T.W.H. Crosland (?1865-1924), in The Collected Poems of T.W.H. Crosland, 1917. Courtesy Internet Archive.
Thomas William Hodgson Crosland (July 21, 1865 or 1868 - 1924), was an English poet, author, and journalist.[1][2]
Life[]
Crosland was born in Leeds on July 21 of 1865 or 1868.[3][1]
He worked as a Fleet Street reviewer, literary critic, and editor for journals like The Outlook, The Academy, and the Penny Illustrated Paper.[4]
He was an associate and friend of Lord Alfred Douglas, who was Oscar Wilde's lover. The bitter feud between Lord Alfred's father the Marquess of Queensberry and his son resulted in Wilde suiing the Marquess for libel at Douglas’s urging. Subsequently Wilde was charged with homosexuality after the Marquess produced evidence of Wilde’s behavior as justifying the libel. In 1895 Wilde was found guilty and imprisoned. In 1914 Robbie Ross, Oscar Wilde's literary executor and rival for Wilde’s affection, charged Crosland with criminal libel, plus writs for criminal conspiracy and perjury against Douglas and Crosland jointly. Crosland was found not guilty, though the judge did say that acquittal would not imply that Ross was guilty of any offence.[5]
T.W.H. Crosland (?1865-1924) by Bain News Service, circa 1910-1915. Courtesy Wikimedia Commons.
In 1913 author Arthur Ransome recalled "the rather endearing story of his (Croslands) first arrival in London from Yorkshire, by road, pushing a perambulator that was shared by manuscripts and a baby". This was at the trial of Ransome and others for libeling Douglas in Ransome’s 1912 book on Wilde; Crosland and the impecunious Douglas had hoped for substantial damages but lost. The judge was rather scathing about Douglas’s behavior in the box, and the jury found that the words complained of were a libel but were true. Ransome’s biographer referred to Crosland as a shady associate of Douglas, and Ross’s biographer calls him a narrow-minded bigot and a right-wing Tory. Crosland wrote a negative review and criticism of Wilde’s De Profundis in 1912, and ghost-wrote Douglas’s memoir Oscar Wilde and Myself in 1914. [6] [7]
Crosland was a humanitarian who frequently wrote in his poems about the impoverished and sick and unemployed, especially caring about returned soldiers in World War I.
Battling many illnesses, he died in 1924, leaving a wife and son.
Publications[]
Poetry[]
- The Absent-minded Mule, and other occasional verses. London: At the Sign of the Unicorn, 1899.
- Other People's Wings: Parodies and occasional verses. London: At the Sign of the Unicorn, 1899.
- The Finer Spirit, and other poems. London: At the Sign of the Unicorn, 1900.
- Pleasant Odes. Bristol, UK: J.W. Arrowsmith, 1900.
- Outlook Odes. London: At the Sign of the Unicorn, 1902.
- The Five Notions. London: Grant Richards, 1903.
- Red Rose. London: Marlborough Press, 1905.
- The First Stone: On reading the unpublished parts of 'De Profundis'. London: privately published, 1912.
- Sonnets. London: John Richmond, 1912.
- A Chant of Affection, and other war verses. London: Lakeman & Tucker, 1915.
- War Poems, (as "X"). London: Martin Secker, 1916; Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page, 1917.
- Collected Poems (edited by E.O. Hoppé). London: Martin Secker, 1917.
- Last Poems. London: Fortune Press, 1928.
Parables[]
- Literary Parables. London: At the Sign of the Unicorn, 1898. x
- Little Stings. Boston: J.W. Luck, 1908. x
Non-fiction[]
- The Unspeakable Scot. London: Grant Richards / New York: Putnmam, 1902.
- The Egregious English (as "Angus MacNeill"). London: Grant Richards, 1903.
- Lovely Woman. London: Grant Richards, 1903; Toronto: Musson, 1903.
- The Truth about Japan. London: Grant Richards, 1904.
- The Lord of the Creation. London: Grant Richards, 1904.
