CANADIAN CHILDREN'S BOOKS 1799-1939
1926
707 COWPER, Edith Elsie.
The Haunted Trail/BY/E.E. COWPER/Author of "The Girl from the
North-West"/"The White Witch of Rosel"/"The Island of Secrets"
&c./Illustrated by H. Coller/BLACKIE & SON LIMITED/LONDON AND
GLASGOW/ [1926].
Half-title.
[1]8, 2-148 1-224 pp. Pl. frontis. + 3 pl. (1 wanting)
179x120 mm.
Dark blue fine diaper cloth. Front board bears title & author
stamped in black & pict. ornament in black & light blue; spine
bears title, author & publ. in black, pict. ornament in black &
light blue.
F.f.l. [1926] (BM, EC).
Two sisters and their brother travel from Great Slave Lake to
Hudson Bay carrying their father's money. They are assisted and
saved from villains by a group of Indians.
708 EVANS, Hubert Reginald, 1892-1986.
[dbl. rule] /FOREST FRIENDS/STORIES OF ANIMALS, FISH, AND BIRDS,
WEST OF THE ROCKIES/By/HUBERT R. EVANS/ [dbl. rule]
/PHILADELPHIA/THE JUDSON PRESS/BOSTON CHICAGO LOS ANGELES/KANSAS
CITY SEATTLE TORONTO/ [dbl. rule] / [1926].
Half-title.
c. 1926 Judson Press.
[A]8, B-O8, P4 (last leaf blank) [i-xii], 1-218 pp. Pl. frontis.
+ 14 pl. (1 wanting)
195x127 mm. Pl. are photographs.
Dark green sand-grain cloth. Front board bears title stamped in
blind on gold, author & sub-title in gold; spine bears title,
pict. ornament, author & publ. in gold. Pict. endpapers printed
in green & signed Leon Yarndall.
Wishing you many happy returns of your birthday. From your little
friends, Bobby, Pat and Wellsy. August, 1928.
F.f.l. [1926] (NUC, Watters).
The Introduction is dated 1926. Evans was born in Ontario, but
after his war service, he moved to the coast of British Columbia.
Here he had a varied career as a freelance writer, a fisherman,
fisheries officer, logger and beachcomber. These activities
formed the basis of many of his literary subjects. (OCCL). Forest
friends is a series of short articles, some of which were
published in magazines. Some have a hint of fictionalization.
709 FRENCH, Donald Graham, 1873-1945, ed.
FAMOUS/CANADIAN STORIES/RE-TOLD FOR CHILDREN/By LESLIE
HORNER/Edited by DONALD G. FRENCH/FRONTISPIECE IN COLOR by
STANLEY/TURNER and NUMEROUS DRAWINGS/by ROSALIND MORLEY [printer's
marks] /PUBLISHED AT TORONTO BY/McCLELLAND AND STEWART/ [1926]
[all within 4 rectangles].
Half-title.
c. 1923 McClelland & Stewart, Ltd., 3rd printing 1926; pr. Warwick
Bros. & Rutter Ltd., Toronto.
[1]8, 2-228 (last leaf blank) 1-349 pp. Pl. frontis. 228x165
mm.
Green coarse diaper cloth. Front board bears title,
'Illustrated', reteller, ornaments & rectangles stamped in dark
green & col. pict. paper onlay, all within an ornamental green
border; spine bears title, pict. ornament, reteller, rules &
publ. in dark green.
F.f.l. 1923 (NUC); this ed. [1926].
French was an author and editor who wrote chiefly on Canadian
history and literature. (Can WW 1936/37). Famous Canadian stories
is a collection of sixty simply told historical incidents of
importance from 'The Norsemen in America' to 'The story of Empire
Day'. Forty-five of the stories were retold by Leslie Horner.
710 HOWEY, William, b. 1883.
Canadian Carols/WILLIAM HOWEY/BA., B.D./ [pict. ornament] /THE
RYERSON PRESS/TORONTO/ [1926].
Half-title.
c. 1926 W. Howey.
1-117 pp. Pl. frontis. + 2 pl. 182x121 mm.
The frontis. is a portrait of the author; pl. are photographs.
Dark blue diagonal fine-ribbed cloth. Front board bears title,
author & pict. ornament stamped in gold, within a dbl. border in
blind; spine bears title, author, pict. ornament & publ. in
gold. T.e. blue. Foredges & bottom edges uncut. Original
dustjacket.
F.f.l. [1926] (Can Cat, NUC, Watters).
The dustjacket tells us that the author was 'a great lover of
nature', that he was a soldier, and that children would 'revel in
his fairy-tales and the land of make-believe'. His poems 'For the
children' (pp. 77-98) are also included in his complete book of
poems for children, A visit to fairyland (see no. 735).
711 KENNEDY, Howard Angus, 1861-1938.
[cover-title] The Ryerson Canadian History Readers/LORNE PIERCE,
Editor/Endorsed by/IMPERIAL ORDER DAUGHTERS OF THE
EMPIRE/RECOMMENDED BY THE PROVINCIAL DEPARTMENTS OF
EDUCATION/FATHER LACOMBE/By/ HOWARD ANGUS KENNEDY/Author of "The
Story of Canada," "The Book of the West,"/ "The New World Fairy
Book," etc./ [rule] PRICE 10 CENTS/ [rule] /THE RYERSON
PRESS/TORONTO/ [c. 1926] [lines 1-5 & 6-13 within rectangles].
c. 1926 Ryerson Press.
1-32 pp. 186x126 mm.
Full-page illus. signed C.W. Jefferys.
The Ryerson Canadian history readers.
Gray wrappers. Back bears adverts. within a border.
F.f.l. [c. 1926] (NUC).
Kennedy was born in England and emigrated to Canada in 1881. He
became a journalist in Montreal and was a war correspondent during
the North West Rebellion of 1885. His books are chiefly about
western Canada. (Macmillan). Father Albert Lacombe (1827-1916),
was a missionary priest to the Cree and Blackfoot Indians and to
the Métis of Fort Edmonton. He played a significant part in
influencing government policy of the prairies. (Can Encyc). The
Ryerson Canadian history readers were designed to 'supplement the
history in the lower forms and grades ...' (verso of front
wrapper).
712 MACDONALD, Zillah Katherine, 1885-196-?
COBBLECORNERS/BY/ZILLAH K. MACDONALD/ [publ. device] /D. APPLETON
AND COMPANY/NEW YORK [printer's marks] 1926 [printer's marks]
LONDON/
Half-title.
c. 1926 D. Appelton & Co.
[i-viii], 1-246 + [i-ii] pp. Pl. frontis. 187x125 mm.
Frontis. signed A.G. Lemmar; p. 10 is a map.
P. [ii] at end adverts.
Light blue coarse diaper cloth. Front board bears title, author &
ornaments, all within a border, all stamped in green; spine
bears title, author & publ. in green. Original dustjacket.
F.f.l. 1926 (Can Cat, NUC).
Zillah MacDonald was born at Halifax, Nova Scotia. She wrote many
children's books as well as articles and stories for magazines for
young people. Rhodenizer (p. 420) notes that she wrote 'good
juvenile fiction.' In Cobblecorners, a highly improbably plot
gains some credence from the picture of a Nova Scotian village
during a winter season.
713 MACKAY, Isabel Ecclestone (Macpherson), 1875-1928.
BLENCARROW/A NOVEL/BY/ISABEL MACKAY/TORONTO/THOMAS ALLEN/ BOSTON
AND NEW YORK/HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY/ [1926].
