CANADIAN CHILDREN'S BOOKS 1799-1939
1916
588 CANADIAN GIRL'S ANNUAL. London: Cassell & co., Ltd., [19--? -
19--?].
Library has: 1916 229x172 mm., [1921?] 227x159 mm., [1928]
227x157 mm; [1929-1932] 230x162 mm..
Dating: [1921?] dated by textual evidence; [1928] dated by
provenance date; [1929-1932] dated by textual evidence.
Ed. changes: 1916 comp. by the ed. of Little Folks; [1921?] Eric
Wood; [1928-1932] Herbert D. Williams.
Publ. changes: [1928-1930] pub. in Canada by McClelland & Stewart
for the Amalgamated Press, London; [1931-1932] Amalgamated
Press..
These volumes are very English in content and format. The volumes
for 1916 and 1932 contain one story with a Canadian setting.
589 CHAFFEY, M. Ella.
The Adventures of/Prince Melonseed/AND/The Adventurous Road/By/M.
Ella Chaffey/ Author of/"The Youngsters of Murray Home"/"Thunder
Camp"/"The Little Apricot Cutter"/Drawings by/Margaret Elizabeth
Chaffey/ [pict. ornament] /TORONTO:/ WILLIAM BRIGGS/1916/ [all
within a border].
Half-title.
c. 1916 M. Ella Chaffey.
1-163 pp. 187x125 mm.
Text illus.
Green coarse diaper cloth. Front board bears title, pict.
ornament, author & illus. stamped in white; spine bears title,
rule, author & publ. in white. Pict. endpapers printed in
green.
F.f.l. 1916 (NUC, Rhodenizer, T&C).
A fantasy concerning a prince only six inches tall. It is a
heroic tale in miniature filled with fairy tale characters. The
adventurous road, pages 93 to 163, set along the southern coast of
British Columbia, is also a fantasy involving two young children
and the creatures of the woods.
590 CURWOOD, James Oliver, 1878-1927.
KAZAN/BY/JAMES OLIVER CURWOOD/AUTHOR OF/THE DANGER TRAIL,
ETC./ILLUSTRATED BY/GAYLE HOSKINS AND FRANK HOFFMAN/ [ornament] /
GROSSET & DUNLAP/PUBLISHERS NEW YORK/ [all within a dbl. border]
/Made in the United States of America/ [1916].
Half-title.
c. 1914 Cosmopolitan Book Corp.
[i-viii], 1-340 + [i-iv] pp. Pl. frontis. + 3 pl. 187x125 mm.
Pp. [i-iv] at end adverts.
Olive green coarse diaper cloth. Front board bears title &
author; spine bears title, author & publ.
F.f.l. Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill [1914] (NUC); this ed. [1916]
(US Cat); also pub. in England as Kazan the wolf-dog. London,
Cassell, 1914 (BM).
Curwood was an American author popular in his period. He spent
considerable time in northern Canada among Eskimos, and had
experience in trapping wild animals. His many novels have small
literary value, but he was an effectively robust storyteller, and
his concentration on adventures in the wild life of the north was
a product of his first-hand experience, however extravagantly
heightened in terms of fiction. (Ward). Kazan's life is spent
around Hudson's Bay posts in northern Canada. He has often been
treated cruelly, but is drawn to the female members of the human
species who treat him kindly. The story is reminiscent of Jack
London's The call of the wild.
591 DUNCAN, Norman, 1871-1916.
BILLY TOPSAIL, M.D./A Tale of Adventure With/Doctor Luke of the
Labrador/By/ NORMAN DUNCAN/ILLUSTRATED/ [publ. device]
/Toronto/Thomas Allen/Publisher/ [1916].
Half-title.
c. 1916 Fleming H. Revell Co.
1-317 pp. Pl. frontis. + 3 pl. 199x126 mm.
Frontis. & pl. are signed Anton Otto Fischer 1915 or 1916.
P. 2 list of other titles by the author.
Yellowish green coarse diaper cloth. Front board bears title &
author stamped in black & pict. ornament in blue, b&w., spine
bears author, title & publ. in gold, pict. ornament in white.
F.f.l. [1916] (O'Dea); also pub. New York, Revell, [1916] (NUC,
Watters).
This third 'Billy Topsail' book ends with Billy becoming a doctor
in the tradition of his hero Dr. Luke.
592 GROVES, Edith (Lelean), 1870-1931.
CANADIAN PATRIOTISM/ [rule] /A Canadian Fairy Tale/ (A PATRIOTIC
PLAY) / BY/EDITH LELEAN/ [pict. ornament] /PRICE 25 CENTS/ [rule]
/WILLIAM BRIGGS/ TORONTO ONTARIO/ [1916].
c. 1916 Edith Lelean.
1-31 pp. 164x114 pp.
Canadian patriotism.
Gray wrappers. Front as t.p. within a dbl. border; back bears
adverts. within an ornamental border. (Bookseller's label
probably pasted over the price).
F.f.l. [1916] (NUC, Rhodenizer, Watters).
Mrs. Groves was born in Cornwall, England, and educated in
Toronto. She was the first woman chairman of Toronto Board of
Education. As the wife of a school teacher (William E. Groves),
she was very much interested in education. (Rhodenizer p. 187). A
Canadian fairy tale is a play within a play that seeks to make
Canada as much a land of enchantment as the British Isles.
593 GROVES, Edith (Lelean), 1870-1931.
CANADIAN PATRIOTISM/ [rule] /THE/Key of Jack Canuck's/Treasure-
House/BY/ EDITH LELEAN/ [pict. ornament] /PRICE 25 CENTS/ [rule]
/WILLIAM BRIGGS/ TORONTO ONTARIO/ [1916].
c. 1916 Edith Lelean.
