Details

Title

Church Street, Uxbridge, Ont.

Author

Montgomery, L.M. (Lucy Maud)

Collection

L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection.

Donor

Donated by Donna Jane Campbell.

Note

The quote in the message is from the book-length poem 'Festus', by Philip James Bailey. The most likely reason the card has no stamps or postmarks is because it was enclosed with the "copy of 'Fate' " mentioned in L.M. Montgomery's message. The "naval battle" referred to may be the Battle of Jutland (May-June 1916). Per the Royal Museums Greenwich, this was "the only major fleet battle of the First World War". https://www.rmg.co.uk/discover/behind-the-scenes/blog/naval-battles-firs.... Dated by an identical reference to this poem in her letter of 6 February 1928. For further information about this item, refer to: Cavert, Mary Beth (2020). "L.M. Montgomery’s Picture Postcards to George Boyd MacMillan 1904–1941." Journal of L.M. Montgomery Studies. (December 14, 2020). n.p. https://journaloflmmontgomerystudies.ca/jlmms/cavert/lm-montgomerys-pict...

Genre

art reproduction

Call Number(s)

1001.SI.LMMGBM.PC.005b

Abstract

A postcard bearing a message in L.M. Montgomery's handwriting addressed to "Mr. Geo. B. MacMillan". George Boyd MacMillan (1881-1953) was a Scottish journalist and writer, and a favourite correspondent of L.M. Montgomery. The two were first introduced, by letter, in 1903, through an American writer who was developing a circle of literary pen friends. Although Montgomery and MacMillan only met briefly in-person, during her 1911 honeymoon in Scotland, their voluminous exchange of letters, postcards, and gifts continued until late 1941, just months before Montgomery's death. PARTIAL TRANSCRIPT: "Dear Mr. McMillan. Some time ago you asked me for another copy of 'Fate.' Mine has turned up so I enclose a copy of it. If we 'live in deeds not - years, in feelings not - in figures on a dial,' the world is many centuries older than when I wrote you. I can never forget the agony of the first re-ports of the naval battle. L.M.M."