Half-title.
c. 1926 Isabel Ecclestone Mackay; pr. Riverside Press, Cambridge,
Mass.
[i-iv], 1-307 pp. 187x127 mm.
Green coarse diaper cloth. Front board bears title, rule &
author; spine bears title, rules, author & publs. Original
dustjacket.
Presentation copy: To my friend, A.M. Pound, who never tires in
pursuit of that elusive thing - Canadian literature! Isabel
Ecclestone Mackay. Vancouver, October, 1926.
F.f.l. [1926] (Can Cat, NUC, Watters).
The sub-title on the dustjacket 'Youth, Love and Life in the
Canadian countryside' gives a good indication of the tone of the
story. Much of the book is devoted to the childhood of the main
characters. The setting is a Gaelic community in southern
Ontario.
714 MONTGOMERY, Lucy Maud, 1874-1942.
The/BLUE CASTLE/A NOVEL/ [rule] /BY/L.M. MONTGOMERY/ [rule] /
TORONTO/McCLELLAND & STEWART, LIMITED/PUBLISHERS/ [1926?].
Half-title.
c. 1926 McClelland & Stewart Ltd., pr. Hunter-Rose Co., Ltd.
[i-viii], 1-310 pp. 188x125 mm.
P. [v] list of other titles by the author.
Gray coarse diaper cloth. Front board bears title & author
stamped in blue within a border in blind; spine bears title,
ornament, author & publ. in blue.
F.f.l. New York, Stokes, 1926 (NUC, Russell); this ed [1926?] (Can
Cat, Russell).
The characters are all adult and Montgomery intended it for an
adult audience. However, in plot, style and emotional content it
is open to youthful Montgomery fans. It is set in Muskoka, her
only book without a Prince Edward Island setting. It is one of
her most openly rebellious novels, and because of its anti-
authoritarian stance, it has been a cult-book in Poland where a
very popular musical stage-play based on it has been running since
1982.
715 ROBERTS, Charles George Douglas, 1860-1943.
Neighbours Unknown/BY/CHARLES G.D. ROBERTS/AUTHOR OF "KINGS IN
EXILE," "THE BACKWOODSMEN"/"THE HOUSE IN THE WATER," ETC./WITH
FRONTISPIECE./New York/THE MACMILLAN COMPANY/1926/ All rights
reserved/
Half-title.
c. 1911 Macmillan Co., pub. Feb. 1911; reissued June 1926; pr.
J.S. Cushing Co. & Berwick & Smith Co., Norwood, Mass.
[B]8, C-[D]8, E-N8, [O]8, P-S8, [T]8 (sigs. are signed on the
recto of leaf 7) i-viii, 1-266 pp. Pl. frontis. 186x120 mm.
Frontis. signed Paul Bransom.
Dark green coarse diaper cloth. Front board bears title, pict.
ornament within a border & author, all stamped in gold; spine
bears title, pict. ornament, rules & publ. in gold.
See no. 550.
716 SETON, Ernest Thompson, 1860-1946.
BANNERTAIL/THE STORY OF/A GRAY SQUIRREL/With 100
Drawings/by/Ernest Thompson Seton/Author of/Wild Animals I have
Known/Trail of the Sandhill Stag/ Biography of a Grizzly/Lives of
the Hunted/Monarch the Big Bear/New York/Charles Scribner's
Sons/1926/ [line 1 cream letters outlined in brown; lines 2-14 &
pict. ornaments printed in brown; lines 1-10 within a 3/4 pict.
border, all against a beige background].
Half-title.
c. 1922 Ernest Thompson Seton.
iii-xii, 1-265 pp. Pl. t.p. + 8 pl. 194x142 mm.
Marginal drawings.
Dark brown dotted-line-ribbed cloth. Front board bears title,
author's initials & pict. ornaments stamped in gold & pict.
paper onlay printed in sepia, outlined in gold; spine bears
title, pict. ornament, author & publ. in gold. Foredges uncut.
F.f.l. 1922 (NUC, Wadland).
This story is obviously and deliberately written for children as
opposed to Seton's other animal stories which were chiefly taken
over by children. In writing down to them in Bannertail he
produced his poorest work. Although it is an accurate enough
picture of squirrel life, Seton here indulged excessively in
cuteness, even to the extent of using the euphemism 'Mother Carey'
to personify nature. Bannertail is his closest approach to the
pathetic fallacy. In thus distorting animal nature, Seton almost
emerges as the forerunner of those concocters of animal
travesties, Thornton Burgess and Walt Disney.
717 STEINER, Florence Bertha, 1877-1946.
TOY SHIPS/POEMS/FOR/CHILDREN/BY/FLORENCE B. STEINER/Scissor-cut
Silhouettes/BY/LISL HUMMEL/ [publ. device] /1926/THE GRAPHIC
PUBLISHERS LTD./OTTAWA CANADA/ [lines 2, 3, 4 & publ. device
printed in orange].
Pict. half-title.
c. 1926 Florence B. Steiner.
1-63 pp. 195x132 mm.
Full-page illus.
Orange paper on boards. Front bears pict. ornament, author &
illus. printed in black; spine backed in wine cloth with title,
printer's mark & ornament stamped in gold.
F.f.l. 1926 (Can Cat, NUC, Watters).
Florence Steiner was a Canadian writer. Toy ships is a collection
of gentle, rather sentimental verses about childhood pleasures.
Steiner also wrote a history of the First Unitarian Church of
Toronto. (Rhodenizer p. 387).
1927
718 BALFOUR, Grant, pseud. of James Miller Grant, 1853-1940.
ON GOLDEN WINGS/THROUGH/WONDERLAND/By/GRANT BALFOUR/WITH
DECORATIONS BY/ELSIE DEANE/ [pict. ornament] /McCLELLAND &
STEWART, LIMITED/PUBLISHERS [printer's marks] TORONTO/ [1927].
Half-title.
Pr. Warwick Bros. & Rutter, Ltd.
[1]8, 2-178 [i-ii], 1-270 pp. 213x150 mm.
Frontis. & full-page illus.
Blue fine diaper cloth. Front board bears title & author; spine
bears title, ornament & publ. Pict. endpapers printed in blue
on orange.
F.f.l. [1927] (Can Cat, NUC, Watters).
James Miller Grant was a Canadian author, born in Scotland, best
known for his Canadian patriotic poems, Canada, my home and other
poems, 1910. (Macmillan). On golden wings through wonderland is a
quest fantasy set in Canada with all the archetypal figures of
fantasy and many creatures alien to the Canadian woods.
719 CONNER, Sabra, b. 1884.
THE QUEST/of the/SEA OTTER/By SABRA CONNER/ [pict. ornament] /THE
REILLY & LEE CO./CHICAGO NEW YORK/ [1927] [all within a dbl.
border with ornaments at each corner].
Half-title.
c. 1927 Reilly & Lee Co., 2nd printing.
3-263 pp. 188x123 mm.
Dark blue coarse diaper cloth. Front board bears title, pict.
ornament & author stamped in silver; spine bears title,
ornament, author & publ. in silver. T.e. blue. Endpaper maps.
F.f.l. [1927] (NUC, US Cat).
Sabra Conner was an American author. (Am A&B). A group of
Nor'westers from Quebec and a young American board the Sea Otter
to sail around the Horn to British Columbia. The object of the
trip is fur-trading and exploration and to join up with the
explorer David Thompson. A rather complicated and diffuse plot is
enlivened by the presence of a fifteen-year-old girl disguised as
a boy.
