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Ania z zielonego wzgórza
Lucy Maud Montgomery ; translated by Rozalia Bernsteinowa ; illustrated by Bogdan Zieleniec., Translated from the English by Rozalia Bernsteinowa., L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell.
Ppalgan mŏri Aen
Volume 2 of 5., L. M. Montgomery., Translated from the English by Kim Yŏn-suk., L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell.
Dolina Tęczy
L.M. Montgomery ; translated by Janina Zawisza Krasucka ; illustrated by Bogdan Zieleniec., Translated from the English by Janina Zawisza Krasucka., L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell.
An Orange from Portugal
A gift of oranges / Anne Simpson -- Draper Doyle's debut / Wayne Johnston -- The kneeling of the cattle / Alden Nowlan -- The far-away present / Mary Pratt -- The tale of a tree / David Adams Richards -- Midnight gossip / Harry Bruce -- Silver bells / Carol Bruneau -- How Santa Claus came to Cape St. Anthony / Wilfred Grenfell -- Katherine Brooke comes to Green Gables / L.M. Montgomery -- Noseworthy (Est. 1929) / Paul Bowdring -- Christmas aboard the Belmont / Grace Ladd -- Thirsts of the soul / Herb Curtis -- Merry Christmas, Nancy Rose / Joan Clark -- The still of Christmas / Ernest Buckler -- A tale of three stockings without holes / Rhoda Graser -- The mysterious mummer / Bert Batstone -- Four o'clock, New Year's morning, New River Beach / Elisabeth Harvor -- The Eaton's beauty / David Weale -- The homeward trail / Charles G.D. Roberts -- The chalice / Lisa Moore -- Noisy afternoon, silent night / Ronald F. Hawkins -- The Christmas orange / David Weale -- Cougar / Mark Jarman -- The radio / Elsie Charles Basque -- Sarasota / Richard Cumyn -- White as a sheet / Herménégilde Chiasson -- from Composing winter / Lynn Davies -- A serpent's tooth / Stan Dragland -- Sky's poem for Christmas / Milton Acorn -- What possessed him / Michael Crummey -- Winter dog / Alistair MacLeod -- Christmas fortunes / Bernice Morgan -- An orange from Portugal / Hugh MacLennan., Anne Simpson, editor., L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell.
The Years before "Anne"
Francis W. P. Bolger., Reprinted from the 2nd 1975 printing of the 1974 ed.(see "author's note for reprint" p. [iv])., L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection., Ryrie-Campbell copy donated by Donna Jane Campbell.
The Lucy Maud Montgomery album
Partial contents : Through the eyes of L. M. Montgomery / by Elizabeth R. Epperly, (p.168-174) -- The Lucy Maud Montgomery birthplace, New London / by Father Bolger, (p.21-26) -- The MacNeill homestead: 'Hallowed ground' / by Jennie MacNeill (p.27-30) -- Wintertime in Cavendish / by Jennie Macneill, (p. 191-194) -- Cavendish's Annual Lucy Maud Montgomery Festival / by Linda Lowther, (p.374-375) -- The author and the Island / by Anna Macdonald, (p.480-483) -- The rescue of the Montgomery-MacMillan letters / Mollie Gillen., compiled by Kevin McCabe ; edited by Alexandra Heilbron., Includes index., Appendix : Family tree Macneill/Montgomery (p. 504-505)., Contributors' biographies : p. 516-522., Includes bibliographical references (p. 513-515)., L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection., Ryrie-Campbell copy donated by Donna Jane Campbell.
Anne of Green Gables
Lucy Maud Montgomery ; retold by Rebecca Anne Krafft ; illustrated by Thea Kliros., Cover title., A pop-up book based on an excerpt of Anne of Green Gables., L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell.
Anne of Ingleside
(Toronto : T.H. Best Print. Co.), L. M. Montgomery ; with a frontispiece in color by Charles V. John., Blue cloth covering with gilt lettering; dust jacket., L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell.
