J. Cuming Walters

John Cuming Walters (1863 – 16 July 1933) was an English journalist and writer.

Career

Walters was born in Birmingham and was educated at King Edward's School. He began working for the Birmingham Gazette at the age of 17 and joined the sub-editorial staff. He remained working for the Birmingham Gazette for 20 years where he was promoted as lead writer and assistant editor under Alexander W. Still.

Walters was awarded an M.A. by the University of Manchester for his thesis "William Hazlitt and the Early Essayists". He edited and wrote works on Charles Dickens, Alfred Tennyson and Marie Corelli. He died in Manchester in 1933.

Personal life

Walters was an anti-vivisectionist, spiritualist and vegetarian.

Selected publications

The Mystery of Shakespeare's Sonnets (1889) Tennyson: Poet, Philosopher, Idealist (1893) Clues to Dickens's Mystery of Edwin Drood (1905) The Lost Land of King Arthur (1911) Phases of Dickens: The Man, His Message, And His Mission (1911) Some Proofs of Personal Identity (1924) The Charm of Lancashire (1929) Romantic Cheshire (1930) The Spell of Yorkshire (1931) Lancashire Ways (1932)