720 DICKIE, Francis Joseph, 1890-1967?
UMINGMUK/OF THE BARRENS/By Francis Dickie/ [pict. ornament] /
[rule] / TORONTO/THE MUSSON BOOK COMPANY/LIMITED/ [1927].
Half-title.
Pr. Hazell, Watson & Viney, Ltd., London & Aylesbury.
[A]8, B-R8, S4 (last leaf blank) 1-278 pp. Pl. frontis. + 7 pl.
196x123 mm.
Frontis. & pl. signed Edward Osmond.
Beige coarse diaper cloth. Front board bears title & author
stamped in dark green; spine bears title, author & publ. in dark
green. Original dustjacket.
Presentation copy: To A.M. Pound, who not only appreciates
Canadian literature, but who has for forty years given his
sympathy and, more important, help to those who produced it,
with the author's very best regards. Francis Dickie, Vancouver,
Sept. 21st 1932.
F.f.l. [1927] (Can Cat, Watters); also pub. London, Hodder &
Stoughton [1927] (BM, EC, NUC).
Contents: Monarch of the Arctic prairies; The "comeback"; The
call of the tame; In "Gopherland"; Waif; The great fear. Dickie
was born in Manitoba, the son of pioneer parents. He had a
variety of occupations including surveying, lumbering, journalism
and writing. (publisher's blurb for his 1967 children's book,
Husky of the Mounties). Umingmuk is a musk-ox and the hero of the
first story in this collection. Here the setting is the barren
lands of the Arctic and the time is 1812. This collection of
animal tales has more animal and human interaction than the
stories of Charles G.D. Roberts or Ernest Thompson Seton.
721 KEITH, Marian, pseud. of Mary Esther (Miller) MacGregor, 1876-
1961.
LITTLE/MISS MELODY/BY/MARIAN KEITH/AUTHOR OF "IN ORCHARD GLEN,"
"THE SILVER MAPLE,"/"TREASURE VALLEY," ETC./McCLELLAND AND
STEWART/PUBLISHERS [printer's marks] TORONTO/ [c. 1927].
Half-title.
c. 1927, McClelland & Stewart Ltd., pr. Hunter-Rose Co., Ltd.
i-vi, 9-302 pp. 187x123 mm.
Gray fine diaper cloth. Front board bears title & author; spine
bears title, ornaments, author & publ. Front endpaper wanting.
F.f.l. [1921] (Can Cat, NUC, T&C, Watters); this ed. [c. 1927]
(NUC).
Marian Keith (Mrs. D.C. MacGregor) was born at Rugby, on Lake
Simcoe, Ontario. She became a school teacher and wrote short
stories and her first novel, Duncan Polite, in her spare time. In
1909 she married a Presbyterian minister. (Thomas). The child in
Little Miss Melody is the daughter of a Presbyterian minister in
an Ontario village. She is ten years of age when the story begins
and twelve when it is over. As a heroine, she belongs in the
company of Nellie McClung's Pearlie Watson, L.M. Montgomery's
Anne, and American heroines such as Pollyanna and Elsie Dinsmore,
in that she constantly spreads sweetness and light. When she is
put out of the choir for her inability to hold a tune, she is
assured by the young minister of her father's parish that she can
be a silent singer to the Lord. The book has interesting pictures
of small town life and a cast of eccentric characters, along with
a look at the busy life of a minister's wife.
722 McILWRAITH, Jean Newton, 1859-1938.
KINSMEN/AT WAR/ [ornament] /J.N. McILWRAITH/ [ornament] / [publ.
device] / THE GRAPHIC PUBLISHERS, LTD./OTTAWA, CANADA/ [1927] [all
within borders with ornaments at each corner].
Half-title.
c. 1927 J.N. McIlwraith.
[1]8, 2-188, [19]8 [i-x], 1-289 [290-94] pp. 190x124 mm.
P. [v] list of other titles by the author; pp. [291 & 293]
adverts.
Light mauve wrappers. Front bears title & author. Stiff
endpapers are printed in green & black & bear publ. device &
other pict. ornaments, title & author, 'This is a Miller Book,'
& 'Cover & Jacket by Alan B. Beddoe.'
F.f.l. [1927] (Can Cat, NUC, Watters).
The 'war' of the title is the War of 1812. The interest is evenly
divided between the historical events and the young people
concerned in them. The role of the Indians and the Indian chief,
Tecumseh, are given particular attention. At the end there is
some comment on the uselessness of the war. Also at the end, the
American girl will marry the Canadian farmer-soldier and will live
in Ontario.
723 McKELVIE, Bruce Alistair, 1889-1960.
THE/BLACK CANYON/A STORY OF '58/By/B.A. McKELVIE/ [ornament]
/1927/ London & Toronto/J.M. DENT & SONS LTD./
Half-title.
Pr. Temple Press, Letchworth.
[A]8, B-L8, M6 (1st leaf blank) i-x, 1-175 pp. Pl. frontis. + 1
pl. 186x123 mm.
Frontis. & pl. signed R.A. Hallum '26.
Red fine bead-grain cloth. Front board bears ornament within a
3/4 border, stamped in blind; spine bears title, ornament,
author & publ. in gold. Original dustjacket.
F.f.l. 1927 (Can Cat, NUC, Watters).
McKelvie was born at Vancouver, British Columbia. He was a
journalist, an editor, and an author. His non-fiction concerned
the history of British Columbia. (Macmillan). According to the
Foreword of his The black canyon, the chief incident in the story
is based upon a true incident in the Gold Rush days of British
Columbia in 1858. A party of miners were attacked by Indians and
most of them were killed. In this fictionalized account two
teenagers are the heroes and, of course, their lives are saved.
724 MARCHANT, Bessie (Mrs. J.A. Comfort), 1862-1941.
Molly in the West/BY/BESSIE MARCHANT/Author of "Her Own
Kin"/"Sylvia's Secret" &c./Illustrated by Francis E. Hiley/BLACKIE
& SON LIMITED/LONDON AND GLASGOW/ [1927].
Half-title.
[1]8, 2-168 1-255 pp. Pl. frontis. + 5 pl. 187x128 mm.
Light gray fine diaper cloth. Front board bears title & author
stamped in blue, circular pict. ornament in blue & green, all
within a triple green border; spine bears title, author & publ.
in blue, circular pict. ornament in green & blue, all within a
dbl. green border.
F.f.l. [1927] (BM, EC).
Molly runs away from her stepmother only to find herself in a
position of great responsibility. She rises to the occasion,
helps to solve a mystery, looks after a kidnapped child and will
marry a 'Mountie'. The setting is not well described, but appears
to be northern British Columbia.
725 MILNE, Alan Alexander, 1882-1956.
NOW WE ARE SIX/BY A.A. MILNE WITH/DECORATIONS BY/ERNEST H.
SHEPARD/ [pict. ornament] /TORONTO/McCLELLAND & STEWART, LTD./215-
219 VICTORIA STREET/ [1927].
Half-title.
c. 1927 McClelland & Stewart Ltd.
1 p.l., i-xii, 1-104 pp. 194x131 mm.
Frontis. & text illus.
Verso of p.l. bears list of other titles by the author &
illustrator.
Orange sand-grain cloth. Front board bears title & pict. ornament
within a border, all stamped in gold; spine bears title,
ornament, author & publ. in gold. Foredges & bottom edges
uncut.
F.f.l. London, Methuen, 1927 (BM, H-S); this ed. [c. 1927]; NUC
lists a McClelland & Stewart ed. [c. 1925] which is in error.