Rilla of Ingleside
L. M. Montgomery ; with frontispiece in colour by M.L. Kirk., Dark green cloth cover with pictorial panel on front cover ; gilt lettering., "Press of The Hunter-Rose Company, Limited"--t.p. verso., L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell.
Books of the century
"Books of the Century is a collection of the best writing about books and authors published in The New York Times Book Review, America's most widely read journal of the literary arts. Arranged chronologically from 1896 through 1997, this chronicle leads the reader through a century of historic literary achievements, while also providing memorable portraits of the most significant writers and thinkers of the era." "Current New York Times Book Review editor Charles McGrath has written an introductory essay that sets the table for this literary feast. With more than 250 selections, Books of the Century will fascinate, enlighten, and entertain anyone who carries on a love affair with the written word."--BOOK JACKET., edited by Charles McGrath and the staff of the Book review ; illustrations by Mark Summers., L.M. Montgomery: p. 20., More than one hundred years of book reviews and essays on literature from the pages of The New York times book review. With dust jacket., L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell., Includes index.
Just a minute omnibus
Marsha Boulton., L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell., L.M. Montgomery: articles on the "Marco Polo" p. 507-509. With dust jacket.
Anne van het Groene Huis
L.M. Montgomery., Translated from the English by Ko van der Laan., L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell.
Anne auf Green Gables
L. M. Montgomery., Translated from the English by Irmela Erckenbracht. With dust jacket., L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell.
Anne of Green Gables [Hebrew]
Translated from the English by Yiśraʼel Fishman., L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell.
Akage no An no tezukuri ehon
Handicraft making and cooking inspired by the episodes from "Anne's house of dreams"., Title romanized. Dust jacket., L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell.
Anne i drømmehuset & Anne som mor
L.M. Montgomery., Translated from the English by Gitte Nordbo., L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell.
Canadian Children's Literature no. 29
editors, Mary Rubio and Elizabeth Waterston., L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell.
Annan nuoruusvuodet
L. M. Montgomery., Translated from the English by Hilja Vesala., L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell.
Anne of Green Gables
(Boston : Colonial Press), L. M. Montgomery ; illustrated by M.A. and W.A.J. Claus., "First impression, April, 1908"--t.p. verso., Original dark brown vertically ribbed cloth, gilt lettered with blind rules on spine and front cover. Pictorial label of the head of a young woman printed in green on cream on front cover., L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell.
Anne of Green Gables
L. M. Montgomery ; illustrated by M.A. and W.A.J. Claus., "First impression, April, 1908"--t.p. verso., Original dark brown vertically ribbed cloth, gilt lettered with blind rules on spine and front cover. Pictorial label of the head of a young woman printed in green on cream on front cover., L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell.
Anne of Green Gables Vocal Score
A vocal score of all the songs from the "Anne of Green Gables" musical., Norman Campbell, Donald Harron, Mavor Moore, and Elaine Campbell., L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection. Stage and Screen., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell.
Anne of Windy Poplars
L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection. Stage and Screen., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell., An edition of "Anne of Windy Poplars" published by Pocket Book Inc. On the back is mention of the 1940 RKO Radio Picture film adaptation of the book starring Anne Shirley: "Anne will add many new friends to those who knew and loved her at Avonlea and Green Gables; also 'Anne of Windy Poplars' will be cherished by the countless people who shared Anne's experiences in the heartwarming motion picture recently released by RKO and starring Anne Shirley, with James Ellison.", This is a paperback edition.
Fifty Great American Silent Films 1912-1920 A Pictorial Survey with 210 Illustrations.
A book that provides images and information about silent films such as the cast, a synopsis, and a general commentary. The 1919 Realart Pictures Corp. production of "Anne of Green Gables" is included., Anthony Slide and Edward Wagenknecht., L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection. Stage and Screen., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell.
Fairbanks House
A history of the Fairbanks House, the oldest timber-frame building in New England, built in 1641. The house was used as Green Gables in the Realart Pictures Corp. production of the 1919 silent film "Anne of Green Gables". There is no mention of the film in the book., Abbott Lowell Cummings, L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection. Stage and Screen., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell.
