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4th Jul 2016 Posted in: Others, Post-Confederation 0

[3 blank pages] [unnumbered page, includes illustration: THE LOWER SLOPES BY GRANT ALLEN.] Of this edition 600 copies have been printed for England [unnumbered page] THE LOWER SLOPES REMINISCENCES OF EXCURSIONS ROUND THE BASE OF HELICON, UNDERTAKEN FOR THE MOST PART IN EARLY MANHOOD BY GRANT ALLEN. LONDON. ELKIN MATHEWS JOHN LANE   AT THE SIGN […]

4th Jul 2016 Posted in: Early Writing in Canada 0

HYMNS, AND SPIRITUAL SONGS. By HENRY ALLINE LATE MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL, FAIRMOUTH, NOVA SCOTIA. FIRST EDITION With Editorial Emendations from THE SECOND and THIRD EDITIONS 1795 and 1797. LONDON: PRINTED at DOVER. [unnumbered page]  PREFACE. However chained down many may be by superstition and tradition, yet I doubt not but there are many such […]

[3 blank pages] [unnumbered page; includes illustration: Philéas Bédard, folk-singer, Saint-Rémi de Napierville, Quebec] FOLK-SONGS of OLD QUEBEC by Marius Barbeau Song Translations By REGINA LENORE SHOOLMAN Illustrations By ARTHUR LISMER DEPARTMENT OF MINES Hon. W. A. Gordon, Minster; Charles Camsell, Deputy Minister NATIONAL MUSEUM OF CANADA W. H. Collins, Acting Director Anthropological Series No. […]

30th Jun 2016 Posted in: Others, Post-Confederation 0

A GLIMPSE AT TORONTO IN THE 20TH CENTURY, WITH A RETROSPECTIVE GLANCE. Recited at the 11th Annual Festival commemorating the formation of THE TORONTO SOCIETY OF THE NEW JERUSALEM CHURCH. PRINTED FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION ONLY. TORONTO: April 6, 1875. [unnumbered page] A GLIMPSE AT TORONTO IN THE 20TH CENTURY, WITH A RETROSPECTIVE GLANCE. Recited at […]

30th Jun 2016 Posted in: Early Writing in Canada 0

POEMS AND SONGS ON THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR. AN ANTHOLOGY FROM ENGLAND, AFRICA, AUSTRALIA, UNITED STATES, BUT CHIEFLY CANADA. COLLECTED BY REV. J. DOUGLAS BORTHWICK. LL. D. AUTHOR OF MANY WORKS ON CANADIAN HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY AND BIOGRAPHY.—“BATTLES OF THE WORLD.”—“BORTHWICK CASTLE.”—“HARP OF CANAAN.”—“HISTORY OF SCOTTISH SONG.” ETC., ETC. MONTREAL. 1901 [unnumbered page] PRINTED BY THE […]

30th Jun 2016 Posted in: Others, Post-Confederation 0

POEMS Serious, Sentimental, Patriotic, —AND— HUMOROUS, —BY— JOHN BLAIR, Jun. ST. CATHARINES: PRINTED BY W. MEEK, BOOK AND JOB PRINTER. 1875. [unnumbered page] Entered according to Act of Parliament of Canada, in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, by JOHN BLAIR, in the office of the Minister of Agriculture. [unnumbered page] PREFACE. It […]

29th Jun 2016 Posted in: Edwardian and Georgian Canadian Poets 0

[2 blank pages] “And You!” By KIM BEATTIE [illustration] TORONTO: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY OF CANADA LIMITED, AT ST. MARTIN’S HOUSE 1929 [unnumbered page] PRINTED IN CANADA T.H. BEST PRINTING CO., LIMITED TORONTO, ONT. [unnumbered page] To PETER [unnumbered page] I do not seek to stir an old stern sorrow Nor probe old wounds of grieving […]

29th Jun 2016 Posted in: Edwardian and Georgian Canadian Poets 0

Heart Stories By JEAN BLEWETT [blank page] HEART STORIES BY JEAN BLEWETT Published under the distinguished patronage of the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire. WARWICK BROS. & RUTTER LIMITED TORONTO [unnumbered page] PRINTED IN CANADA 1919 [unnumbered page]    The Amelia F. Sim’s Chapter “Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire” is deeply […]

29th Jun 2016 Posted in: Others, Post-Confederation 0

[unnumbered page, includes illustration: Yours truly John Blair] COLLECTION OF RHYMES, &C., BY JOHN BLAIR [unnumbered page] [blank page] DEDICATION. To all who honor honest endeavor; To lovers of freedom, who are not afraid to work with a little talent, nor ashamed of the smallest worth; And to those who would rather brave adverse criticism […]

Dollard A Tale In Verse [hand written: To my dear friend, W. Sherwood Fox With the gratitude And esteem of Nathanial Benson Apr. 28. 1933] [unnumbered page] DOLLARD A Tale in Verse By Nathanial A. Benson Illustrated by Walter J. Phillips TORONTO THOMAS NELSON & SONS LIMITED 1933 [unnumbered page] PRINTED IN CANADA T.H. BEST […]