James De Mille (23 August 1833 – 28 January 1880) was a professor at Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, and an early Canadian novelist who published numerous works of popular fiction from the late 1860s through the 1870s.

He then travelled with his brother Elisha Budd to Europe, spending half a year in England, France and Italy, scenes of which became settings for many of his works.

Soon after his return to North America, he attended Brown University, from which he obtained a Master of Arts degree during 1854.

Other works included the 1867 historical novel Helena's Household: A Tale of Rome in the First Century[2] (the 1890 edition was subtitled : An Ideal of Roman Life in the Time of Paul and Nero), and the following: The B.O.W.C.

Club series: Nonfiction: Many of DeMille's books were originally published in serial form in such periodicals as Harper's Weekly.