The cover of The Boys Of Blair House. Sunday Circle, 1904.

James Harwood Panting (1854[1] - 1924[2]) was a British writer who specialised in school stories for boys. He was the editor of Young Folks[3] and a member of the editorial staff of the South London Press.

Early life

Panting was born in Charlton,[4] Kent, in 1854.[1]

Family

Panting married Bertha Emily Alais in 1883[5] and they had sons Ray and Arnold and daughters Ruth and Phyllis. A son Cyril is recorded in the 1891 census but not in 1911. At the time of the 1891 census the family were living at 67 Ballater Road, Brixton, London.[6] George B. Hicklenton, a printer's reader, was lodging with them.

By the time of the 1911 census the family were at 47 Beechdale, Brixton Hill, London. All the children were born in Brixton.[4] Both Arnold and Phyllis became journalists, Phyllis as the noted women's magazine editor Phyllis Digby Morton. The family employed one servant. In 1921, The Literary Year-Book gave an address for Panting of The Shack, Melrose Avenue, Norbury, London SW19.[7]

Writing

After earlier literary works and two adult novels, Panting specialised in boys school stories. As Claud Heathcote[8] he contributed stories to The Boys' Friend in 1895[9] and The Union Jack in 1898.[10]

Death

Panting died in the Croydon district of Surrey in 1924.[2]

Selected publications

  • The Poetical Works of Leigh Hunt and Thomas Hood. Scott, 1889. (Editor)
  • Through the Crucible (a novel). S.W. Partridge, London, 1898.
  • The Vicar's Atonement. Horace Marshall, London, 1900.
  • The Boys of Blair House. Amalgamated Press, 1904.
  • Clive of Clair College. Warne, London, 1905.
  • The Hero of Garside School. Warne, London, 1906.
  • The Two Runaways. Warne, London, 1907.
  • True All Through. Chambers, London & Edinburgh, 1909.

References

  1. 1 2 England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription. findmypast.co.uk Retrieved 19 November 2014. (subscription required)
  2. 1 2 England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription. findmypast.co.uk Retrieved 19 November 2014. (subscription required)
  3. ↑ Kirkpatrick, Robert J. (2000) The Encyclopaedia of Boy's School Stories, Volume 2. Ashgate, p. 249. ISBN 0754600831
  4. 1 2 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription. findmypast.co.uk Retrieved 19 November 2014. (subscription required)
  5. ↑ England & Wales marriages 1837-2008 Transcription. findmypast.co.uk Retrieved 19 November 2014. (subscription required)
  6. ↑ 1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription. findmypast.co.uk Retrieved 19 November 2014. (subscription required)
  7. ↑ Meredith, Mark. (Ed.) (1921) The Literary Year-Book For The Year 1921. London: George Routledge, p. 265.
  8. ↑ Room, Adrian. (2010). Dictionary of Pseudonyms: 13,000 Assumed Names and Their Origins. Fifth edition. Jefferson: McFarland. p. 224. ISBN 978-0-7864-5763-2.
  9. ↑ The FictionMags Index. Archived 2014-11-29 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  10. ↑ BIBLIOGRAPHY 1898. Archived 2014-11-29 at the Wayback Machine Mark Hodder, 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
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