726 MONTGOMERY, Lucy Maud, 1874-1942.
EMILY'S QUEST/BY/L.M. MONTGOMERY/Author of "Anne of Green Gables,"
"Rainbow Valley,"/"Emily of New Moon," Emily Climbs,"
etc./TORONTO/McCLELLAND & STEWART, LTD./PUBLISHERS/ [1927?].
Half-title.
c. 1927 McClelland & Stewart Ltd., pr. Warwick Bros. & Rutter,
Ltd., Toronto.
[i-viii], 1-311 pp. Pl. frontis. 192x125 mm.
Col. frontis. signed M.L. Kirk.
Green coarse diaper cloth. Front board bears col. pict. paper
onlay with title & author printed in brown; spine bears title,
ornament, author & publ. stamped in gold.
F.f.l. New York, Stokes, 1927 (NUC, Russell); this ed [1927?] (Can
Cat, Russell).
In this book, Montgomery marries off her little alter-ego, Emily,
to give her readers the required traditional ending to a girls'
story.
727 ROBERTS, Charles George Douglas, 1860-1943.
Roberts' Animal Stories/The/Lord of the Air/BY/CHARLES G.D.
ROBERTS/Author of "The Watchers of the Trails," "The Kindred/of
the Wild," "The Heart of the Ancient Wood,"/"Barbara Ladd,"
"Poems," etc./Illustrated by/CHARLES LIVINGSTON BULL/ [publ.
device] /BOSTON [ornament] THE PAGE/COMPANY [ornament] Publishers/
[1927] [all within 5 rectangles, all within an ornamental border].
Half-title.
c. 1902 Frank Leslie Pub. House; c. 1902 L.C. Page & Co., 7th imp.
Apr. 1927; pr. C.H. Simonds & Co., Colonial Press, Boston.
1-59 + 1-4 pp. 175x118 mm.
Frontis. & full-page illus.
Roberts' Animal stories; Cosy corner series; p. 2 list of other
titles by the author; pp. 1-4 at end adverts. of children's
books.
Gray coarse diaper cloth. Front board bears 'Roberts' Animal
Stories' & author stamped in red, title & 'Cosy Corner Series'
in black, pict. ornament in black, outlined in red; spine bears
title & ornaments in red. Original dustjacket.
First pub. in The Kindred of the Wild 1902 (see no. 461); f.f.l.
in this ed. 1905 (NUC, Watters).
728 SULLIVAN, Alan, 1868-1947.
BROTHER BLACKFOOT/BY/ALAN SULLIVAN/ILLUSTRATED BY/W.M. BERGER/
[publ. device] /THE CENTURY CO./New York & London/ [1927].
c. 1927 Century Co.
[i-iv], 1-300 pp. Pl. frontis. + 3 pl. 186x122 mm.
Black fine diaper cloth. Front board bears title, ornament &
author stamped in orange, pict. ornament in blue & orange; spine
bears title, author & publ. in orange, pict. ornament in blue.
F.f.l. [1927] (Can Cat, NUC, Watters).
A story of friendship between an American white boy and a
Blackfoot boy. It is almost a sentimental story of role reversal.
The Indian boy wants to be a grocer, and the white boy wants the
freedom of the wild. It is doubtful that such a plot would get by
a modern editor.
729 WALLACE, Archer, 1884-1958.
OVERCOMING HANDICAPS/BY/ARCHER WALLACE/Author of/"STORIES OF
GRIT," "CANADIAN HEROES OF MISSION/FIELDS OVERSEAS"/WITH AN
INTRODUCTION BY/REV. FRANK LANGFORD, B.A./Secretary of the Board
of Religious Education of the United/Church of Canada/TORONTO/THE
MUSSON BOOK COMPANY/LIMITED/ [1927].
Half-title.
c. 1927 Musson Book Co.
i-xii, 13-140 pp. 185x120 mm.
Orange fine diaper cloth. Front board bears title, rule & author
within a rectangle; spine bears title, ornament, author & publ.
Original dustjacket.
F.f.l. New York, Doran [c. 1927] (NUC, Watters); also pub. London,
Allenson [c. 1927] (NUC); this ed. [c. 1927].
A companion volume to the author's Stories of grit (see no. 706 ).
730 WHITELL, Evelyn.
THE LIGHT OF/GAMBIER ISLAND/BY/EVELYN WHITELL/Author of/"The
Silence," "Builder's Crown of Jewels,"/"Extraordinary Mary," &c.,
&c./ [ornament] /THE RALLY,/28, DENMARK STREET, LONDON, W.C.2./
[1927].
[A]8, B-C8 (1st & last leaves blank) 3-45 [46] pp. 212x139 mm.
P. [46] list of titles by the author that appear on the t.p. pub.
by The Master Press, Los Angeles & supplied by The Rally.
Light blue mottled wrappers. Front bears information as t.p.
within triple borders, all printed in blue.
F.f.l. [1927] (BM).
The boy, Tim, comes from Chicago and finds work on Gambier Island
which he finds just as beautiful as his mother's description of
it. He wins friends, finds a missing child and a lost soldier and
performs a heroic act. As a result, his brothers and sisters are
able to join him on the island. The 'light' of the title has a
religious connotation.
1928
731 BONNER, Mary Graham, 1890-1974.
MAGIC JOURNEYS/BY MARY GRAHAM BONNER/AUTHOR OF "THE MAGIC
MAP"/ILLUSTRATED BY/LUXOR PRICE/ [pict. ornament] /NEW YORK. THE
MACAULAY COMPANY/ [1928] [all within a dbl. border, with ornaments
at the top].
Pict. half-title.
c. 1928 Macaulay Co.
i-xii, 13-287 pp. Pl. frontis. 241x185 mm.
Col. frontis., full-page illus. printed in black & blue; text
illus.
P. ii list of other titles by the author.
Orange dotted-line-ribbed cloth. Front board bears title,
ornament, author & illus., spine bears title, ornament, author,
rule, pict. ornament & publ. Pict. endpapers printed in green &
black, signed Luxor Price. Foredges uncut.
F.f.l. [1928] (AC, NUC).
Mary Graham Bonner was born in the United States but her parents
moved to Nova Scotia when she was two months old. She wrote for
adults as well as children. (Thomas). Magic journeys is a sequel
to the author's fantasy The magic map (1927). In it a young boy
meets more characters connected with maps, especially those from
the Eastern Hemisphere.
732 DOUGHTY, Arthur George, 1860-1936.
UNDER THE LILY AND/THE ROSE/A Short History of Canada/for
Children/IN TWO VOLUMES/ARTHUR G. DOUGHTY/With Illustrations in
Colour from Original Drawings by/JAS. COCKBURN, C. KREIGHOFF [sic]
/C.W. JEFFERYS, CHAS. SIMPSON,/C. ROPER, H.R. PERRIGARD,/F.
HENNESSEY, AGNES GARDNER/ KING,/GERTRUDE DES CLAYES./VOL. I [VOL.
II] /OTTAWA/THE MODERN PRESS/ 1928/
Half-title.
Vol. I: [*]6, [**]2, A-I-K8, [L]6 (1st leaf blank; front & rear
flyleaves doubled; one leaf of a 2-leaf sheet is pasted to the
marbled flyleaf & the other forms a 2nd flyleaf) [i-xiv], 1-
175, i-xi pp. Pl. frontis. + 19 pl. 239x155 mm.
