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King (WILLIAM BENJAMIN BASIL)

(WILLIAM BENJAMIN) BASIL, a clergyman and novelist, born in Charlottetown, Canada, in 1859. He was educated in the schools of that city and at King's College, Windsor, Canada.

He engaged in authorship in 1900 and produced many novels including "Let Not Man Put Asunder" (1901); "The Giant's Strength" (1907) (1907); "Wild Olive" (1910); "Street Called Str Straight" (1912); "The High Heart" (1917); "The City of Comrades" (1919); and "The Abolishing of Death" (1919).