▁However , ▁contemporary ▁anth olog ists ▁were ▁not ▁im pressed . ▁Mrs . ▁C . M . ▁Why te - Ed gar , ▁in ▁her ▁W re ath ▁of ▁Canadian ▁Song ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 0 , ▁listed ▁L ett ▁" am ong ▁others , ▁writing ▁since ▁the ▁middle ▁of ▁the ▁last ▁century , ▁[ who ] ▁won , ▁in ▁some ▁cases , ▁more ▁than ▁local ▁attention ". ▁His ▁short ▁bi ography ▁was ▁included ▁by ▁C . ▁C . ▁James ▁in ▁A ▁Bibli ography ▁of ▁Canadian ▁Po etry , ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 9 . ▁One ▁of ▁his ▁po ems , ▁" Call ▁Me ▁by ▁My ▁Christian ▁Name ", ▁was ▁included ▁in ▁E . ▁H . ▁D ew art ' s ▁ 1 8 6 4 ▁Se lections ▁of ▁Canadian ▁Po ets . ▁ ▁L ett ▁was ▁too ▁busy ▁to ▁take ▁the ▁time ▁to ▁publish ▁an ▁anth ology ▁of ▁his ▁own ▁poetry ▁other ▁than ▁his ▁Rec ol lections ▁and ▁the ▁" B rit ish ▁Con nex ion ". ▁The ▁former , ▁written ▁in ▁near ▁dog ger el ▁c ement ed ▁his ▁obsc urity ▁in ▁Canadian ▁literary ▁history . ▁His ▁arch ived ▁papers ▁show ▁evidence ▁that ▁a ▁personally ▁selected ▁anth ology ▁was ▁in ▁the ▁works . ▁If ▁it ▁had ▁been ▁carefully ▁edited ▁and ▁published , ▁he ▁may ▁well ▁have ▁gained ▁a ▁better ▁recognition ▁in ▁the ▁Canadian ▁po etic ▁canon . ▁ ▁William ▁Pitt man ▁L ett ▁is , ▁never theless , ▁an ▁important ▁poet ▁in ▁the ▁Canadian ▁Victor ian ▁tradition