This is a representative collection of the writings of a neglected Canadian author, William Wilfred Campbell (1858-1918). </p> <p> Among the 112 poems in <i>William Wilfred Campbell: Selected Poetry and Essays</i> are the familiar “Indian Summer” and “How One Winter Came in the Lake Region,” along with many less well-known love poems, patriotic songs, and occasional poems. Some twenty manuscript pieces are published here for the first time. </p> <p> The notorious “Mermaid Inn” essay in which Campbell refers to the mythical nature of the cross is included, and so is the letter of self-justification that Campbell wrote—but never sent—to the editor of the <i>Globe</i>. Here, too, are speeches, essays published in <i>The Week</i> and the <i>Ottawa Evening Journal</i>, and significant sections from Campbells unfinished treatise on evolution, “The Tragedy of Man.” </p> <p> By the time Campbell died on New Year’s Day 1918, shifting values had begun to turn critical opinion against his work. Now <i>William Wilfred Campbell: Selected Poetry and Essays</i> will enable Canadians to appreciate Campbells art and to recognize his place in the development of Canadian thought. </p>