1-24 pp. 162x114 mm.
Canadian patriotism.
Dark gray wrappers. Front as t.p. within a border & an ornamental
border; back bears a list of the songs used in the play with
prices, all within an ornamental border.
F.f.l. [1916] (NUC, Rhodenizer, Watters).
A fantasy about Canada's natural resources and her people.
594 GROVES, Edith (Lelean), 1870-1931.
CANADIAN PATRIOTISM/ [rule] /The Making of/Canada's Flag/ (A
PATRIOTIC PLAY) /BY/EDITH LELEAN/ [pict. ornament] /PRICE 25
CENTS/ [rule] /WILLIAM BRIGGS/TORONTO ONTARIO/ [1916].
c. 1916 Edith Lelean.
1-20 pp. 159x111 mm.
Canadian patriotism.
Gray wrappers. Front as t.p. within a border & an ornamental
border; back bears a list of songs for the play with prices, all
within a border & an ornamental border.
F.f.l. [1916] (NUC).
The flag made in the pageant, complete with veterans from the
American Revolution to World War I, is the Red Ensign.
595 MONTGOMERY, Lucy Maud, 1874-1942.
CHRONICLES/OF AVONLEA/In which Anne Shirley of Green Gables and
Avonlea/plays some part, and which have to do with other per-
/sonalities and events, including The Hurrying of Lu-/dovic, Old
Lady Lloyd, The Training of Felix, Little/Joscelyn, The Winning of
Lucinda, Old Man Shaw's/Girl, Aunt Olivia's Beau, The Quarantine
at Alexan-/der Abraham's, Pa Sloane's Purchase, The Courting/of
Prissy Strong, The Miracle at Carmody, and finally/The End of a
Quarrel./All related by/L.M. MONTGOMERY/Author of "Anne of Green
Gables", "Anne of Avonlea,"/"Kilmeny of the Orchard," "The Story
Girl," etc./With frontispiece and cover in colour by/GEORGE GIBBS/
[publ. device] /BOSTON [ornament] THE/PAGE/ COMPANY [ornament]
PUBLISHERS/ [1916] [all within 4 rectangles, all within a border].
Half-title.
c. 1912 L.C. Page & Co., 1st imp. June 1912; 5th imp. May 1916;
pr. C.H. Simonds Co., Colonial Press, Boston.
[i-viii], 1-306 + [i-iv] + 1-2 pp. Frontis. wanting. 187x131 mm.
P. [ii] list of other titles by the author; pp. [i-iv] & 1-2 at
end, adverts.
Light brown dotted-line-ribbed cloth. Front board bears col.
pict. paper onlay, title & author stamped in gold, all within
borders in blind; spine bears title, author, publ., rules &
place all in gold, rules top & bottom in blind. Foredges and
bottom edges uncut.
F.f.l. 1912 (NUC, OCCL, Russell); this ed. [1916].
Montgomery's American publisher, L.C. Page & Co., selected the
best of her short stories for this publication.
596 ROBERTS, Charles Gordon Douglas, 1860-1943.
THE/SECRET TRAILS/BY/CHARLES G.D. ROBERTS/Author of "The Feet of
the Furtive,"/"Kings in Exile," etc./ILLUSTRATED/New York/THE
MACMILLAN COMPANY/1916/All rights reserved/ [all within a triple
border].
Half-title.
[i-viii], 1-212 + [i-vii] pp. Pl. frontis + 7 pl. 189x123 mm.
Frontis. & 4 pl. signed Paul Bransom.
Pp. [i-vii] at end adverts.
Olive green fine diaper cloth. Front board bears title & author
stamped in white & pict. ornament in orange & b&w., within a
black border, all within a dbl. border of orange & black; spine
bears title, author & publ. in white, (rubbed) pict. ornament in
b&w. on an orange rectangle within a black border, black &
orange rules. Pict. endpapers printed in green.
F.f.l. 1916 (NUC, Pomeroy, Watters); also pub. London, Ward,
Locke, 1916 (NUC).
Contents: The black boar of Lonesome Water; The dog that saved
the bridge; The calling of the lop-horned bull; The aigrette; The
cabin in the flood; The brothers of the yoke; The trailers; Cock-
crow; The ledge on Bald Face; The morning of the silver frost.
The advertisements include children's books.
597 SAUNDERS, Marshall, 1861-1947.
THE/WANDERING/DOG/ADVENTURES OF/A FOX-TERRIER/BY/MARSHALL
SAUNDERS/AUTHOR OF "BEAUTIFUL JOE," ETC./THE COPP, CLARK CO.,
LIMITED/TORONTO/ [c. 1916].
Half-title.
c. 1916 George H. Doran Co.
i-xii, 13-363 pp. Pl. frontis. + 11 pl. (1 wanting) 196x126 mm.
Pl. are photographs.
Light brown fine diaper cloth. Front board bears title & author
stamped in black & pict. ornament within a square in b&w., spine
bears title, rule, author & publ. in gold.
H.E. Urban for Christmas 1916 from Daddy.
F.f.l. [c. 1916] (NUC); also pub. as "Boy", the wandering dog;
adventures of a fox-terrier, New York, Grosset & Dunlap [c.
1916] (NUC).
A completely anthropomorphic dog story. The canine hero, worth
$7,000, tells, in rambling fashion, the story of several years of
his life and the author takes the opportunity to comment on
aspects of society that concerned her, such as the lack of
playgrounds for children, the evils of intoxicants, the
suffragette movement in England, as well as cruelty to animals.