Anne of Green Gables A Musical
A script for the "Anne of Green Gables" musical created by Norman Campbell, Donald Harron, Elaine Campbell, and Mavor Moore. The 1971 production at the City Centre 55 Street Theatre starring Gracie Finley is mentioned inside with a list of all of the cast members at the time. Stage designs and a list of required props are listed at the back., Donald Harron, Norman Campbell, Elaine Campbell, Mavor Moore., L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection. Stage and Screen., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell.
The Avonlea Album
A book featuring stills from the 1990 series "Road to Avonlea" starring Sarah Polley. The book takes a look at character Sara Stanley's first year in Avonlea through stills., Fiona McHugh, L.M. Montgomery., L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection. Stage and Screen., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell.
Anne of Green Gables
A dramatization of the novel "Anne of Green Gables" originally written by L.M. Montgomery., Paul Ledoux, L.M. Montgomery., L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection. Stage and Screen., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell.
Anne of Green Gables
A dramatization of L.M. Montgomery's "Anne of Green Gables including a scene plot at the end and space for director notes. There is a sticker placed over the original copyright notice telling readers that any requests for performing rights be directed to Nick Hern Books in London, England., Joseph Robinette, L.M. Montgomery., L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection. Stage and Screen., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell.
Anne of Green Gables
A dramatization of "Anne of Green Gables" originally written by L.M. Montgomery. Alice Chadwicke was a pseudonym for the American playwright Wilbur Braun (1894-1968). It was the first stage adaptation of "Anne of Green Gables"., Alice Chadwicke (Wilbur Braun), L.M. Montgomery., L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection. Stage and Screen., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell.
A Cast of Killers
A book about the murder of silent film director William Desmond Taylor based on film director King Vidor's findings. Taylor was the director of Realart Pictures Corp.'s 1919 film adaptation of "Anne of Green of Gables" starring Mary Miles Minter. She was drawn into the controversy surrounding his death, which supposedly contributed to her retiring from acting. Mentions of Mary Miles Minter occur throughout the book along with several photographs., Sidney D. Kirkpatrick, L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection. Stage and Screen., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell.
Murder in Hollywood
This book covers the death of silent film director William Desmond Taylor and the mystery surrounding it. He was the director for the 1919 Realart Pictures Corp. "Anne of Green Gables" that starred Mary Miles Minter. She was drawn into the controversy surrounding his death, which supposedly contributed to her retiring from acting., Charles Higham, L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection. Stage and Screen., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell., Please see Index for pages about "Anne of Green Gables" and Mary Miles Minter.
[Akage no An]
A book about "Anne of Green Gables". It includes a biography of L.M. Montgomery and mentions the 1934 and 1940 RKO Radio Picture adaptations starring Anne Shirley who had formerly used the stage name 'Dawn O'Day', but adopted the Anne Shirley name after being cast in the 1934 RKO film. It talks prominently about the 1985 miniseries starring Megan Follows and directed by Kevin Sullivan. There are biographies for each of the actors and staff of the miniseries, stills feature throughout the book, there is a synopsis of "Anne of Green Gables", and interviews about how Anne has such a wide following in Japan., Kevin Sullivan, L.M. Montgomery., L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection. Stage and Screen., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell., Title has been romanized.
The Anne of Green Gables Storybook
A photographic storybook featuring stills from the 1985 "Anne of Green Gables" miniseries starring Megan Follows. The storybook was adapted by Fiona McHugh., Kevin Sullivan, Joe Wiesenfeld, Fiona McHugh, L.M. Montgomery., L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection. Stage and Screen., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell.
Anne of Green Gables the Musical 101 Things You Didn't Know
A book with 101 facts about the "Anne of Green Gables" musical created by Donald Harron, Norman Campbell, Elaine Campbell, and Mavor Moore. Donald Harron's autograph appears on the first page., Donald Harron, L.M. Montgomery., L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection. Stage and Screen., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell.
