The cover page is adapted from Still Life with Cheese, a painting completed circa 1870 by Antoine Vollon. The cover and title pages feature the League Spartan and Sorts Mill Goudy typefaces created in 2014 and 2009 by The League of Moveable Type. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoine_Vollonwww.theleagueofmoveabletype.com/
Poetry
Chapters (298)
- Prologue to South Ontario Sketches 0:00
- Reminiscences 1:44
- Birth of Canada as a Nation 3:42
- Welcome to the Prince of Wales 4:36
- Lament of the Maple Tree 5:43
- Lines on Violets 10:46
- Patriotic Ode 11:25
- Fight of a Buffalo with Wolves 11:59
- Disaster to Steamer Victoria at London 14:40
- Fight with a Bear in the Northwest 15:16
- Canadian Sports and Games and Plays 18:21
- Lines on Methodist Union 20:56
- Niagara’s Charms and Death of Capt. Webb 21:32
- St. Catharines 23:40
- Lines on Credit Valley Trip 24:44
- Lines on Canadian Hunter 26:01
- Hope for Ingersoll 27:23
- Canadian Rivers and Lakes 28:01
- Life in the Woods 28:44
- The Joys of Prairie Farmers 29:40
- Nova Scotia 31:03
- Port Stanley 31:28
- Donald Ross 32:28
- Port Burwell 34:00
- Lines on T. D. McGee 34:52
- London Flood 36:05
- London West 37:31
- Lines on Stratford 39:09
- English Names on Canadian Thames 39:42
- Lines on Beachville 41:58
- Lines on Ingersoll 42:49
- Lines on Woodstock 43:43
- Lines on Embro and Zorra 45:05
- Lines on Salford 46:06
- Lines on Thamesford 47:11
- Farrington, 1866, Factory System 47:56
- Lines on Tilsonburg 48:26
- Lines on Mt. Elgin 49:16
- Corner Stone Laying 49:55
- A Civic Holiday Trip 50:55
- Robert Fleming Gourley 51:50
- Odd Fellowship in Woodstock 53:47
- Odd Fellowship Lines Read at Concert 55:21
- London Children 56:48
- Caledonian Games 57:22
- Victoria Park and Caledonian Games 58:00
- The Great Fire of Ingersoll 59:28
- Our Firemen 1:00:23
- St. Thomas 1:01:09
- Masonic Lines Read at a Banquet 1:02:06
- Oxford Cheese Ode 1:03:32
- Lines on a Fountain 1:06:26
- A Concert Invitation 1:07:14
- Thomas Campbell 1:07:43
- Poetry 1:10:39
- Lines on Col. Wonham 1:11:41
- Opening Ode 1:12:07
- Adventure on a Raft 1:13:26
- Canada Our Home 1:15:38
- Mrs. Moody 1:15:57
- Lines Addressed to an Old Bachelor 1:17:03
- Brantford 1:17:59
- The Power of Steam 1:19:25
- Lines on Thorold 1:20:13
- Musings on the Northwest 1:21:37
- Crimean War 1:22:48
- A Christmas Tree 1:23:55
- Dr. Springer 1:25:03
- Lines on A. B. 1:26:00
- Burns and Scott in Edinburgh 1:26:33
- Galt and Dunlop 1:27:41
- Agricultural Implements and Machinery 1:28:35
- Snake and Potato Bug 1:29:49
- A Rabbit Story 1:31:29
- Let Her Go 1:32:35
- An Autograph 1:32:43
- Lines on a Typewriter 1:33:57
- Impromptu 1:34:31
- Little Lake 1:34:51
- Advice to a Little Girl 1:35:44
- A Crooked Looking Glass 1:37:43
- A Providential Escape 1:38:00
- The Cheese Pioneer 1:40:14
- A Bird’s Nest 1:40:41
- Lines on Removal 1:41:31
- Departed Statesmen 1:42:09
- A Concert—Impromptu 1:43:05
- In Memoriam 1:44:58
- Brodie Castle 1:45:46
- George Menzies’ Poems 1:47:41
- Female Revenge 1:49:21
- A Canadian Romance 1:50:33
- O for a Lodge 1:57:27
- Potato Bug Exterminators 1:58:22
- Dried Apples 2:00:30
- Wars in Queen Victoria’s Reign 2:01:07
- English Poets 2:03:57
- Irish Poets 2:08:53
- American Poets 2:12:08
- Scottish Poets 2:14:27
- Reply to the Toast of Scottish Poets 2:16:13
- Lines on South of Scotland 2:17:08
- The Shires on the Moray Frith 2:17:26
