William Walker (1838–1908), was a Scottish-born Australian writer. Also known as William Walker of Bombay, Walker wrote a series of letters under the name of "Tom Cringle". The ''nom-de-plume'' derives from ''Tom Cringles Log'' published pseudonymously by
Michael Scott in
Blackwood's Magazine.
Bibliography
* Jottings of an Invalid in search of Health, comprising a run through British India and a visit to Singapore and Java. A series of letters reprinted from the Times of India. (British Library 2010)
* Proposed Excretal Sewage System for Melbourne
* On the philosophy of stinks which do not affect public health whilst the neglect of house ventilation fills our grave-yards
* The hand and physiognomy of the human form in relation to the mind
* A brief memoir of Mr. James Cooke, royal jester and circus clown (1866)
* Australian sand-bar harbours and rivers : with hints on the sea defences of Melbourne
* Earthquake waves : are they possible? (1868)
* Ella Zoyara, the beautiful : the fairy of the magic ring
* Facts for Factories
Manuscript copies of letters from Walker (writing as Tom Cringle) to
William H. Herndon
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relating to Abraham Lincoln's defense of
William Armstrong for the murder of
James Metzker are in the Lincoln Collection at the
University of Chicago
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(William E. Barton Collection of Lincolniana) (2 letters, 3pp and 2pp).
References
External links
A New theory of the Deluge
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Australian writers
19th-century Australian writers
Colony of New South Wales people
Writers from New South Wales
Scottish writers
1838 births
1908 deaths