Career
He became a teacher, but he retired in 1901 to devote himself to literature. He was editorial writer of the Ottawa Free Press (1905) and office editor of Canada and Its Provinces (1914-1915), a publication in 22 volumes on the history of Canada. His publications include:
Stories of New France (1890), in collaboration with Agnes Maule Machar
Stories from Canadian History (1893)
Marguerite de Roberval.
A Romance of the Days of Jacques Cartier (1899)
Canada"s Sons on Kopje and Veldt (1900)
Life of Lord Roberts (1901)
Presidents of the United States (1903)
Brock: The Hero of Upper Canada (1912)
The War-Chief of the Ottawas (1914).