The lives of the wealthy and the poor are contrasted, but to the
modern reader, the author shows more than a touch of racism or at
least condescension towards non-Americans.
1917
598 GROVES, Edith (Lelean), 1870-1931.
THE WOOING OF/MISS CANADA/ (A Play) /By/EDITH LELEAN GROVES/
[pict. ornament] /McCLELLAND, GOODCHILD & STEWART/PUBLISHERS --
TORONTO/ [1917].
c. 1917 McClelland, Goodchild & Stewart, Ltd.
1-32 pp. 187x125 mm.
The all Canadian entertainment series.
Gray wrappers. Front bears series title, author, title &
ornaments printed in dark blue & pict. ornament in red & blue;
back bears list of series titles & 'Drills & exercises', all
within an ornamental border, all printed in dark blue.
F.f.l. [1917] (NUC, Watters).
Miss Canada is wooed by many countries, but she decides to marry
Jack Canuck.
599 KINGSTON, Brian.
[cover-title] BOYS' FRIEND Library/3D No 346/SONS of the/EMPIRE/
[on the left] A Complete/Adventure Story/[By] - Brian Kingston./
[Fleetway House, Farringdon Street, London, E.C., 1917?] [all
against a col. pict. ornament; lines 1-2 printed in white,
outlined in black; lines 3-4 printed in black, outlined in red].
A-B30 1-120 pp. 180x131 mm.
The boys' friend library no. 346.
Wrappers. Back white wrapper bears adverts.
No listing has been found. Dated from textual evidence [1917?].
The sub-title is basically descriptive of the contents: A
thrilling long story, telling how two young Britishers foiled the
German attempt at sedition in Canada. The time is World War I,
the place Alberta and the story ends with a battle scene worthy of
what was taking place on the Western Front in Europe. The story
may be set towards the end of the war since the intimation is that
the Germans in Canada did not know that they were being defeated
in Europe.
600 LAMBIE, Alexander, b. 1870.
When Polly/Went Away/ [pict. ornament with legend] /By Alec
Lambie/Author of "Tommy Norrie," "Old Pip," Etc./ [Vancouver,
B.C., Williamson & Son, 1917] [line 1 bears ornamental initial
letter W].
Half-title.
c. 1917 by the author; pr. & publ. Williamson & Son, 2152 Main
St., Vancouver, B.C.
[i-ii], 1-26 pp. 224x150 mm.
Text illus.
Beige wrappers. Front as t.p. printed in red & green; back bears
pict. ornament in green.
F.f.l. 1917 (Rhodenizer, Watters); the half-title is dated 1917.
Lambie was born in Scotland. In Canada, he homesteaded and taught
in Saskatchewan and in 1910 began road building in Vancouver,
British Columbia. (Rhodenizer p. 822). The sub-title of When
Polly went away is: A book of rhyme for sleepy time. It is a
light narrative poem about a parrot beginning: 'Ding! Dong!
Day!/Polly flew away./Who broke her ring?/Little Tommy King./'
601 MONTGOMERY, Lucy Maud, 1874-1942.
ANNE'S HOUSE/OF DREAMS/BY/L.M. MONTGOMERY/Author of "Anne of Green
Gables," "Anne of/Avonlea," "The Story Girl," etc./ [5 lines of
quotation] /WITH FRONTISPIECE IN COLOR/BY M.L. KIRK/McCLELLAND,
GOODCHILD & STEWART/PUBLISHERS TORONTO/ [c. 1917].
Half-title.
c. 1917 Frederick A. Stokes Co.
[i-vi], 1-346 pp. Pl. frontis. 189x124 mm.
Col. frontis.
Purple coarse diaper cloth. Front board bears col. pict. paper
onlay with title & author printed in black; spine bears title,
rule, author & publ. all stamped in gold. Front endpaper
wanting.
F.f.l. [c. 1917] (NUC, OCCL, Russell), also pub. New York, Stokes
[c. 1917] (NUC)..
Recounts Anne's first years of marriage. Montgomery was not
entirely pleased with the cover design. She wrote that 'it does
not in the least resemble the house or setting I had in mind,' but
she admitted that it was 'sellable.' (Selected journals, vol. II,
p. 215). In it, through the once-removed narrative situation of
the beautiful Leslie Moore, Montgomery explored the horror of a
woman of great vitality being married to a man who is not a true
mate. This was her first children's book with her new Canadian
publisher, McClelland, Goodchild & Stewart. Her book of adult
poems, The watchman, was published by McClelland in 1916.
602 MOON, Grace (Purdie), 1877-1947.
INDIAN LEGENDS/IN RHYME/BY/GRACE PURDIE MOON/ILLUSTRATIONS AND
DECORATIONS BY/KARL MOON/ [pict. ornament] /TORONTO/THE MUSSON
BOOK COMPANY/LIMITED/ [c. 1917] [all within a dbl. border].
Half-title.
c. 1917 Frederick A. Stokes Co.
i-x, 1-54 pp. Pl. 4 pl. (1 wanting) 152x197 mm.
Pl. are col., frontis. & full-page illus. are photographs; text
illus.
Reddish brown coarse diaper cloth. Front board bears title,
author, illus. & ornaments stamped in gold, col. pict. paper
onlay within a border in blind.
F.f.l. New York, Stokes [c. 1917] (NUC); this ed. [c. 1917].
Grace Moon was an American author who wrote children's books based
on the Indians of the American Midwest. This book of verses is a
salute to the Navajo Indians. However, many of the animals and
the view of the natural world certainly provided enough links with
Canadian Indians for Musson to offer a Canadian edition.