Vol. II: [*]6, A-E8, [F]8, G-I-J8, K4, [L]2, [M]8 (1st leaf
blank; front & rear flyleaves doubled; one leaf of a 2-leaf
sheet is pasted to the marbled flyleaf & the other forms a
second flyleaf) i-x, 1-169, 1 blank leaf, i-xiv pp. Pl.
frontis. + 18 pl. 239x155 mm.
Col. frontis. & pl. signed by those named on the t.p. plus the
following: Bainbridge, Dennis Eden, A. Mortimer, & W.H. Sadd.
Half leather, marbled paper on boards bearing ornamental rules
stamped in gold; spine bears title, author, vol. no. & ornaments
within rectangles, date, rules & ornamental rules, all stamped
in gold, rules in black, 5 raised bands. Bevelled edges. A.e.
uncut. Marbled endpapers.
No earlier listing has been found. Can Cat & Macmillan give 1st
date of publication as 1929, probably the date of the 1st trade
ed.
On verso of title-pages: 'H.L. September 12, 1868; September 12,
1878; September 12, 1928.' 'The present edition of the work in
two volumes is not for sale. It will be offered as a prize book
to certain schools in England and in Canada. An edition in one
volume will be issued later in English and in French. It is hoped
that the volume will be found suitable to read to children as an
introduction to Canadian history before they begin to study the
ordinary text books' (p. [xii]). Sir Arthur Doughty was born in
England, and came to Canada in 1886. In 1904 he became Dominion
archivist, and he discharged the duties of this office with great
distinction. His publications, particularly in the field of
Canadian history, were numerous. (Macmillan). The text of Under
the lily and the rose is in storytelling form and covers the
period from John Cabot to W.L. Mackenzie King.
733 EVANS, Hubert Reginald, 1892-1986.
DERRY/Airedale of the Frontier/BY HUBERT EVANS/ [ornament]
/GROSSET & DUNLAP/PUBLISHERS NEW YORK/By arrangement with Dodd,
Mead & Co./
[c. 1928] [all within 3 rectangles, all within a dbl. border].
Half-title.
c. 1927, 1928 Dodd, Mead & Co., Inc.
[i-vi], 1-253 pp. Pl. frontis. 187x116 mm.
Light blue dotted-line-ribbed cloth. Front board bears title,
author & rules stamped in dark blue; spine bears title, rule,
author & publ. in dark blue. Pict. endpapers printed in light
green.
December 25, 1943.
F.f.l. New York, Dodd, Mead, 1928 (AC, NUC); this ed. [c. 1928].
The setting of this dog story is northern British Columbia, so
Derry has ample opportunity to show off his fighting skills with
bears and wildcats, and even fish. The pros and cons of how to
train a dog form a backdrop to the story. Like many writers of
dog stories, the author ascribed almost human qualities to his pet
and told much of the story from the dog's point of view. Derry,
among many other qualities, can think, tease, grin, and bark in
disgust.
734 HAKLUYT, Richard, 1552?-1616.
TALES FROM/HAKLUYT/SELECTED FROM "THE PRINCIPAL/NAVIGATIONS" OF
RICHARD HAKLUYT/BY/FRANK ELIAS/WITH FOUR FULL-PAGE/ ILLUSTRATIONS
IN COLOUR/BY/NORMAN WILKINSON, R.B.A., R.I./ [publ. device] /A. &
C. BLACK, LTD./4 5 & 6 SOHO SQUARE, LONDON, W.I/1928/ [all within
an ornamental border].
Half-title.
Pr. Billing & Sons, Ltd., Guildford & Esher.
[1]8, 2-158 i-xii, 1-226 [227-28] pp. Pl. frontis. + 3 pl.
185x132 mm.
Black's boys' and girls' library; p. ii list of series titles; p.
[227-28] adverts.
Light blue coarse diaper cloth. Front board bears title, ornament
& author stamped in brown, pict. ornament in black & brown, all
within a black border; spine bears title, ornament & author in
brown, publ. in black, pict. ornament in black & brown within a
black border.
F.f.l. under the title: First voyages of glorious memory, 1911
(p. iv of above ed., BM, NUC); repr. 1928.
Elias (b. 1878) wrote both fiction and non-fiction for boys. He
also wrote for The boy's own paper. (Lofts).
735 HOWEY, William, b. 1883.
A Visit to Fairyland/and/Legends of Nature/WILLIAM HOWEY/B.A.,
B.D./ [pict. ornament] /AUTHOR OF/"CANADIAN CAROLS"/"CAROLS AND
CAMEOS"/THE RYERSON PRESS/TORONTO/ [1928].
Half-title.
c. 1928 W. Howey; Pr. Ryerson Press.
1-127 pp. Pl. frontis. 200x139 mm.
The frontis. is a picture of the author.
Mottled blue paper on boards. Front bears title, author & pict.
ornament stamped in gold, white cloth corners front & back;
white cloth spine bears title, author, pict. ornament & publ. in
gold. Foredges & bottom edges uncut.
J.M. Weins, Munson [Alberta], December 25th, 1928.
F.f.l. [1928] (NUC, Watters).
On the whole, these poems for children show more originality than
most written in Canada for children at this period. As has been
noted, most were simply feeble copies of Robert Louis Stevenson's
A child's garden of verses. Howey's include narrative poems
(rare), patriotic ones and some with a religious appeal that
befits their Methodist publisher. Some of the poems first
appeared in the author's Canadian carols (see no. 710).
736 MOWAT, Grace Helen, 1875-1964.
FUNNY FABLES/OF FUNDY/AND OTHER/POEMS FOR/CHILDREN/WRITTEN AND
ILLUSTRATED/BY/GRACE HELEN MOWAT/ [ornament] / [publ. device] /
RU-MI-LOU BOOKS [printer's marks] OTTAWA/CANADA/ [1928] [publ.
device printed in green, all lines in brown within a border in
green, all within a dbl. border in brown].
Half-title.
c. 1928 Grace Helen Mowat.
[1]8, 2-68 (1st leaf blank) [i-xii], 1-81 pp. 226x150 mm.
Full-page & text illus. printed in brown.
Blue & white coarse diaper cloth. Front board bears title, pict.
ornament & author, all within a dbl. border, all stamped in
green; spine bears title in green. Pict. endpapers printed in
green.
Anthony Dalton Scott Aug. 2nd 1929.
F.f.l. [1928] (NUC, Watters).
The text is printed in brown. Grace Mowat was born in New
Brunswick. She wrote a novel for adults, Broken barrier (1951),
with a New Brunswick setting. (Rhodenizer p. 743). The verses
have a strong local colouring such as: 'Some ducks resided in a
shack/Beside the Petitcodiac./'
737 WALLACE, Dillon, 1863-1939.
With Dog and Canoe/A Story of the Big North Woods/By/DILLON
WALLACE/Author of "Left on the Labrador," "Troop/One of the
Labrador," "The Lure of/the Labrador Wild," etc./
ILLUSTRATED/McCLELLAND AND STEWART, LIMITED/PUBLISHERS [printer's
marks] TORONTO/ [1928].
Half-title.
c. 1928 Fleming H. Revell Co.
1-269 pp. Pl. frontis. + 2 pl. 188x121 mm.
Pl. are in sepia.
Beige coarse diaper cloth. Front board bears title, sub-title &
author stamped in dark blue, circular pict. ornament in orange,
all within an orange border; spine bears title, author & publ.
in dark blue, pict. ornament in orange & dark blue.
F.f.l. [1928] (Can Cat, CBI); also pub. New York, Revell [c. 1928]
(NUC).