Dancing Through Time: the First Fifty Years of Canada's Royal Winnipeg Ballet
A book for the fiftieth anniversary of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet in Winnipeg, Manitoba. In a list of past ballets, "Anne of Green Gables" was listed as performed in 1989 using music from the musical created by Norman Campbell, Donald Harron, Elaine Campbell, and Mavor Moore. It lists the choreographer, costumer, first cast, and credits Norman Campbell for the music. There is also an image of Laura Graham and Jorden Morris as Anne Shirley and Gilbert Blythe in the premiere., Christopher Defoe., pp. 129, 135, L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection. Stage and Screen., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell.
Anne of Green Gables Memorial Album
A memorial album of the 1979 Nippon Animation Co., Ltd. anime series of "Anne of Green Gables". The anime was directed by Isao Takahata and the scene setting and layout was done by Hayao Miyazaki who would later go on to found Studio Ghibli together. The album includes interviews, storyboards, art, a brief history of Prince Edward Island, and a history of the novel and L.M. Montgomery., Dust jacket. There is an inscription written to Donna Campbell from author Masashi Matsumoto., L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection. Stage and Screen., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell., Masashi Matsumoto, Isao Takahata, L.M. Montgomery.
Akage no An
A storybook based on the 1979 Nippon Animation Co., Ltd. anime series of "Anne of Green Gables". The anime was directed by Isao Takahata and the scene setting and layout was done by Hayao Miyazaki who would later go on to found Studio Ghibli together. On the back dust jacket there is a list of other books in the Tokuma Anime Picture Book Series., Isao Takahata, Kenzo Kawashima, L.M. Montgomery., Dust jacket. Title has been romanized., L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection. Stage and Screen., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell.
Emily
A script of the musical "Emily" based on "Emily of New Moon," "Emily Climbs," and "Emily's Quest." It includes a list of cast members for the first performance held at the Confederation Centre for the Arts in Charlottetown, PEI on June 19,1999. Four songs and their music also accompany the script at the end., Richard Ouzounian, Mark Norman., L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection. Stage and Screen., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell.
Anne of Windy Poplars
An edition of "Anne of Windy Poplars" with a still from the 1940 RKO Radio Picture film starring Anne Shirley on the cover., L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection. Stage and Screen., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell.
Anne of Green Gables
An edition of Anne of Green Gables that has a still from the RKO Radio Pictures 1934 film adaptation starring Anne Shirley. The actress in this role had formerly used the stage name 'Dawn O'Day', but adopted the Anne Shirley name after being cast in the 1934 RKO film., L.M. Montgomery., L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection. Stage and Screen., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell.
Anne of Green Gables
This is a film edition of "Anne of Green Gables" featuring stills from the RKO Radio Pictures 1934 movie adaptation starring Anne Shirley. The actress in this role had formerly used the stage name 'Dawn O'Day', but adopted the Anne Shirley name after being cast in the 1934 RKO film., L.M. Montgomery, L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection. Stage and Screen., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell.
Verse and Reverse
A book of verse [?] signed by L.M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery., The Toronto Women's Press Club., L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell.