603 ROLT-WHEELER, Francis William, 1876-1960.
THE MUSEUM BOOKS/ [rule] /THE POLAR HUNTERS/BY/FRANCIS ROLT-
WHEELER/Author of "U.S. Service Series" and "The Monster-
Hunters"/WITH THIRTY-FOUR ILLUSTRATIONS, MOSTLY FROM/PHOTOGRAPHS
LOANED BY THE AMERICAN/MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY/ [publ. device]
/BOSTON/ LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO./ [1917].
Half-title.
c. 1917 Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., pub. Apr. 1917; pr. Berwick &
Smith Co., Norwood Press, Norwood, Mass.
[i-xii], 1-369 pp. Pl. frontis. + 22 pl. 198x136 mm.
The museum books; p. [ii] list of other titles by the author.
Light blue fine diaper cloth. Front board bears title stamped in
gold, author in black, pict. ornament in b&w., pict. paper onlay
(a photograph), all within a black border; spine bears title,
rule & author in gold, publ. & rules in black, pict. ornament in
b&w. within a black border. The title on the front cover &
spine is hyphenated.
F.f.l. 1917 (NUC, US Cat).
According to Am A&B the author was born in England. However, most
of his books deal with American topics. Although a polar bear is
featured on the front cover of The polar hunters, the book is
concerned with the search for the North Pole, the success of
Commander Peary, and a great deal of American pride, although the
Franklin expedition is given full recognition. Much of the book
concerns the Eskimo child (and later young man) Kood-shoo, and
here it is difficult to separate some fact from fiction. But
overall, the author's account of past events is especially
interesting (and valuable) for its expression of why so many
people lost their lives on such expeditions: they failed to build
on the knowledge and experience of the Eskimo people.
604 SETON, Ernest Thompson, 1860-1946.
ROLF IN THE WOODS/The ADVENTURES of a BOY/SCOUT With INDIAN
QUONAB/and LITTLE DOG SKOOKUM/OVER TWO HUNDRED DRAWINGS/ [pict.
ornament] /Written & Illustrated/By/ERNEST THOMPSON SETON/AUTHOR
OF "Wild Animals I Have Known" "Two Little/Savages" "Biography of
a Grizzly" "Life Histories/of Northern Animals." NATURALIST to the
GOVERNMENT of MANITOBA,/CHIEF SCOUT, BOY SCOUTS of
AMERICA./Toronto/William Briggs/Publisher/ [1917] [lines 1 & 8
printed in green].
Half-title.
i-xvi, 1-437 pp. Pl. frontis. + 11 pl. 205x145 mm.
Green fine diaper cloth. Front board bears title & author stamped
in gold, outlined in black & pict. ornament in rust & black;
spine bears title & author in gold, outlined in black, publ. in
gold & pict. ornament in rust & black. Foredges & bottom edges
uncut.
F.f.l. New York, Doubleday, Page, 1911 (NUC, Wadland, Watters);
this ed. [1917] (NUC).
Seton's usual details of woodcraft are here combined with an
Indian and a youth's adventures in the War of 1812.
1918
605 CURWOOD, James Oliver, 1878-1927.
THE GRIZZLY/KING/A ROMANCE OF THE WILD/BY/JAMES OLIVER
CURWOOD/AUTHOR OF KAZAN, ETC./ [ornament] /NEW YORK/GROSSET &
DUNLAP/PUBLISHERS/ [1918] [all within a dbl. border].
Half-title.
c. 1915, 1918 James Oliver Curwood; pr. Country Life Press, Garden
City, N.Y.
i-x, 1-234 + [i-iv] pp. Pl. frontis.
Frontis. signed Frank Hoffman.
Pp. [i-iv] adverts.
Light green coarse diaper cloth. Front board bears author &
title; spine bears title, author & publ. Pict. endpapers
printed in green signed R.B. Haberstock.
F.f.l. New York, Doubleday, Page 1916 (NUC); this ed. [1918]
(NUC).
The Preface, dated 1916, is the author's apologia for his hitherto
wanton killing of wild animals. He also states that his account
of Thor the grizzly bear in his mountain fasts of British Columbia
is based on fact. The advertisements at the end of the book are
all for 'Books for boys.'
606 FLATT, W.D.
THE MAKING OF/A MAN/BY W.D. FLATT/TORONTO/WILLIAM BRIGGS/1918/
[all within 2 rectangles].
c. 1918 W.D. Flatt.
[1]8, 2-108 (1st 2 leaves blank; 1st leaf of sig. 4 wanting; last
[blank?] leaf of sig. 10 & rear flyleaf wanting) 1-154 pp. Pl.
frontis. + 23 pl. 184x120 mm.
Frontis. & 19 pl. signed J.R. Seavey; some pl. are photographs.
Red dotted-line-ribbed cloth. Front board bears col. pict. paper
onlay with title & author printed in light green; spine bears
title, author & publ. stamped in gold.
F.f.l. 1918 (NUC, Rhodenizer, T&C, Watters).
W.D. Flatt's parents hewed their home out of the Canadian
wilderness and to salute pioneers and pioneer life, he wrote The
trail of love in 1916. (Rhodenizer p. 684). The making of a man
tells the story of an apprentice from the Orkney Islands to the
Hudson's Bay Company and how he made good in Canada. Pages 130 to
148 is a lumbering story and pages 149 to 154 is 'An appeal to
play the game fairly.' The book is dedicated to the boys of the
author's Sunday School class at Port Nelson, Ontario, which helps
to explain its deeply religious tone.