An American youth makes friends with a boy from Labrador and
discards his effete city ways when he travels in Labrador and the
northern barrens with two adults and their guides.
738 WEAVER, Emily Poynton, 1865-1943.
THE/BOOK OF CANADA/FOR YOUNG PEOPLE/BY/EMILY P. WEAVER/
ILLUSTRATED/ [swelling rule] /DOUBLEDAY, DORAN AND GUNDY, LTD./
TORONTO, CANADA/1928/
Half-title.
c. 1928 Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1st ed., pr. Country Life
Press, Garden City, N.Y.
[i-xii], 1-267 pp. Pl. frontis. + 17 pl. 203x130 mm.
P. [ii] list of other titles by the author.
Yellow coarse diaper cloth. Front board bears title, pict.
ornament & author; spine bears title, pict. ornament, author &
publ.
F.f.l. 1928 (Can Cat); also pub. New York, Doubleday, 1928 (NUC).
Begins with Leif the Lucky and ends with the formation of the
League of Nations.
1929
739 ARMSMITH, Catherine, pseud. of Catherine Anthony (Smith) Clark,
1892-1977.
FAIRY TALES OF/KOOTENAY./BY/CATHERINE ARMSMITH./ [ornament] /
LONDON:/ARTHUR H. STOCKWELL, LTD.,/29, LUDGATE HILL, E.C.4./
[1929].
Pr. Stanley L. Hunt, the Printeries, Rushden.
1-80 pp. Pl. 5 pl. 183x116 mm.
Pl. signed C.S.
Blue coarse diaper cloth. Front board bears title & author
stamped in gold within a border in blind; spine bears title in
gold.
Mrs. Jamieson (Edna Jaques) Briercrest, Sask., May 12, 1930 From
J.E. Wodel. (Editor).
F.f.l. [1929] (BM).
Catherine Anthony Clark was born at London and emigrated to Canada
in 1914. In 1919 she married Leonard Clark and settled in the
Kootenay Mountains of British Colubmia. (OCCL). Fairy tales of
Kootenay is probably her first book, and in its setting heralds
the background and the Canadian mythic figures that made Clark the
first important fantasist in Canada. Here we find Indian spirits
and British Columbia's Ogopogo (who was slain in 1929!). Other
stories deal with a mermaid, a dragon, a gnome and other figures
common in British fantasy.
740 BOURINOT, Arthur Stanley, 1893-1969.
OTTAWA LYRICS/AND/VERSES for/CHILDREN/BY/ARTHUR S. BOURINOT/
Author of Laurentian Lyrics, Poems,/Pattering Feet, &c./
[ornament] / [publ. device] /THE GRAPHIC PUBLISHERS,
LIMITED/OTTAWA CANADA/ [1929] [all within an ornamental border].
Half-title.
c. 1929 Arthur S. Bourinot.
1-71 pp. 228x152 mm.
P. 5 list of other titles by the author.
Red paper on boards. Front bears title, sub-title, author & rules
within a dbl. rectangle, ornament; spine bears title & sub-
title.
F.f.l. [1929] (Can Cat, NUC, Watters).
Pages 49 to 71 'Verses for children'. The first poem 'Opening
Parliament' has the rhythm of A.A. Milne's 'Buckingham Palace'
from When we were very young.
741 BROADUS, Eleanor (Hammond).
[cover-title] The Ryerson Canadian History Readers/EDITED BY LORNE
PIERCE/ Endorsed by/IMPERIAL ORDER DAUGHTERS OF THE EMPIRE AND
THE/ PROVINCIAL DEPARTMENTS OF EDUCATION/JOHN JEWITT/THE CAPTIVE
OF NOOTKA/By/ELEANOR HAMMOND BROADUS/Associate Editor of "A Book
of Canadian Prose and Verse"/ [rule] /PRICE 10 CENTS/ [rule] /THE
RYERSON PRESS/ TORONTO/ [c. 1929] [all within 2 rectangles].
c. 1929 Ryerson Press.
1-32 pp. 184x121 mm.
1 full-page illus.
The Ryerson Canadian history readers.
Dark green wrappers. Back bears list of series titles within a
border.
F.f.l. [1928] (Can Cat, NUC); this ed. [c. 1929].
See no. 048. A highly condensed version of the Jewitt story for
school children.
742 CHATTERBOX. Toronto: Ryerson Press.
Library has: [vol. 62] 1929; vol. 64 [1931]; vol. 65 [1932]
246x178 mm.
Chatterbox was a British magazine published in half-penny weeklies
from 1866 to 1948. It was established as an antidote to the
sensational 'penny dreadfuls' of the day. (Osborne I). The annual
volumes appear to have been published from 1867 to 1956. (BNB).
The Ryerson edition appears to be scarce and it has not yet been
possible to establish the number of years the annual was issued
with a Canadian imprint. There was a long-lived American issue.
743 COLEMAN, Herbert Thomas John, 1872-1964.
A RHYME FOR/A PENNY/BY/HTJ COLEMAN/WITH DRAWINGS BY/ ELISABETH
KERR/TORONTO THE MACMILLAN/COMPANY OF CANADA LIMITED/AT ST MARTINS
HOUSE/MCMXXIX./ [lines 1-2 in ornamental lettering;
all words & letters separated by ornaments or dots; all against a
pict. ornament signed E.A. Kerr, all within a dbl. border].
Half-title.
c. 1930 Macmillan Co. of Canada Ltd., pr. T.H. Best Co., Ltd.,
Toronto.
i-x, 1-49 pp. 230x151 mm.
Text illus.
Red coarse diaper cloth. Front board bears title, author, illus.
& ornaments; spine bears title, author, publ., rule & ornaments.
Original dustjacket.
Signed by the author.
F.f.l. 1929 (NUC, Watters).
Dr. Coleman was born in Ontario and had a distinguished career as
an educator, becoming Head of the Department of Philosophy at the
University of British Columbia. He wrote 'serious' poetry for
adults as well as verse for children. (Rhodenizer p. 908). His A
rhyme for a penny are whimsical verses about childhood concerns
with a slight Canadian content.
744 DICKIE, Donalda James, 1883-1971.
SENT TO/COVENTRY/BY/DONALD J. DICKIE/WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY/
CHRISTINE L. CHISHOLM/ [pict. ornament] /J.M. DENT & SONS/LIMITED/
ALDINE HOUSE/LONDON/AND/TORONTO/ [1929] [all within a pict.
border].
Half-title.
1st pub. 1929; pr. Temple Press, Letchworth.
[A]8, B-M8 i-x, 1-181 pp. Pl. frontis. + 3 pl. 192x139 mm.
Col. frontis. & pl., text illus., frontis. is dated '29.
Blue coarse diaper cloth. Front board bears title & author within
a rectangle; spine bears title, author, illus. & publ. within
rectangles; front, back & spine bear pict. ornaments within
rectangles.
F.f.l. [1929] (Can Cat, NUC, Watters).
A ten-year-old mischievous boy is sent to his room for punishment,
and enters a fantasy world in which he meets characters who expose
his faults in cliché terms, such as 'eating humble pie'. This may
be the fourth fantasy written in a country otherwise chiefly
devoted to the realism of pioneer life. It is quite sophisticated
for its time, and is best compared (and not unfavourably) with the
modern moral fantasy by the American writer Norton Juster, The
phantom tollbooth (1961).
