on poetry (1906) The Triumph of Mammon (1907) E.G. Richards, London Mammon and His Message (1908) The Testament of John Davidson (1908) Fleet Street and other Poems, (1909) Contributor to The Yellow Book He translated: Montesquieu's Lettres Persanes, (Persian Letters) (1892) François Coppée's Pour la couronne, (For the Crown) (1896) Victor Hugo's Ruy Blas, (A Queen's Romance) (1904) References Further reading John Davidson, First of the Moderns; A Literary Biography (1995) by John Sloan Karl E. Beckson, London in the 1890s: A Cultural History (1992) Princeton University Library, John Davidson Collection, 1879–1945 (bulk 1890–1909) External links John Davidson profile at Internet Accuracy Project Text of Scaramouch in Naxos at La Commedia dell'arte Interview with John Davidson in March 1895 edition of The Bookman (New York) 1857 births 1909 suicides Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Suicides by drowning in England People from Barrhead Scottish male novelists Scottish translators Scottish schoolteachers 19th-century Scottish poets 19th-century Scottish novelists 19th-century Scottish dramatists and playwrights 19th-century British translators