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Arthur St. John Adcock (17 January 1864 – 9 June 1930), was an English novelist and poet, remembered for his discovery of the then-unknown poet W. H. Davies. Adcock was born in London. He was a Fleet Street journalist for half a century, and editor of ''The Bookman''. According to A. E. Waite who knew him, Adcock did all the work of the ''Bookman'', nominally under its founder William Robertson Nicoll.〔Arthur Edward Waite, ''Shadows of Life and Thought: A Retrospective Review in the Form of Memoirs'' (1992 edition0, pp. 82-3.〕 His daughter Marion St John Webb (died 2 May 1930) was also an author.〔''Who was Who 1929-1940'', 1941〕 ==Works== * ''An Unfinished Martyrdom'' (1894) *''Beyond Atonement'' (1896) *''East End Idylls'' (1897) *''The Consecration Of Hetty Fleet'' (1898) *''In The Image Of God'' (1898) *''In The Wake Of The War'' (1900) *''Songs Of The War'' (1900) *''The Luck of Private Foster: A Romance of Love and War'' (1900) *''From a London Garden'' (1903) *''More Than Money'' (1903) *''In Fear Of Man'' (1904) *''London Etchings'' (1904) *''Admissions And Asides'' (1905) *''Love In London'' (1906) *''London From The Top Of A 'Bus'' (1906) *''The Shadow Show'' (1907) *''The World that Never Was. A London Fantasy'' (1908) *''Billicks'' (1909) *''Two to Nowhere'' (1911) *''A Man With A Past'' (1911) *''Famous Houses and Literary Shrines of London'' (1912) *''The Booklover's London'' (1913) *''Modern Grub Street and other essays'' (1913) *''In the Firing Line'' (1914) editor, war reportage *''Seeing It Through'' () *''Australasia Triumphant! With the Australians and New Zealanders in the Great War on Land And Sea'' (1916) *''Songs Of The World War'' (1916) *''The Odd Volum'' (1917) editor, stories *''For Remembrance. Soldier Poets who have Fallen in the War. With nineteen portraits'' (1918) *''The ANZAC Pilgrim's Progres: Ballads of Australia's Army'' (1918) Lance-Corporal Cobber, editor *''Tod MacMammon Sees His Soul'' (1920) *''Exit Homo'' (1921) *''The Divine Tragedy'' (1922) *''Gods of Modern Grub Street: Impressions of Contemporary Authors'' (1923) on Jeffrey Farnol, W. B. Maxwell, W. W. Jacobs et al. *''With The Gilt Off'' (1923) *''Robert Louis Stevenson: His Work and His Personality'' (1924) editor *''The Bookman Treasury Of Living Poets'' [1925) editor, and later editions *''The Prince of Wales' African Book'' (1926) *''City Songs'' (1926) editor, poetry anthology *''Wonderful London'' (1926/7) editor, three volumes *''The Glory that was Grub Street - Impressions of Contemporary Authors'' (1928) *''Collected Poems of St. John Adcock'' (Hodder and Stoughton, 1929) *''London Memories'' (1931) *A Book of Bohemians *Hyde Park 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Arthur St. John Adcock」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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