Alexander Dick

Alexander Dick is a scarce figure in the historical record, and only a small amount can be confirmed reliably from readily available library and public-domain sources. He is known as the author of Splores of a Halloween, Twenty Years Ago, a work published in 1867 and later preserved in collections such as Project Gutenberg and library catalogs.

That poem looks back on earlier Halloween celebrations and is especially notable for its lively sense of fun and its attention to Scottish custom. Even with so little biographical information available, the surviving work gives a clear impression of a writer interested in memory, local tradition, and the festive mischief of ordinary life.

Because firm details about his life were not easy to verify, it is best to remember him through the work itself: a small but distinctive contribution to 19th-century writing about Halloween and folk celebration.