author
G. Mercer (Graeme Mercer) Adam
1830–1912
A Scottish-born editor and publisher who became one of the energetic early champions of Canadian writing, he helped shape literary culture in 19th-century Canada while also producing biographies, histories, and novels of his own.
2 Audiobooks
An Algonquin Maiden: A Romance of the Early Days of Upper Canada
by G. Mercer (Graeme Mercer) Adam, A. Ethelwyn Wetherald
James Otis, the Pre-Revolutionist
by John Clark Ridpath, G. Mercer (Graeme Mercer) Adam, Charles K. (Charles Keyser) Edmunds
About the author
Born in Loanhead, Scotland, on May 25, 1839, he moved to Toronto in 1858 after learning the publishing trade in Scotland. Over the years he worked as a bookseller, publisher, editor, and author, building a reputation as a tireless promoter of Canadian literature and national culture.
He helped found and edit important periodicals, including the Canadian Monthly and the Canada Educational Monthly, and was associated with the publishing house that became John W. Lovell Company. His writing ranged widely across biography, history, travel, and fiction, reflecting both his journalistic energy and his interest in presenting Canada to a broad readership.
Later in life he spent time in the United States, where he continued literary work, and he died in New York City on October 30, 1912. Some library records list him as "G. Mercer Adam" with the dates 1830–1912, but major biographical sources identify him as Graeme Mercer Adam, born in 1839.