James Harwood Panting

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.

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

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. England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription. findmypast.co.uk Retrieved 19 November 2014. (subscription required)
  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. 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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