Fires of driftwood
(Toronto : Warwick Bros., & Rutter, Ltd.)., Isabel Ecclestone MacKay ; with decorations by J. E. H. MacDonald., [all lines hand-lettered within three wavy rectangles; the first four lines and the illustrations are within a separate rectangle divided into three compartments] / [illustration of stars] / [curved ornamental line] / FIRES OF / DRIFTWOOD / BY ISABEL ECCLESTONE MACKAY / [double rule with an extra rule at each end] / [the next line above an illustration of flames rising from an ocean up to stars] / WITH DECORATIONS BY J [ornament] E [ornament] H [ornament] MACDONALD A [ornament] R [ornament] C [ornament] A [ornament] / McCLELLAND [the c is raised with a small ornament below it] AND STEWART / PUBLISHERS [ornament] TORONTO (p.215), Issued in black paper boards, quarter-bound with red cloth, with illustration of waves and fire stamped in gold on upper board. Printed by Warwick Bros. & Rutter, Lts. Reprinted in December 1922. Decoration by J.E.H. MacDonald, [member of the Group of Seven ; decorations include Binding, t.p., dust jacket and end papers], lettering by Thoreau MacDonald. The sheets from this edition were used in The Complete Poems of Isabel Ecclestone MacKay published by M&S in 1930., Former owner: L. M. Montgomery., Provenance: presented to..... by L.M. Montgomery in a holograph inscription on front end paper as follows: "Dearest, I hope you will find in these poems the pleasure I have found in my copy. They seem echoes of the old days where we tasted life together. Lovingly yours, Maud, 1923", L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection., Slight separation of front end paper from front page ; minor edge wear, minor stain top front p. through p. 15 ; missing dust jacket ., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell.
Jane of Lantern Hill
(Toronto : T.H. Best Print. Co.), L. M. Montgomery ; with a frontispiece in colour by Loiuse Costello., L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell., The back cover of this first edition includes a rare promotional blurb from Montgomery, praising Della T. Lute's autobiographical novel, 'The Country Kitchen.' McClelland and Stewart published the Canadian editions of 'The Country Kitchen' (published in the US by Little, Brown and Company), and perhaps Montgomery was sent a copy of Lutes' novel by the publisher. Her comment reads, "A thousand thanks for sending me that delightful Book 'THE COUNTRY KITCHEN.' I haven't read anything in years that gave me so much pleasure. I seemed on every page to be living over again my own childhood in that old P.E. Island kitchen I remember so well. The book is so full of delightful humor and characters. Its people are alive. I've put it away on my 'special bookshelf' where I keep all the books I really love.", association
Anne of the Island
L. M. Montgomery ; with frontispiece and cover in colour by H. Weston Taylor., "First impression, July, 1915."--t.p. verso, Tan cloth cover with square pictorial paste-on of the "Anne" on cover ; gold lettering., Includes advertisements., L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell.
Fiction Writers on Fiction Writing
L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell. Scans used with permission from Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University., Authors Whose Replies to the Questionnaire Make Up the Body of This Book:Bill Adams; Samuel Hopkins Adams; Paul L. Anderson; William Ashley Anderson; H. C. Bailey; Edwin Balmer; Ralph Henry Barbour; Frederick Orin Bartlett; Nalbro Bartley; Konrad Bercovici; Ferdinand Berthoud; H. H. Birney, Jr.; Farnham Bishop; Algernon Blackwood; Max Bonter; Katharine Holland Brown; F. R. Buckley; Prosper Buranelli; Thompson Burtis; George M. A. Cain; Robert V. Carr; George L. Catton; Robert W. Chambers; Roy P. Churchill; Carl Clausen; Courtney Ryley Cooper; Arthur Crabb; Mary Stewart Cutting; Elmer Davis; William Harper Dean; Harris Dickson; Captain Dingle; Louis Dodge; Phyllis Duganne; J. Allan Dunn; Walter A. Dyer; Walter Prichard Eaton; Charles Victor Fischer; E. O. Foster; Arthur O. Friel; J. U. Giesy; George Gilbert; Kenneth Gilbert; Louise Closser Hale; Holworthy Hall; Richard Matthews Hallet; William H. Hamby; A. Judson Hanna; Joseph Mills Hanson; E. E. Harriman; Nevil G. Henshaw; Joseph Hergesheimer; Robert Hichens; R. de