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and during the Great War filled a good post under the Imperial 

 Munitions Board. Financially he always had a hard struggle, in 

 which he fought bravely for those dependent on him, and which 

 constantly hampered his genius. 



In 1889 he produced his first volume, "Lake Lyrics," inspired by 

 the scenery of the Great Lakes, which at once marked him as a skilful 

 master of versification and possessor of a keen insight into the beau- 

 tiful. In 1893 appeared a volume of poems entitled "The Dread 

 Voyage." He now became a frequent contributor to the principal 

 American and other magazines. In 1895, he published the verse 

 tragedies "Mordred " and "Hildebrand;" in 1908 "Political Tragedies;" 

 in 1899 another volume of poems, "Beyond the Hills of Dream;" 

 in 1905 "The Collected Poems;" and in 1914 "Sagas of Vaster Britain," 

 expressing his stirring passion for the British Empire. Some prose 

 works and fugitive poems complete the list. 



His genuineness, intense patriotism, strong, interesting personality 

 and warm heart, endeared him greatly to his family and friends. 

 His work was devoted to art in a high and reverent sense, thfe glory 

 and history of the Empire deeply moved him, and he was a faithful 

 clansman to all causes in which he believed. He was elected to The 

 Royal Society of Canada in 1893; was President of the English Litera- 

 ture Section in 1900; rendered long services as Secretary to the 

 Section; in 1906 was a delegate of the Society to attend the quarter- 

 centenary of Aberdeen University, where he received the degree of 

 LL.D.; was a member of the Literary Committee appointed to attend 

 the Quebec Tercentenary in 1908; and was long one of the best known 

 Fellows of the Society. Both in and out of it he had a large circle 

 of literary and personal friends, whom he entertained with an over- 

 flowing fund of historical and literary knowledge, recollections of 

 travel, and many original theories. His numberless contributions 

 to the press on such subjects were read with interest by a large circle 

 in Canada and Great Britain. Wilfred Campbell was one of those out- 

 standing literary figures who brought credit to the Canadian people 

 as being a nation not without ideals, and he permanently enriched our 

 life with many an inspiring thought and line, helping to feed the fire 

 which has blazed out so brightly in the Great War and promises to 

 melt and remould our future. 



GILBERT PROUT GIRDWOOD 



Dr. G. P. Girdwood, one of the original Fellows of the Society, 

 passed away at his residence in Montreal on. the second of October, 

 1917. 



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