- Lines Read at St. Andrew’s Anniversary 2:19:45
- Lines on the North of Scotland 2:21:54
- Prince Charlie’s Grandsons 2:22:50
- Scottish Names in Oxford County 2:24:31
- Facts About Cheese 2:24:45
- Fairy Tale 2:25:16
- St. Andrew 2:27:17
- Halloween 2:28:17
- Lorne and Louise 2:29:52
- Elf Shot 2:30:57
- Gordon Cumming—The Lion Hunter 2:32:37
- Book Agent Story 2:34:39
- Harvest Home Festivals 2:38:03
- Father Ranney, the Cheese Pioneer 2:39:24
- Hints to Cheese Makers 2:42:21
- Ode on the Mammoth Cheese 2:42:55
- McIntyre Has a Few Rows 2:44:09
- Canadian Thames 2:44:18
- The People All Say and Declare It Is True 2:46:50
- Lines on Gunn 2:47:02
- Indian Mutiny 2:47:29
- A Modern Wonder 2:47:54
- Electric Light 2:49:16
- Witch Stone 2:51:01
- Dick and Edward 2:51:38
- Questions and Answers 2:52:02
- Lines Read at a Ladies’ Aid 2:52:26
- Salford Parsonage 2:53:11
- Transformation Scene 2:54:45
- Lines on London 2:55:21
- Finale 2:56:20
- Canada Before the Confederation of the Provinces 2:56:41
- Canada’s Future 2:57:56
- Canada’s Resources 2:59:42
- Northwest Rebellion 3:01:24
- Big Bear the Indian Chief 3:03:49
- Province of Ontario 3:05:17
- Niagara Dry 3:09:02
- United by Steel Rails 3:10:24
- The Old Snake Fence 3:11:59
- Canadian Voyageurs on the Nile 3:13:14
- Land Clearing 3:14:40
- Lines Read at a Maple Sugar Social 3:15:59
- Canadian Charms 3:17:31
- Patriot Fighting for His Home 3:17:54
- Fighting for Conquest 3:18:29
- Lines Sent to Thomas Conant of Oshawa, a Writer of Canadian Sketches 3:19:28
- Lines Sent to Alexander McLaughlan, Amaranth Station, with a Copy of My Poems 3:19:56
- Holland River and Its Tributaries 3:20:15
- The Vale of Thames 3:22:14
- Ranney, 1856, Dairy System 3:22:50
- Lines Read at a Dairymen’s Supper 3:23:11
- Ensilage 3:23:49
- Fertile Lands and Mammoth Cheese 3:24:25
- Lines Read at a Dairymaids’ Social 3:25:06
- Windmills and Stone Stables 3:26:08
- Dairy Ode 3:26:56
- Cheese Curd for Bait 3:29:27
- Thanksgiving Ode 3:30:56
- When to Sell Grain and Farm Produce 3:32:00
- Four Acre Farm 3:33:20
- Eagle and Salmon 3:34:55
- Captain’s Adventure 3:36:25
- Indian Romance 3:39:10
- Origin of the Toboggan 3:40:42
- Bear and Falls 3:42:45
- Broken Raft Adventure 3:44:32
- Bear Hunt 3:45:48
- Coon Hunting 3:47:22
- Sailor’s Yarn 3:48:11
- Hunters and Trappers 3:51:08
- Wild Goose Shot at Midnight 3:53:21
- Adventures with Bears 3:54:12
- Queen’s Jubilee Ode 3:58:56
- Bear and Whale 4:00:08
- Gordon and Burnaby 4:01:34
- Poets and Philosophers 4:02:54
- James Hogg 4:04:27
- Highland Sketches 4:05:33
- Castle Gordon 4:07:46
- River Clyde 4:08:06
- Lofty Actors Withdraw 4:09:17
- United States 4:10:23
- Caledonia Springs, New York 4:11:50
- Local Sketches 4:13:02
- Brain Engravings 4:13:55
- Survival of the Fittest 4:15:08
- Motto 4:16:15
- Things Should Be Judged by Merit 4:16:23
- The Gates Ajar 4:17:14
- Child Made Happy 4:18:37
- Power of Love 4:20:08
- Her Lover’s Step 4:20:23
- The Useful Weed 4:21:54
- Golden Egg 4:23:06
- Little Dora 4:24:22
- Lines on the Death of a Farmer’s Wife 4:25:08
- Fighting for Home 4:25:48
- Every Rose Hath Its Thorn 4:26:39
- Danger of Fire Arms 4:27:57
- Bird Sent by Providence 4:28:44
- Help in Need 4:29:34
- Lines on the Finding of a Young Man’s Body in Toronto Bay 4:30:21
- Lines on a Lawn Party 4:31:23
- All Men Are Brothers 4:31:54
- The Good Man 4:32:25
- Lay of the Spring 4:33:01
- High in Masonry 4:34:29
- Tramp and Fish 4:35:18