745 ELIAS, Mrs. Edith L.
THE/YOUNG FOLK'S BOOK/OF/POLAR EXPLORATION/BY/E.L. ELIAS, M.A./
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOR/AND BLACK AND WHITE/ [publ. device] /
BOSTON/LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY/1929/
Half-title.
c. 1928 Little, Brown & Co.
i-xviii, 1-278 pp. Pl. frontis. + 19 pl. 216x139 mm.
Col. frontis. & 3 col. pl., 16 pl. are dbl.-sided photographs;
text illus.
Romance of knowledge series; p. ii list of series titles.
Beige fine diaper cloth. Front board bears title stamped in red &
col. pict. paper onlay within ornamental rectangles in green;
spine bears title, author & publ. in red, ornaments in green.
Endpaper maps.
F.f.l. 1928 (NUC).
Part I deals with Arctic exploration.
746 GILL, Edward Anthony Wharton, 1855-1944.
A MANITOBA CHORE/BOY/THE EXPERIENCES OF A YOUNG EMIGRANT/ TOLD
FROM HIS LETTERS/BY/E.A. WHARTON GILL, M.A./CANON OF ST. JOHN'S
CATHEDRAL, WINNIPEG/AUTHOR OF/"LOVE IN MANITOBA," "AN
IRISHMAN'S/LUCK," ETC./NEW EDITION/With illustrations reproduced
from photographs/LONDON/THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY/MANCHESTER,
TORONTO, MADRID, LISBON/AND BUDAPEST/ [1929].
Pr. Purnell & Sons, Paulton (Somerset) & London.
[A]4, B-M4 iii-x, 1-83 [84-88] pp. Pl. frontis. + 7 pl. 184x118
mm.
Pl. for p. 24 is placed opposite p. 4.
Pp. [85-88] adverts.
White glossy paper on boards. Front bears title printed in red,
outlined in black, author in black & col. pict. ornament; back
bears a list of 'Stories of Canada & Labrador' within a dbl.
border, all in dark blue; spine bears title & author in dark
blue & col. pict. ornament. (Library label pasted over probably
the publ. name).
F.f.l. 1912 (BM, EC, NUC); this ed. [1929] (EC, NUC).
The Author's Note is dated 1929. The Reverend Gill was born in
England. He received his M.A. from the University of Manitoba and
was ordained in the Anglican ministry. (Can WW 1936/37). His A
chore boy of Manitoba is a fictional work and consists of letters
purportedly written by a young immigrant to his mother in England.
They were intended to give a realistic picture of life on a
Manitoba farm and to warn prospective immigrants of the conditions
they would have to face. Gill also wrote two novels about pioneer
life in Manitoba.
747 KEITH, Marian, pseud. of Mary Esther MacGregor, 1876-1961.
'LIZBETH/OF THE DALE/BY/MARIAN KEITH/Author of "Treasure Valley,"
"Duncan Polite,"/"The Silver Maple," etc./McCLELLAND & STEWART
LIMITED/PUBLISHERS TORONTO/ [c. 1929] [all within a dbl. border].
c. 1929 McClelland & Stewart Ltd., pr. T.H. Best Co., Ltd.,
Toronto.
3-434 pp. 187x121 mm.
Green coarse diaper cloth. Front board bears title, ornament &
author; spine bears title, ornament, author & publ.
F.f.l. Toronto, Westminster, 1910 (T&C, Watters); this ed. [c.
1929].
The first half of the book tells of the childhood of Elizabeth
Gordon, one of a family of eight ruled by an absent-minded father
and a strict aunt. But Elizabeth forgets her childhood love of
doing good and under the aegis of a wealthy aunt becomes a social
butterfly. However, she finds Jesus Christ again, trains for a
nurse and will marry a missionary. The setting is southern
Ontario and presents an interesting picture of society in the
aftermath of the pioneer days.
748 LOWREY, Harold C., b. 1886.
INDIAN GOLD/BY/HAROLD LOWREY/Illustrated by/LESLIE VICTOR SMITH/
[publ. device] /TORONTO/THE MUSSON BOOK COMPANY, LIMITED/ [1929]
[all within a dbl. border].
Half-title.
c. 1929 Musson Book Co., Ltd.
[i-x], 1-244 pp. Pl. frontis. + 5 full-page illus. (not incl. in
paging) 188x123 mm.
Yellowish brown coarse diaper cloth. Front board bears title,
ornament & author; spine bears title, ornament, author (spelled
Lowery) & publ.
F.f.l. [1929] (NUC, Watters).
This highly improbable story takes place in the area of the east
coast of Hudson Bay in the year 1910. Three youths and an
experienced woodsman search for and find gold in a hidden valley.
The nuggets are so plentiful that they can be picked up as
pebbles. They are also attacked by a mysterious tribe of Indians,
seemingly of strange ancestry, who have no knowledge of guns.
749 MACKAY, Isabel Ecclestone (Macpherson), 1875-1928.
THE/SHINING SHIP/AND OTHER VERSE/BY/ISABEL ECCLESTONE MACKAY/
Author of "Up the Hill and Over," "Fires of Driftwood," etc./with
Illustrations by/ELSIE DEANE/ [dbl. ornamental rule] / [pict.
ornament with legend] / [dbl. ornamental rule] / McClelland &
Stewart, Limited/Publishers [printer's marks] Toronto/ [1929].
Half-title.
c. 1929 McClelland & Stewart.
1-174 pp. 201x130 mm.
Frontis. & text illus.
Light blue coarse diaper cloth. Front board bears title & author
stamped in gold; spine bears title, author, pict. ornament &
publ. in gold. Pict. endpapers printed in blue. Original
dustjacket.
Presentation copy: To that good friend of Canadian authors A.M.
Pound. From I. Mackay, November 1929.
See no. 608; this ed. f.f.l. [1929] (Can Cat, NUC, Watters).
Contains 88 poems as opposed to 42 in the first edition.
750 McKELVIE, Bruce Alistair, 1889-1960.
PELTS AND POWDER/A STORY OF THE WEST COAST/IN THE MAKING/By/B.A.
McKELVIE/Author of/"Huldowget," "Black Canyon," etc./ [ornament]
/WITH EIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS/London & Toronto/J.M. DENT & SONS LTD./
[1929].
Half-title.
1st pub. 1929; pr. Temple Press, Letchworth.
[A]8, B-Q8 (last leaf blank) i-xiv, 1-239 pp. 189x128 mm.
Frontis. map & full-page illus.
Green coarse diaper cloth. Front board bears publ. device within
a 3/4 border; spine bears title, ornament, author & publ.
Original dustjacket.
F.f.l. [1929] (Can Cat, NUC, Watters).
Two teenagers sail with Captain Joseph Ingraham of Boston in the
brigantine Hope for the coast of British Columbia to trade with
the Indians for the valued sea-otter pelts. The highlight of the
story is the boys' enforced stay with a group of Indians for a
winter. The time period is 1778 to 1795. However the title of
the book could refer to all times when the white men traded with
the Indians for furs.
Another edition as above except: (1) binding is a different shade
of green; (2) top edge is brown; (3) dustjacket is wanting.
751 MEREDITH, Wendy.
[cover-title] "Toes Up!"/Said the Brigand/And/Other Stories/
[printer's mark] BY [printer's mark] /WENDY MEREDITH/VANCOUVER,
B.C./CANADA/1929/ [pict. ornament].
1-36 pp. 235x155 mm.
Red wrappers.
F.f.l. 1929 (NUC, Watters).
Stories written by the author between the ages of ten and
fourteen.