- The Wild Irishman. London: T. Werner Laurie, 1905.
- The Suburbans. London: J. Long, 1905.
- The Soul of a Crown Prince. London: T. Werner Laurie, 1916.
- The English Sonnet. London: Martin Secker, 1917.
- The Fine Old Hebrew Gentleman. London: T.W. Laurie, 1922.
Juvenile[]
- Little People: An alphabet (illustrated by Henry Mayer). London: Grant Richards, 1901.
- The Coronation Dumpy Book (illustrated by Patten Wilson). London: Grant Richards, 1902.
- The Old Man's Bag (illustrated by J.R. Monsell). London: Grant Richards, 1903.
- The Motor Car Dumpy Book (illustrated by J.R. Monsell). London: Grant Richards, 1904.
- Pop Goes the Weasel. London: Fortune & Merrriman, 1904.
Edited[]
- English Songs and Ballads. London: Grant Richards, 1902; London: Henry Frowde, 1902.
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[8]
Outlook Odes (To the Poet Laureate) AudioBook
See also[]
References[]
- W. Sorley Brown. The Life and Genius of T.W.H. Crosland. London: C. Palmer, 1928.
Notes[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Henry Robert Addison, Charles Henry Oakes, William John Lawson and Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen (1907). "T. W. H. Crosland". Who's Who, 59: p. 418. http://books.google.com/books?id=yEcuAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA418. "... of William Crosland of Leeds; b. 21 July 1868; m, Annie, rf. of Edward Thomas Moore, Solicitor, Oxford. Educ.: privately. Contributed to the Leeds Mercury supplement, Yorkshire Weekly Post, Black and White, Outlook, Academy, The Gentlewoman, Public Opinion, Evening Standard, etc.; Assistant Editor of the Outlook, 1899 - 1902. Publications: Literary Parables; Other People's Wings; The Finer Spirit (verse); English Songs and Ballads; The Unspeakable Scot, 1902; Lovely Woman, 1905; The Lord of Creation, 1904; The Enemy, 1904; The Wild Irishman, 1905; The Suburbans, 1905; Red Itoso (verse), 1905; The Country Life, 1906; Editor of The English Review; Managing Director Marlborough Press, Limited. ...".
- ↑ William Sorley Brown (1928). The life and genius of T.W.H. Crosland.
- ↑ Jon Stallworthy. The Oxford Book of War Poetry. "T.W.H. Crosland (1865-1924)"
- ↑ "Notes on Life and Works," Crosland, Thomas William Hodgson (1865-1924), Representative Poetry Online, University of Toronto. UToronto.ca, Web, Nov. 19, 2011.
- ↑ "Crosland is Acquitted. Charged with Conspiracy to Defame Oscar Wilde's Executor". New York Times. July 7, 1914. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20613FC355E12738DDDAE0894DF405B848DF1D3. Retrieved 2011-03-18. "T.W.H. Crosland, author of "The Unspeakable Scot" and a number of other books, who was charged with being concerned with Lord Alfred Douglas and others to charge falsely with a criminal offense Robert B. Ross, executor of the estate of the late Oscar Wilde, was found not guilty by a jury yesterday"
- ↑ Hugh Brogan (1984). The Life of Arthur Ransome. Jonathan Cape, London. p. 80. ISBN 0-224-02010-2.
- ↑ Jonathan Fryer (2000). Robbie Ross: Oscar Wilde’s devoted friend. Carrol & Graf, New York and Constable & Robinson, London. p. 198,218,234. ISBN 0-7867-0718-X.
- ↑ Search results = au:T.W.H. Crosland, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, June 21, 2014.
External links[]
- Poems
- Thomas William Hodgson Crosland at PoemHunter (2 poems)
- Crosland, Thomas William Hodgson (1865-1924) (12 poems) at Representative Poetry Online.
- Books
- Works by T.W.H. Crosland at Project Gutenberg
- T.W.H. Crosland at Amazon.com
- About
- "Crosland" at Siegried Sassoon Biography
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