PARKER, GILBERT, a Canadian novelist; born in Ontario, in 1862. Among his works are: “Pierre and His People”; “Tales of the Far North”; “An Adventurer of the North”; “A Romany of the Snows”; “A Lover's Diary” (1894); “The Trail of the Sword” (1894) ; “When Valmond Came to Pontiac”; “The Seats of the Mighty”; “Ladder of Swords” (1904); “The Judgment House” (1913); “World in the Crucible” (1915); “Wild Youth and Another” (1919). He served for several years in Parliament, Knight, 1902; baronet, 1915.