607 LOWRY, Harold C., b. 1886.
YOUNG CANADA BOYS/With the/S.O.S. on the Frontier/BY/HAROLD C.
LOWRY/ [ornament] /TORONTO/THOMAS ALLEN/PUBLISHER/ [1918].
c. 1918 Thomas Allen; pr. Crane & Newall, Toronto.
1 p.l, i-iii, 1-202 pp. 187x122 mm.
Gray coarse diaper cloth. Front board bears title with lines 2-4
within a rectangle; spine bears title, ornaments, author & publ.
F.f.l. [1918] (NUC, Watters).
Patriotism and Canadianism ooze from every page of this war story
of a group of scouts who join the Soldiers of the Soil (S.O.S.)
and work on farms around Niagara and hear stories of early
history. In a bizarre final episode they overcome six German
spies armed with automatic rifles. Watters gives the author's
last name as Lowrey.
608 MACKAY, Isabel Ecclestone (Macpherson), 1875-1928.
THE/SHINING SHIP/And Other Verse for/Children/BY/ISABEL ECCLESTONE
MACKAY/Author of "Up the Hill and Over," etc./ILLUSTRATED
BY/THELMA CUDLIPP/McCLELLAND, GOODCHILD & STEWART/PUBLISHERS
[printer's marks] TORONTO/ [1918] [all within a triple border].
Half-title & col. pict. half-title.
c. 1918 George H. Doran Co.
i-x, 1 leaf, 11-82 pp. Pl. frontis. + half-title + 3 pl. 227x149
mm.
Col. frontis. & pl., text illus.
Dark blue coarse diaper cloth. Front board bears col. pict. paper
onlay, title & author stamped in gold; spine bears title, author
& publ. in gold. Pict. endpapers printed in white on blue.
Presentation copy: To little Dorothy Pound (followed by a poem in
mss.) Isabel Ecclestone Mackay, Vancouver, January 1919.
F.f.l. [1918] (NUC, Watters); also pub. New York, Doran [c. 1918].
Mrs. Mackay was born at Woodstock, Ontario, but spent most of her
life in Vancouver, British Columbia. She was chiefly noted as a
poet, but also wrote short stories and novels. (Macmillan). The
verses in The shining ship are in the tradition of Robert Louis
Stevenson's A child's garden of verses. The poem in manuscript on
the Presentation page reads as follows: 'Ships in port are safe I
know/And ships that sail are never so./Yet give me ships asail
that I/May watch their wings against the sky--/For anchored ships
are very dull/But sailing ships are beautiful./'
Another copy as above except: signed to R.L. Reid, K.C. With the
compliments of the author, Isabel Ecclestone Mackay, Vancouver,
Jan. 1919. Robie Lewis Reid, 1866-1945, was a pioneer Vancouver
barrister who donated his collection of Canadiana to the
University of British Columbia Library.
609 MACMILLAN, Cyrus John, 1882-1952.
CANADIAN/WONDER TALES/BY CYRUS MACMILLAN/WITH ILLUSTRATIONS
IN/COLOUR BY GEORGE SHERINGHAM/AND A FOREWORD BY SIR WILLIAM
PETERSON, K.C.M.G./ [pict. ornament printed in brown & black]
/LONDON: JOHN LANE, THE BODLEY HEAD/NEW YORK: JOHN LANE
COMPANY/TORONTO: S.B. GUNDY. MCMXVIII/
Pict. half-title.
Pr. William Brendon & Son, Ltd., Plymouth.
[A]8, B-N8, O4 i-xvi, 1-199 pp. Pl. frontis. + 32 pl. 252x186
mm.
Col. frontis. & pl.
Light green fine diaper cloth. Front board bears title, author &
illus. stamped in blue, pict. ornament in blue & light brown,
all within an ornamental border in blue & light brown, within a
border in brown; spine bears title, author & illus. in blue,
pict. ornament in blue & light brown, ornaments in light brown.
(Library label pasted over probably the publ. name). Pict.
endpapers printed in black & gray. Foredges & bottom edges
uncut.
F.f.l. 1918 (BM, NUC, T&C, Watters).
Contents: The baker's magic wand; Star-boy and the sun dance;
Jack and his magic aids; The bad Indian's ashes; The mermaid of
the Magdalenes; The boy and the dancing fairy; The mouse and the
sun; Glooskap's country; How rabbit lost his tail; The partridge
and his drum; How summer came to Canada; How turtle came; The
first mosquito; The moon and his frog-wife; Glooskap and the
fairy; The passing of Glooskap; The Indian Cinderella; The boy and
his three helpers; The duck with red feet; The northern lights;
The boy and the robbers' magical booty; The coming of the corn;
The dance of death; The first pig and porcupine; The Shrove
Tuesday visitor; The boy of great strength and the giants; The
strange tale of caribou and moose; Jack and his wonderful hen; The
sad tale of woodpecker and bluejay; The stupid boy and the wand;
The Blackfoot and the bear; The boys and the giant. Macmillan was
born in Prince Edward Island, and educated at McGill University
and Harvard University. He became a professor of English and then
Dean of Arts and Science at McGill University. He served in World
War I and on government commissions. (Rhodenizer p. 685).
Macmillan gave these retellings of Indian legends somewhat of a
romantic, European cast. The stories of the Micmac hero Glooskap
are among the strongest in the collection and have been reprinted.
610 PAYSON, Howard, pseud. of John Henry Goldfrap, 1879-1917.
THE BOY SCOUTS/AT THE/CANADIAN BORDER/BY/LIEUT. HOWARD
PAYSON/AUTHOR OF "THE BOY SCOUT SERIES," "THE MOTOR CYCLE SERIES,"
ETC./WITH ILLUSTRATIONS/By CHARLES L. WRENN/NEW YORK/ HURST &
COMPANY/PUBLISHERS/ [c. 1918].
c. 1918 Hurst & Co., Inc.