S. Horn; Clyde B. Hough; Emerson Hough; A. S. M. Hutchinson; Inez Haynes Irwin; Will Irwin; Charles Tenney Jackson; Frederick J. Jackson; Mary Johnston; John Joseph; Lloyd Kohler; Harold Lamb; Sinclair Lewis; Hapsburg Liebe; Romaine H. Lowdermilk; Eugene P. Lyle, Jr.; Rose Macaulay; Crittenden Marriott; Homer I. McEldowney; Ray McGillivray; Helen Topping Miller; Thomas Samson Miller; Anne Shannon Monroe; L. M. Montgomery; Frederick Moore; Talbot Mundy; Kathleen Norris; Anne O’Hagan; Grant Overton; Sir Gilbert Parker; Hugh Pendexter; Clay Perry; Michael J. Phillips; Walter B. Pitkin; E. S. Pladwell; Lucia Mead Priest; Eugene Manlove Rhodes; Frank C. Robertson; Ruth Sawyer; Chester L. Saxby; Barry Scobee; R. T. M. Scott; Robert Simpson; Arthur D. Howden Smith; Theodore Seixas Solomons; Raymond S. Spears; Norman Springer; Julian Street; T. S. Stribling; Booth Tarkington; W. C. Tuttle; Lucille Van Slyke; Atreus von Schrader; T. Von Ziekursch; Henry Kitchell Webster; G. A. Wells; William Wells; Ben Ames Williams; Honore Willsie; H. C. Witwer; William Almon Wolff; Edgar Young, In the early 1920s, Arthur Sullivant Hoffman began writing a guidebook to fiction writing. Hoffman, a veteran editor for a variety of magazines, was attempting to combat the rise of “machine-like” fiction that “poured across” his desk. In the process of building his guidebook, 'Fundamentals of Fiction Writing' (1922), he sent a formal questionnaire to 116 authors, including L.M. Montgomery, in order to build an appendix of helpful, expert advice for authors. Hoffman thought that a few responses from a handful of successful writers would greatly improve the usefulness of his guide. After all, he said, “no one else in the world can bring us so quickly to the real heart of the matter or come so close to speaking the final word” than published authors themselves (2). But the authors’ answers proved “too valuable to be tucked away in the appendix for any book” (4). Instead, he collected all of their responses into this volume, 'Fiction Writers on Fiction Writing' (1923). Hoffman’s questions are detailed: “What is the genesis of a story with you —does it grow from an incident, a character, a trait of character, a situation, setting, a title, or what? That is, what do you mean by an idea for a story?” And the variety of answers offer a wealth of advice (sometimes even contradictory) from a variety of perspectives. Compared to some of the other authors included, Montgomery provided thorough, often practical, answers that illuminate her process and explain her approach to fiction writing. In contrast, a few other authors, Sinclair Lewis for example, offered only short answers. Hoffman asked, “What are two or three of the most valuable suggestions you could give to a beginner? To a practised writer?” Montgomery offered a page of advice, first suggesting that writers shouldn’t write “if they can help it” and only if they can’t. She also recommends finding trusted readers, revising and pruning, and cultivating a “note-book habit” (see pages 355-56). Lewis answered only, “Work, work, work.” Read together, Montgomery’s answers to Hoffman’s questions are perhaps the most detailed discussion of her craft available. Reading all of the responses together offers a fascinating peek into the minds of authors and into the world of publishing at the time. Montgomery is included with authors from a variety of backgrounds and genres: Ralph Henry Barbour (sports fiction for boys), Algernon Blackwood (ghost stories), Will Irwin (journalist, muckracker, memoirist), Harold Lamb (fiction and short stories of Asia and the Middle East), Sinclair Lewis (Nobel prize winning author of Main Street and other novels), Rose Macaulay (prolific writer of fiction and biography), and Booth Tarkington (writer and dramatist), to name a few. Note: The full-text of Montgomery’s answers are also reprinted in the first volume of Benjamin Lefebvre’s 'The L.M Montgomery Reader series, A Life in Print' (University of Toronto P, 2013)., other
The Voice of Canada
