Background
Graeme Mercer Adam was born on May 25, 1839, in Loanhead, Scotland. He was the son of James and Margaret (Wishart) Adam.
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Sandow on physical training: a study in the perfect type of the human form
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An Algonquin Maiden A Romance of the Early Days of Upper Canada
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James Otis, the pre-revolutionist
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Spain and Portugal
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Catalogue of the Books in the Library of the Law Society of Upper Canada: With an Index of Subjects
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The life of Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States, 1801-1809
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Speeches of Abraham Lincoln, including inaugurals and proclamations
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Public School History of England and Canada, with Introduction, Hints to Teachers, and Brief Examination Questions
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A teachers' edition published in 1886. To arrest the attention of the Fourth Class pupil, tales, anecdotes, poems, maps, portraits, descriptions of the traits of character and personal appearance of remarkable men and women with vivid narratives of their deeds and achievements are employed. To assist the teacher in selecting the most important facts, and to suggest topics for explanation and instruction, hints and references have been prefixed to each chapter. Examination questions are suggested at the end of each chapter. In the Canadian section the narrative is confined, in the main, to events occurring in what are now the Provinces of Ontario and Quebec.
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Sir John A. Macdonald
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The Life of George Washington, First President of the United States, 1789-1797
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Rose-Belford's Canadian Monthly and National Review, Vol. 4: From January to June, 1880
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Graeme Mercer Adam
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Adam worked in Scotland country’s publishing industry. He immigrated to Canada in 1858 and became the manager of Cunningham Geikie, a Toronto-based company selling books and stationery.
Two years later, Adam and James Rollo founded Rollo and Adam, a publishing house specializing in British and American works. In 1863, the firm began publishing the British American Magazine, which featured Adam’s book reviews. The company also published the Canada Bookseller.
After Rollo and Adam ended their partnership in 1866, Adam and John Horace Stevenson established Adam, Stevenson, and Company. This company published Canadian writers and revived the Canada Bookseller.
In the 1870s, Adam, Stevenson, and Company began publishing the Canadian Monthly and National Review, and Adam served as its editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography contributor Carole Gerson called the Canadian Monthly and National Review “Canada’s most important periodical of the time.” It included articles about current events and creative works written by some of Canada’s most prominent intellectuals and writers. The publication later merged with Belford’s Monthly Magazine to become Rose-Belford’s Canadian Monthly and National Review.
In addition to his various publishing and editorial endeavors, Adam wrote nonfiction works.
He collaborated with Agnes Ethelwyn Wetherald on the novel An Algonquin Maiden: A Romance of the Early Days of Upper Canada.
Adam moved to the United States in 1892 and edited American periodicals.
He died on October 30, 1912, in New York. He was buried in St. James’s Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Works
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Public School History of England and Canada, with Introduction, Hints to Teachers, and Brief Examination Questions
(A teachers' edition published in 1886. To arrest the atte...)
- Sandow on physical training: a study in the perfect type of the human form
- An Algonquin Maiden A Romance of the Early Days of Upper Canada
- Makers of American history: The Lewis & Clark exploring expedition, 1804-06
- James Otis, the pre-revolutionist
- Spain and Portugal
- Catalogue of the Books in the Library of the Law Society of Upper Canada: With an Index of Subjects
- The life of Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States, 1801-1809
- Speeches of Abraham Lincoln, including inaugurals and proclamations
- Sir John A. Macdonald
- The Life of George Washington, First President of the United States, 1789-1797
- An Abridged History of Canada
- Rose-Belford's Canadian Monthly and National Review, Vol. 4: From January to June, 1880
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Public School History of England and Canada, with Introduction, Hints to Teachers, and Brief Examination Questions
Connections
Adam married Jane Beazly Gibson in 1863. They had eight children. His wife died in 1884, and Graeme married Frances Isabel Brown in 1891. They had at least one child.
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