[i-ii], 1-314 pp. Pl. frontis. + 2 illus. (not incl. in paging)
184x124 mm.
Beige coarse diaper cloth. Front board bears pict. ornament
stamped in black, brown & orange, author & title in black, all
within an orange border; spine bears title, author, rules, pict.
ornament & 'Trade Mark Reg. U.S. Pat. Off.' in black & pict.
ornament in orange & black.
F.f.l. [c. 1918] (NUC).
Goldfrap was an American journalist and a writer of books for
boys. (DNNA). His many books about the Boy Scouts of the Eagle
Patrol were most popular in their time. In the above, the boy
scouts of the Eagle Patrol foil a German plot being hatched at the
Canadian border (between Maine and New Brunswick) during World War
I. The story takes place before the United States joined the
Allies.
611 ROBERTS, Charles George Douglas, 1860-1943.
THE LEDGE ON/BALD FACE/By/MAJOR CHARLES G.D. ROBERTS/
ILLUSTRATED/WARD, LOCK & CO., LIMITED/LONDON, MELBOURNE AND
TORONTO/1918/
Half-title.
c. 1918 Charles G.D. Roberts; pr. Butler & Tanner, Frome & London.
[A]8, B-Q8 1-255 pp. Pl. frontis. + 11 pl. 204x147 mm.
Pl. in sepia are by various illustrators.
P. 2 list of other titles by the author.
Dark blue fine diaper cloth. Front board bears pict. ornament,
rules & ornaments, all within borders, all stamped in blind;
spine bears title, author & publ. in gold (rubbed) & pict.
ornament & ornaments in blind. Pict. endpapers, front signed
Charles Livingston Bull.
F.f.l. 1918 (BM, EC, Pomeroy).
Contents: The ledge on Bald Face; The eagle; Cock-crow; The
morning of the silver frost; Jim, the backwoods police dog.
Another edition as above except: (1) title-page is undated; (2)
imprint does not include Toronto; (3) the plate used for the
frontispiece is different; (4) endpapers are different and are
unsigned; (5) binding is red. Dated [c. 1918] (NUC).
1919
CONTES CANADIENS/ILLUSTRES/PAR/HENRI JULIEN/LES TROIS DIABLES, par
Paul STEVENS/LA CHASSE GALERIE, par H. BEAUGRAND/TOM CARIBOU, par
Louis FRECHETTE/ [publ. device] /MONTREAL/LIBRAIRIE BEAUCHEMIN
LIMITEE/79, rue Saint-Jacques, 79/ [c. 1919].
Half-title bearing No. 1550.
c. 1919 Librairie Beauchemin.
[1]16, 216, [3]16 (last leaf blank) 1-93 pp. 180x135 mm.
Text illus.
F.f.l. 1919 (NUC, T&C).
Three well-known French legends. T&C give the following dates for
the re-tellers: Honoré Beaugrand, 1849-1906; Louis Honoré
Fréchette, 1839-1908.
The above is bound with:
612 CONTES CANADIENS/ILLUSTRES/PAR/HENRI JULIEN/UN MURILLO, par
Louis FRECHETTE/PIERRICHE, par Paul STEVENS/MONTFERRAND, par
Benjamin SULTE/ [publ. device] /MONTREAL/LIBRAIRIE BEAUCHEMIN
LIMITEE/79, rue Saint-Jacques, 79/ [c. 1919].
Half-title bearing No. 1551.
c. 1919 Librairie Beauchemin.
[1]16, 2-316 1-95 pp. 180x133 mm.
Text illus.
Half cloth, marbled paper on boards. Front bears title stamped in
gold; spine bears title, publ. & rules in gold.
F.f.l. [c. 1919] in 3 vols. (NUC).
T&C give the dates for Benjamin Sulte as 1841-1923.
The above is bound with:
PERRAULT, Charles, 1628-1703.
CONTES/DES FEES/PAR/CHARLES PERRAULT/ [ornamental rule] /MONTREAL/
LIBRAIRIE BEAUCHEMIN Limitée/79, rue St-Jacques./ [1919] [all
within an ornamental border].
Half-title bearing No. 1391B.
1-105 pp. 180x134 mm.
Frontis. signed [?] Aarion.
1 additional leaf at front & 2 at back bearing only ornamental
border.
Dated [c. 1919] as above.
Contents: Cendrillon; Le chat botté; Le petit poucet; La belle au
bois dormant; Peau d'ane; La Barbe Bleue; Riquet à la houpe; Les
fées. There were probably other editions of the stories of one of
the world's most famous storytellers published in Canada, but it
can be presumed that most of them were read to pieces.
613 DUGMORE, Arthur Radclyffe, 1870-1955.
ADVENTURES IN/BEAVER STREAM CAMP/Lost in the Northern Wilds/BY
CAPTAIN A. RADCLYFFE DUGMORE/F.R.G.S., F.R.P.S./Author of "Bird
Homes," "Camera Adventures in the/African Wilds," "Romance of the
Caribou,"/"Romance of the Beaver," "When/the Somme Ran Red," Etc./
[publ. device] /Illustrated with Photographs and Drawings by
the/Author, and four Drawings by Philip Goodwin/GARDEN CITY NEW
YORK/DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY/1919/
c. 1918 Doubleday, Page & Co., pr. Country Life Press, Garden
City, N.Y.
iii-xii, 1-342 pp. Pl. frontis. + 8 pl. 185x126 mm.
