Adam, Graeme Mercer

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Adam, Graeme Mercer (1839-1912), a Canadian author, born in Scotland. In 1858 he went to Canada, where he engaged in the publishing business, which he later carried into New York and which developed into the United States Book Company. Returning to Toronto in 1878, he entered upon an active literary career. Previously, in 1872, in cooperation with Gold-win Smith, he had founded the Canadian Monthly, which he edited from 1879 to 1883. Till 1892 he edited various other Canadian periodicals and wrote prolifically on educational subjects. He then became reader and literary adviser for the United States Book Company of New York, and in 1896 he removed to Chicago, where he edited Self-Culture, which he later accompanied on its removal to Akron, Ohio. After six years he returned to New York and there, among other works, he wrote a life of Gen. Robert E. Lee and one of Peter the Great.