752 MONTGOMERY, Lucy Maud, 1874-1942.
MAGIC for MARIGOLD/BY/L.M. MONTGOMERY/Author of "Anne of Green
Gables," "Emily of New/Moon," "The Story Girl," "The Blue Castle,"
etc./With a Frontispiece in color by/EDNA COOKE
SHOEMAKER/McCLELLAND AND STEWART/PUBLISHERS [printer's marks]
TORONTO/ [1929?].
Half-title.
c. 1929 McClelland & Stewart Ltd., pr. T.H. Best Co., Ltd.,
Toronto.
i-viii, 1-328 pp. Pl. frontis. (wanting) 187x125 mm.
P. ii list of other titles by the author, beginning with Anne of
Green Gables & ending with Magic for Marigold.
Olive green diagonal fine-ribbed cloth. Front board bears col.
pict. onlay signed Edna Cooke Shoemaker with title & author
printed in black on a silver rectangle; spine bears title,
ornament, author & publ. in black.
Maidie from Maidie & Vivienne, Christmas 1943.
F.f.l. New York, Stokes, 1929 (NUC, Russell); this ed. [1929?]
(Can Cat, Russell). NUC lists a McClelland & Stewart copy dated
[1927], which must be an error.
Marigold is Montgomery's typical imaginative child and, since she
is not brought to adolescence, the book remains closer to the
intent of The story girl than to those about Anne of Green Gables
or Emily of New Moon. The book is overcrowded with characters,
both child and adult, and proves Montgomery's constant complaint
(throughout the Selected journals) that she was under pressure
from her publishers to produce another book.
753 MORRISON, J.S. and STONE, Maud Morrison.
THIS CANADA/OF OURS/ [ornament] A Pictorial History/ [printer's
mark] by [printer's mark] /J.S. MORRISON/and/MAUD MORRISON STONE/
[pict. ornament] / TORONTO/THE MUSSON BOOK COMPANY/LIMITED/
[printer's mark] / [1929] [all in ornamental lettering, all within
an ornamental border].
Half-title.
c. 1929 Musson Book Co., Ltd., pr. Hunter-Rose Co., Ltd.
[i-ii], 1-155 pp. 247x183 mm.
Text illus., some in comic strip format.
Black coarse diaper cloth. Front board bears title, rule &
authors stamped in gold; spine bears title, rule, authors &
publ. in gold.
F.f.l. [1929] (Can Cat, NUC).
A simply told history from 'Canada's earliest inhabitants' to
Count Frontenac. Page 155 bears 'The end of Volume I'.
754 SETON, Ernest Thompson, 1860-1946.
CHINK/A WOOLLY COATED LITTLE DOG/and other stories from/Lives of
the Hunted/and/Wild Animals at Home/by/Ernest Thompson Seton/Being
the Personal Histories of/Chink: the Development/of a Pup/The
Mother Teal and/the Overland Route/The Kangaroo Rat/The Well-
Meaning Skunk/A Street Troubadour: being the/ Adventures of a
Cock Sparrow/Hodder & Stoughton London [1929] [lines 13-16 are
opposite a pict. ornament].
Pr. Jarrold & Sons, Ltd., Norwich.
[1]8, 2-88 (1st leaf pasted down to cover) 1-128 pp. Pl. 8 pl.
184x137 mm.
Some pl. are signed ES or Ernest Seton.
P. 2 list of other titles by the author.
Olive green fine diaper cloth. Front board bears title & author
stamped in black on a yellow rectangle, pict. ornament in black
on a round yellow ornament, both within dbl. borders in black,
all within a black border; spine bears title & author in black.
F.f.l. [1929] (BM, NUC); 1928 (EC).
755 SHACKLETON, Helen.
SAUCY/AND/ALL/VERSES BY/HELEN SHACKLETON/ [3 lines of quotation] /
[pict. ornament] /ILLUSTRATIONS BY KATHLEEN SHACKLETON/TORONTO THE
MACMILLAN COMPANY OF CANADA LIMITED./1929/ [lines 1-2 with pict.
ornaments & out of alignment; lines 1-8 within 2 rectangles; words
in lines 3, 4, 8 & 9 separated by dots].
Half-title.
c. 1929 Macmillan Co., pr. T.H. Best Co., Ltd., Toronto.
[i-viii], 1-48 pp. Pl. frontis. + 3 pl. 217x162 mm.
Col. frontis. & pl., text illus.
Blue fine diaper cloth. Front board bears title, author, pict.
ornament & illus. stamped in gold; spine bears title, rule,
author & publ. in gold. Pict. endpapers printed in black.
F.f.l. 1929 (Can Cat, NUC, Watters).
Rhodenizer (p. 445) describes the author as Mrs. E.H. Brietzche of
Montreal. The verses are on various aspects of childhood. One
poem 'Over the sea to England' has a reference to Montreal.
756 TAYLOR, E.A.
BEATRICE OF OLD/YORK/BY/E.A. TAYLOR/Illustrated by L.A. GOVEY/
[publ. device] /TORONTO/THE MUSSON BOOK COMPANY, LIMITED/ [1929]
[all within a dbl. border].
Half-title.
c. 1929 Musson Book Co., pr. T.H. Best, Toronto.
[i-viii], 1-214 pp. Pl. frontis. + 5 illus. (not incl. in paging)
188x122 mm.
Illus. for p. 171 is not incl. in 'List of Illustrations.'
Red coarse diaper cloth. Front board bears title, ornament &
author; spine bears title, ornament, author & publ. Original
dustjacket.
F.f.l. [1929] (Can Cat, NUC, Watters).
A story of the War of 1812. The young heroine, Bee Goode,
symbolizes the family divisions caused by the war, since she grew
up in the American colonies, was educated in England, and then
returned to Canada with her grandfather and her cousin. Her
brother remained across the border. Although a simply told story,
this work has much more depth than many others on the same
historical period. Religious differences are noted: among
Methodists, Quakers, Anglicans and free thinkers. The class
divisions in England, and the lot of the ordinary fighting man in
the British army are also worthy of cogent observations.
757 THOMPSON, Dora Olive, ca. 1895-1934.
DIMPLES/by Dora Olive Thompson/Author of "Joy Meredith"/"A Dealer
in Sunshine"/ "Lizzie Anne," etc./ [ornament]
/Illustrated/by/GORDON BROWNE, R.I./ [pict. ornament]
/LONDON/"EVERY GIRL'S PAPER" OFFICE/4 BOUVERIE STREET/
E.C. 4/ [1929].
Half-title.
Pr. Whitefriars Press Ltd., London & Tonbridge.
[A]8, B-R8 (last leaf blank) i-vi, 7-269 pp. Pl. frontis.
Col. frontis., text illus.
Red coarse diaper cloth. Front board bears title, pict. ornament
& author; spine bears title, ornament, author, pict. ornament &
R.T.S. (the initials of the Religious Tract Society).
Presentation copy: Miss Scott with kind regards of the author,
Dora O. Thompson.
F.f.l. [1929] (BM, EC, Watters).
Dora Thompson was educated at Toronto, Ontario and became a
successful writer of fiction for girls. (Rhodenizer pp. 423-24).
Dimples (Dorothy-Jean Adair), is uprooted from her home in
Caledon, Ontario, and sent to live with an elderly woman in a
small prairie town in Manitoba. Much of the episodic plot
concerns Dimples' school and church life, her good deeds and her
training to become a singer. The author was certainly on the side
of multiculturalism, as she exudes warmth and concern for the
European immigrant families in the community.