Gray coarse diaper cloth. Front board bears title & author (Major
A. Radclyffe Dugmore) stamped in black, pict. ornaments &
ornamental rules in yellow & black; spine bears title, rule,
author & publ. in black, pict. ornament & ornamental rules in
yellow & black. Foredges & bottom edges uncut.
F.f.l. 1918 (AC, NUC).
Dugmore was born in Wales. He travelled extensively, devoting his
energies to the study of wild life and natural history which
formed the subjects of most of his books. (WWW 1951/60). Two
American youths are taken on a fishing trip to Newfoundland.
When, a few years later, they are shipwrecked on a barren coast of
Newfoundland, their previous experience helps them to survive in
Robinson Crusoe-like fashion. The time period of the story is
1914-1915.
614 FIELD, Claud Herbert Allwyne, 1863-1941.
MISSIONARY/CRUSADERS/STORIES OF THE DAUNTLESS COURAGE/AND
REMARKABLE ADVENTURES WHICH/MISSIONARIES HAVE HAD WHILST/ CARRYING
OUT THEIR DUTIES IN MANY/PARTS OF THE WORLD/BY/CLAUD FIELD, M.A.
CANTAB./SOMETIME C.M.S. MISSIONARY IN THE PUNJAB/WITH MANY
ILLUSTRATIONS/LONDON/SEELEY, SERVICE & CO. LIMITED/38 GREAT
RUSSELL STREET/1919/
Pr. Riverside Press Ltd., Edinburgh, 1919.
[A]8, B-O8 1-221 [222-24] pp. Pl. frontis. + 8 pl. 191x127 mm.
Col. frontis.
Missionary library for boys & girls; pp. 1-4, 8 & [223-24]
adverts.
Black fine diaper cloth. Front board bears title stamped in
white, col. pict. paper onlay, ornaments in blue, red & b&w.,
all within a b&w. border; spine bears title in blind on a gold
rectangle, col. pict. ornament, publ. & ornaments in gold, rules
in black.
F.f.l. 1914 (EC).
Chapter II is concerned with the Jesuit missionaries in Canada in
the 1640s; chapter I concerns the work of the lay missionary
William Duncan on the west coast of British Columbia from 1851 to
the late 1870s. The contents are taken from Field's adult work,
Heroes of missionary enterprise, 1908.
615 HUTTON, Samuel King, 1877-1961.
BY ESKIMO DOG-SLED/AND KAYAK/A DESCRIPTION OF A MISSIONARY'S/
EXPERIENCES & ADVENTURES/IN LABRADOR/BY/S.K. HUTTON, M.B., CH.B.
VICT./FELLOW OF THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY/With Thirteen
Illustrations and a Map/LONDON/SEELEY, SERVICE & CO. LIMITED/38
GREAT RUSSELL STREET/1919/
Half-title.
Pr. William Brendon & Son, Ltd., Plymouth, 1918.
[A]8, B-O8 (1st leaf blank) i-xiv, 17-219 [220-24] pp. Pl.
frontis. + 8 pl. 193x127 mm.
Col. frontis.; pl. are photographs.
Missionary library for boys & girls; pp. i-iv, viii & [221-24]
adverts.
Gray coarse diaper cloth. Front board bears title stamped in
cream, outlined in black & col. pict. paper onlay within col.
ornamental borders, all within a dbl. cream & black border;
spine bears title in red, author in blind, publ. in black & col.
pict. ornament.
F.f.l. 1919 (BM, EC, NUC).
Hutton was an English doctor and surgeon who served with the
Moravian Mission in Labrador, 1903-08 and 1911-13. He wrote
several books about the Eskimos in Labrador. (WWW 1961/70).
616 MACKAY, Isabel Ecclestone (Macpherson), 1875-1928.
MIST OF/MORNING/BY/ISABEL ECCLESTONE MACKAY/AUTHOR OF "UP THE HILL
AND OVER,"/"THE SHINING SHIP," ETC./McCLELLAND & STEWART/
PUBLISHERS [printer's marks] TORONTO/ [1919] [all within a triple
border].
Half-title.
c. 1919 George H. Doran Co.
i-viii, 9-407 pp. 189x126 mm.
Light gray coarse diaper cloth. Front board bears title, pict.
ornament & author stamped in dark blue; spine bears title, pict.
ornament, author & publ. in dark blue.
Presentation copy: To my friend Mr. A.M. Pound whose advice I
have taken to "do it again!" Isabel Ecclestone Mackay,
Vancouver. September 22/19.
F.f.l. [1919] (T&C, Watters); also pub. New York, Doran [c. 1919]
(NUC).
Book I of the novel deals with the childhood of the two main
characters. Books II and III are about their careers and
romances.
617 MERIVALE, Joy.
THE FALLEN FLYER/OR CAMPING IN CANADA/BY/J. MERIVALE/ ILLUSTRATED
BY JOHN CAMPBELL/LONDON/SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING/ CHRISTIAN
KNOWLEDGE/NEW YORK AND TORONTO: THE MACMILLAN CO./ [1919].
Half-title.
Pr. Billing & Sons, Ltd., Guilford & Esher.
[1]8, 2-88, [*]4 (1st leaf blank) i-vi, 7-125 + 1-8 pp. Pl.
frontis. 183x116 mm.
Col. frontis.
Pp. 1-8 at end adverts.
Blue fine diaper cloth. Front board bears title & author stamped
in pale blue on black & pict. ornament in pale blue & black;
spine bears author, title & publ. initials in black.