A.M. Maitland was a Canadian poet and editor who collected this volume of "national literature" primarily for use in middle grades in schools. Maitland's introduction notes that he included some selections because of their "historic or other interest" and others because they are "peculiarly Canadian." The collection includes pieces from Bliss Carman, Marjorie Pickthall, Isabel Ecclestone MacKay (whose collection 'Fires of Driftwood' is also part of the L.M. Montgomery Bookshelf), Charles G.D. Roberts, William Henry Drummond, and many others. Montgomery herself read many of these authors elsewhere, mentioning them in her journals and other works. Interestingly, Maitland chose to include a portion of Montgomery's Emily of New Moon, rather than Anne of Green Gables in this collection. Perhaps he chose Emily since it was published just four years prior to the publication of this work, or perhaps he found Emily more suited to his middle grade audience. Maitland included selected passages from Emily of New Moon's first chapter, wherein Emily goes for a walk and experiences her first "flash." The passages about Emily's "flash" are not at all unlike Montgomery's discussions of the same phenomena in her journals and in her autobiography, The Alpine Path. Maitland may have also chosen these passages as they reinforce his hope "that, in presenting the work in this book, teachers may enter into the mood and mental enthusiasm of the authors and leave with the children the impression of beauty, greatness, and power" (vii). Montgomery inscribed this copy in 1927., L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell., association
The Watchman and Other Poems [Frede Campbell]
The Watchman -- Rain Along Shore -- Sea Sunset -- When the Dark Comes Down -- Harbor Moonrise -- Before Storm -- On the Bay -- A Shore Twilight -- Song of the Sea-wind -- Morning along shore -- Off to the Fishing Ground -- In Port -- The Gulls -- Sunrise Along Shore -- The Sea Spirit -- Harbor Dawn -- My Longshore Lass -- When the Fishing Boats Go Out -- The Bridal -- The Sea to the Shore -- The Voyagers -- Twilight and I Went Hand in Hand -- Come, Rest Awhile -- An April Night -- Rain on the Hill -- For Little Things -- Spring Song -- A Day Off -- The Wind -- The Wool Pool -- Down Stream -- Echo Dell -- The Rovers -- Among the Pines -- A Day in the Open -- Midnight in Camp -- The Hill Maples -- A Summer Day -- September -- Lovers' Lane -- On the Hills -- An Autumn Evening -- November Evening -- Out O' Doors -- In the Days of the Golden Rod -- A Winter Day -- Twilight -- The Call of the Winds -- A Winter Dawn -- The Forest Path -- At Nightfall -- The Truce O' Night -- To My Enemy -- As the Heart Hopes -- Two Loves -- The Christmas Night -- In An Old Farmhouse -- A Request -- Memory Pictures -- Down Home -- The Choice -- Twilight in the Garden -- My Legacy -- Gratitude -- Fancies -- One of the Shepherds -- If Mary Had Known -- At the Long Sault --The Exile., This copy of Montgomery's poetry collection is inscribed "To Frede, with the author's love. Xmas 1916 L.M. Montgomery Macdonald," the next passage reads "To Mr. and Mrs. Lockhead in remembrance of their friend, Frederica C. MacFarlane, who went on The Great Adventure, Jan. 25, 1919." Frederica (Frede) Campbell MacFarlane (1883-1919) was one of Montgomery's cousins and dearest friends. After Montgomery returned to Cavendish, PEI more permanently in 1902 (after a few years of teaching and some time at a newspaper in Halifax, Nova Scotia), their friendship blossomed. Many of Montgomery's journal entries from this time detail their long conversations, shared jokes, and deep bonds. In 1911, Montgomery dedicated 'The Story Girl' to Frede, "in remembrance of old days, old dreams, and old laughter." Frede frequently visited and stayed with Montgomery in Ontario during the 1910s, and completed a degree in Household Science from Macdonald College in 1912. Frede worked supporting women's institutes right up through WWI. Frede's death from the influenza pandemic of 1919 shook Montgomery to her core. The author then dedicated her homefront novel, 'Rilla of Ingleside' (1921) to Frede, saying, "To the memory of Frederica Campbell Macfarlane who went away from me when the dawn broke on January 25th, 1919--a true friend, a rare personality, a loyal and courageous soul." While Montgomery might not have read or pored over this edition of her poems, she clearly took pains to care for it, passing it on to other friends after Frede was gone., L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell., other

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