victorian Anthology, 1837-1895: "The Soul Stithy," "The World's Death-Night"
- Books
- James Chapman Woods at Amazon.com
- James Chapman Woods at Goodreads
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