- Seal Fishing and Hunting 4:36:24
- Snake and Its Young 4:37:48
- Whale and Its Foes 4:38:58
- Tiger and Elephant 4:40:21
- Strange Life Preserver 4:41:36
- Virtues of a Diamond Ring 4:43:20
- Child Saved by Dog 4:45:02
- Leach the Engineer 4:47:29
- Jackal and Child 4:48:54
- Little Hero 4:51:24
- Gray Hairs 4:53:05
- Good Shot 4:53:29
- Lost Son Found 4:54:45
- Shoe Black 4:56:04
- Duck and Oyster 4:57:48
- Baby Darling 5:00:04
- Riding an Avalanche 5:01:32
- Final Address to Our Patrons 5:04:14
- Card of Thanks to the Press 5:04:25
- Lines on Canada 5:04:59
- The Glorious Land of Maple Leaf 5:05:53
- Canadian Cheese Trade 5:07:11
- Peculiarities of Oxford County 5:07:50
- Prophecy of a Ten Ton Cheese 5:09:13
- Low Price of Cheese 5:11:22
- An Average Rule to Judge of Cheese 5:11:51
- Address to the Dairymen’s Association 5:12:54
- The Mammoth Cheese and Cheese Factories 5:14:20
- Lines on a Hog 5:15:38
- Lines on a Big Ox 5:16:09
- Lines Written to Alderman Frankland 5:16:43
- The Patriotic Canadian Hen 5:17:44
- The Canadian Horse 5:19:09
- The Apiary 5:19:53
- Sheep 5:21:05
- Tile Drains 5:22:16
- Nickel Mines 5:23:29
- Mild Christmas 5:24:25
- The Steamboat 5:25:26
- Duties of Life 5:26:42
- Great Fire in Michigan 5:27:49
- Horace Greely and Mrs. Staunton 5:29:05
- Reflections After Reading “The Coming Race” and “Looking Backward” 5:30:21
- Raise High the Banner 5:31:33
- A Pleasing Illusion 5:32:26
- A Ghost Story 5:33:40
- Sir Walter Scott 5:35:32
- Big Stag 5:36:07
- Eagle and Stag 5:37:19
- Fairy Tale 5:40:03
- Address to the Scottish Clans at Woodstock 5:43:30
- Lines on Colonel Wonham 5:44:54
- Murder of a Young Englishman 5:45:24
- Fair Day at Embro 5:46:18
- Decoration Day 5:47:03
- Strange Water Wheels at Beachville 5:48:47
- Fight in a Cave 5:49:44
- The Present Time 5:51:16
- The Rescue 5:52:44
- Lady Ann 5:55:14
- Tom Norton 5:57:39
- Fox Hunt Yarn 6:06:54
- The King and Peasant 6:08:10
- Spanish Donkey 6:10:13
- Child and Horse 6:11:20
- Mule and Bear Fight 6:13:33
- Bear and Buzzsaw 6:15:03
- Wooden Leg 6:16:49
- Alligator Rider 6:18:19
- Young Swell and Tramp 6:19:38
- Lightning Rod Agent 6:20:57
- Conquered by a Child 6:22:11
- Joined His Church 6:23:53
- Soldier and Gander 6:24:47
- Indian Wars 6:26:04
- Love in a Snowdrift 6:28:10
- Blanket Shield 6:29:16
- Dime Story 6:30:14
- Alligator and Boy 6:31:21
- Lines 6:32:31
- Lines 6:32:57
- Political 6:33:09
- The Flood on the Creek 6:33:27
- Big Crops of 1891 6:34:24
- Death of Parnell 6:34:58
- Short Route to the Orient 6:35:11
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James McIntyre, often referred to as the “Cheese Poet” due to his fondness for writing about cheese, published two collections of poems in his lifetime. McIntyre was born in Scotland but emigrated to Canada as a youth. The poems reflect his deep connection to rural Canadian life and landscapes of Ontario, particularly the Thames River region. His poetry focuses on subjects like agriculture, local history, community life, and caseiculture. His most popular work, “Ode on the Mammoth Cheese,” is a humorous, celebratory poem that pays tribute to a massive cheese produced in Ontario weighing over 7,000 pounds. While his style has been criticized for its “cheesiness” or lack of sophistication, his earnest and heartfelt verses offer a charming glimpse into 19th-century Canadian culture and the poet’s passion for his adopted homeland.