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Elijah Ridings (1802–1872) was a British poet, writer, and bookseller from Lancashire, England. He was known for his book, The Village Muse which contained biographical information and his political opinions. He was part of a group of poets known as the Sun Inn Group. He also wrote a book called Streams from an Old Fountain, which was a collection of humorous and satirical pieces. He was the brother of Horatio Ridings, a poet and writer.

Works

• The Poetical Works of Elijah Ridings (1840)
• The Village Muse: Containing the Complete Poetical Works of Elijah Ridings (1844)
• Streams from an Old Fountain (1857)
• Pictures of Life (1860)

References

1. Procter 1880.
2. Ridings, Elijah (1854). "The village muse : Containing the complete poetical works of Elijah Ridings".
3. Evans 1869, p. 11.
4. Collier 1862.
5. Evans 1869, p. 9.

Sources

• Procter, Richard Wright (1880). Memorials of Bygone Manchester: With Glimpses of the Environs. Creative Media Partners, LLC. ISBN 9781020713255.
• Evans, John (1869). In The Lancashire Poets: Their Lives and Works.
• Collier, John (1862). In The Works of Tim Bobbin, Esq: In Prose and Verse. Creative Media Partners, LLC. ISBN 9781345804744.

External links

• Works by or about Elijah Ridings at the Internet Archive
• Works by Elijah Ridings at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)

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