Author:William Edward Armytage Axon

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William Edward Armytage Axon
(1846–1913)

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British librarian and antiquary, journalist for the Manchester Guardian

This author wrote articles for the Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900
Articles written by this author are designated in the DNB by the initials "W. E. A. A."

This author wrote articles for the Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition
Articles written by this author are designated in the EB9 by the initials "W. E. A. A."

This author wrote articles for the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica
Articles written by this author are designated in the EB1911 by the initials "W. E. A. A."

Works

Dr. Rondeau's Revenge, and Other Lancashire Sketches, 1867 (external scan)
The literature of the Lancashire dialect, 1870 (external scan)
Folk songs and folk-speech of Lancashire, 1871 (external scan)
The mechanic's friend, a collection of receipts and practical suggestions, 1875 (external scan)
A list of Lancashire authors, 1876 (external scan)
Handbook of the public libraries of Manchester and Salford, 1877 (external scan)
John Ruskin; a bibliographical biography (1879) (external scan)
The literary history of Parnell's 'Hermit', 1881 short work (external scan)
Lancashire gleanings (1883) (external scan)
English Dialect Words of the Eighteen Century, ed 1883 (external scan)
The barber's shop, 1883 (external scan)
Caxton's Game and playe of the chesse, 1474, ed 1883 (external scan)
A vindication of natural diet by Percy Bysshe Shelley, ed 1884 (external scan)
Cheshire gleanings (1884) (external scan)
The Annals of Manchester: A Chronological Record from the Earliest Times to the End of 1885 (external scan)
Stray chapters in literature, folk-lore, and archaeology (1888) (external scan)
Essays in literature and ethics. Ed 1889 (external scan)
Thomas Taylor, the Platonist (1890) (external scan)
Shelley's vegetarianism (1891) (external scan)
Bygone Sussex (1897) (external scan)
The Ancoats skylark, and other verses. 1894 (external scan)
Echoes of old Lancashire (1899) (external scan)
The frugal life: a paradox by Ortensio Landi, ca. 1512-ca. 1553; ed 1899 short work (external scan)
Ortensio Lando, a humorist of the renaissance (1899) (external scan)
Echoes of old Lancashire, 1899 (external scan)
The Story of Belfagor in Literature and Folk-lore, 1902 (external scan)
Cobden as a Citizen (1907) (external scan)
The Thomas Greenwood Library for Librarians at Manchester, 1907 short work (external scan)
The thorny path of literature by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, ed 1917 (external scan)

Articles in Popular Science Monthly

"The Physiological Position of Tobacco" in Popular Science Monthly, 2 (December 1872)

Edited works

Collected Sermons of Thomas Fuller, 1631-1659 edited by John Eglington Bailey. Completed by William E. A. Axon (1891) (external scans (multiple parts): 1, 2)

Contributions to the DNB

Contributions to EB1911

"Manchester," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
"Roscoe, William," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
"Salford," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)

Works about Axon

"Obituary: Dr. William Edward Armytage Axon," in The Times (1913)

Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1930, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

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