F.f.l. [1919] (BM, EC).
Four boys camping some miles from what is now Langley, British
Columbia, help to capture two German fliers and find a hidden
treasure.
618 ROBERTS, Charles George Douglas, 1860-1943.
THE WATCHERS/OF THE TRAILS/A BOOK OF ANIMAL LIFE by/CHARLES G.D.
ROBERTS/Author of/"The Kindred of the Wild," "The Heart of/the
Ancient Wood," "Barbara Ladd," "The/Forge in
the/Forest,"/"Poems,"/etc./ [pict. ornament] / [on the left] With
many/ Illustrations/by/ [on the right] CHARLES/LIVINGSTON/BULL/THE
PAGE COMPANY/PUBLISHERS [printer's marks] BOSTON/ [1919] [lines 1,
2, 4 & 15 printed in red; the words in lines 1-4 are separated by
dots; all within a border].
Pict. half-title.
c. 1904 Page Co., 13th imp. 1919; pr. C.H. Simonds Co., Colonial
Press, Boston.
i-xvi, 1-361 + [i-viii] pp. Pl. frontis. + 47 pl. 197x133 mm.
P. ii list of other titles by the author; pp. [i-viii] adverts.
Olive green fine diaper cloth. Front board bears title & author
stamped in gold, pict. ornament in black & gold, all within a
triple gold border, all within a dbl. border in blind; back
bears ornament within a square in blind; spine bears title &
author within scrolls, pict. ornament & publ. all in gold.
Foredges uncut. Pict. endpapers printed in green.
See no. 445.
619 ROGERS, Grace Dean (McLeod), 1865-1958.
JOAN/AT HALFWAY/BY/GRACE McLEOD ROGERS/AUTHOR OF "STORIES OF THE
LAND OF EVANGELINE,"/"LETTERS FROM MY HOME IN INDIA," ETC./
McCLELLAND & STEWART/PUBLISHERS [printer's marks] TORONTO/ [1919]
[all within a dbl. border].
Half-title.
c. 1919 George H. Doran Co.
i-x, 11-414 pp. 189x127 mm.
Brown coarse diaper cloth. Front board bears title stamped in
blind on an ornamental black rectangle & author in black; spine
bears title, ornament, author & publ. in black.
F.f.l. [1919] (T&C, Watters); also pub. New York, Doran, [c.
1919].
Grace Rogers was born in Nova Scotia. Her best known work was
Stories of the land of Evangeline, 1891. (Macmillan). In Joan at
Halfway, a teenaged orphan finally finds a home and happiness with
relatives in a kind of manorial house. The setting is a village
some miles from Halifax.
620 SAUNDERS, Marshall, 1861-1947.
GOLDEN DICKY/THE STORY OF A CANARY/AND HIS FRIENDS/BY/ MARSHALL
SAUNDERS/Author of "Beautiful Joe," etc./WITH FRONTISPIECE IN
COLOR BY GEORGE W. HOOD/ [5 lines of quotation]
/TORONTO/McCLELLAND & STEWART, LTD./PUBLISHERS/ [1919] [all within
a dbl. border].
Half-title.
c. 1919 Frederick A. Stokes Co.
i-xvi, 1-280 pp. Pl. frontis. 187x126 mm.
Green coarse diaper cloth. Front board bears col. pict. paper
onlay with title & author printed in black; spine bears title,
rule, author & publ. in gold.
Also pub. New York, Frederick A. Stokes [1919] (NUC); this ed.
[1919] (T&C).
Not even Saunder's genuine love for all living creatures can bring
this rambling autobiography of a canary into focus.
621 SAXE, Mary Solace, 1868-1942.
Our Little/Quebec Cousin/ [rule] /By/Mary S. Saxe/ [rule]
/Illustrated by/Charles E. Meister/ [rule] / [publ. device] /
[rule] /Boston/The Page Company/MDCCCCXIX/ [all within an
ornamental border].
Half-title.
c. 1919 Page Co., 1st imp. April 1919.
1 p.l., i-x, 1-122 + 1-10 pp. Pl. frontis. + 5 pl. 190x128 mm.
Pl. are slightly tinted.
Little cousin series; verso of p.l. list of books in the series;
pp. 1-10 at end adverts.
Beige coarse diaper cloth. Front board bears title & author
stamped in red, pict. ornament in green, red & black, within a
black border, all within a black border; spine bears title in
black.
F.f.l. 1919 (NUC, US Cat).
Mary Saxe, librarian and author, was born in Vermont and came to
Canada with her parents when a child. From 1901 to 1931 she was
librarian of the Westmount Public Library, Quebec. (Macmillan).
Her little travelogue of Quebec is pictured through the eyes of a
French-Canadian child.
622 [cover-title] SCHOOL DAYS; A magazine published monthly for the
pupils of the public schools. Vancouver: Seymour School,
Vancouver [1919-28].
Library has: vol. I, no. 1, Sept. 1919 - vol. II, no. 8, May-June
1921; vol. III, no. 3, Apr. 1922 - vol. III, no. 4, May 1922;
vol. VII, no. 2, Dec. 1924. 229x153 mm.
The magazine was not published during July and August.
Editor: E.W. Reid.
The last date of publication has been verified by the Vancouver
School Board.
Page 5 of Volume I, number 1, tells us that this magazine was
published to help the pupils in their school work. Each issue
cost ten cents, and the pupils were urged to buy it, not borrow it
from one another. It is a lively publication, containing stories,
poems, articles, Indian legends and biographies of commendable
quality. Local school news is presented, and there are
competitions, puzzles and prizes. Each issue is attractively
printed and illustrated.