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Further Chronicles of Avonlea [Webb]
Aunt Cynthia's Persian Cat -- The Materializing of Cecil -- Her Father's Daughter -- Jane's Baby -- The Dream Child -- The Brother Who Failed -- The Return of Hester -- The Little Brown Book of Miss Emily --Sara's Way -- Son of His Mother -- The Education of Betty -- In Her Selfless Mood -- The Conscience Case of David Bell -- Only a Common Fellow -- Tannis of the Flats. [John Goss (illustrator), Nathan Haskell Dole (author of introduction)], L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell, other, In 1920, L.C. Page published this collection of short stories, seemingly a companion to Montgomery’s Chronicles of Avonlea (1912). However, the versions of the stories used in the published Further Chronicles were not the versions Montgomery had intended to publish at all. Montgomery had agreed, reluctantly, to publish these stories, once slated for inclusion in the 1912 collection, if and only if she could revise them to remove references to Anne Shirley and other descriptive passages she had since used elsewhere in her work. Page did not use her revised stories and instead published the original drafts. Montgomery sued, and the matter was not settled (in Montgomery’s favor) until 1928. This copy of Further Chronicles was inscribed by Montgomery and later given to Anita Webb, friend and cousin of the author. Anita was born in 1911 and raised in the house that inspired “Green Gables,” working as a cook and hostess for the many tourists that visited the site each summer. Webb was a friend and later companion for Montgomery when she got older. In this copy, and in other copies of Further Chronicles she sent to friends, Montgomery noted and annotated some of the passages that should have been revised had Page honoured their agreement. While this volume is not perhaps one of Montgomery’s “favourite reads,” as other items on the Bookshelf are, it does reveal the author’s careful attention to, and re-reading of, her own work. Her inscription pages, likely written at different times, read “This book was published by the Page Co. from manuscripts which I had never given them permission to use. Hence it is full of sentences and passages which have already been published in my other books. Also they interpolated in ‘Tannis of the Flats’ several paragraphs that injured it as an artistic unit.” and “In 1920 I entered suit against The Page Co. for an injunction to restrain them from publishing this book. In 1928, after pending nearly nine years I won the suit. See journal + box of documents”
Courageous Women
Joan of Arc --- Florence Nightingale -- Mary Siesor -- Laura Secord -- Catharine Parr Traill -- Queen Victoria -- Madeleine de Vercheres -- Helen Keller -- Ada May Courtice -- Caroline Macdonald -- Elizabeth Louise Mair -- Anna J. Gaudin -- Edith Cavell -- Sadie Stringer -- Madame Albani -- (Tekakionwake) Pauline Johnson -- Aletta Elise Mary -- Dr. Margaret Mackellar -- Margaret Polson Murray -- Lady Tilley -- Marshall Saunders., L.M. Montgomery, Marian Keith, Mabel Burns McKinley., L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell., This jointly-written volume of short biographies is included in the L.M. Montgomery Bookshelf Project not just because Montgomery likely read this text after she received her copy, but because she also read works by many of the women included in it. Montgomery read works by Catherine Parr Traill, Marshall Saunders, and Helen Keller at other times in her life. Her co-authors here, Marian Keith (real name Mary Esther MacGregor) and Mabel Burns McKinley, were both authors in their own right. Keith wrote novels and short stories and counted Montgomery as a friend in Canadian women's literary circles. McKinley published one novel and four other volumes on famous Canadians. In Courageous Women, the three authors recount "Inspiring Biographies of Girls Who Grew to be Women of Courage and Achievement." Montgomery was responsible for the entries on Joan of Arc (15th century patron saint of France), Florence Nightingale (late-19th century pioneer of modern nursing) and Mary Slessor (late-19th century Scottish missionary to Nigeria). A review of the volume from the Toronto Globe at the time noted that "the stories of these great women make enthralling reading – far more fascinating than fiction" ('The L.M. Montgomery Reader series, A Legacy in Review,' ed. by Benjamin Lefebvre, U of Toronto P, 2013, p. 327). Montgomery's chapters have been reprinted in the first volume of Benjamin Lefebvre’s 'The L.M Montgomery Reader series, A Life in Print' (University of Toronto P, 2013)., contemporaneous
Over on the Island
Helen Jean Champion., Montgomery owned a copy of this unique book that includes a chapter on "Anne of Green Gables Country." The book is both novel and travelogue, following characters as they travel around Prince Edward Island learning, and often explaining its history, its people, and its natural landscapes. Champion was born in Tyne Valley, Prince Edward Island in 1910, and by the time she was beginning to publish her writing, she had watched Cavendish turn into a tourist destination and Green Gables house and environs turn into a National Park in 1936. On page 182 of 'Over on The Island,' the narrator notes that "Cavendish is Anne country," and perhaps confusingly mentions that "Like Peter Pan, Anne really existed, and still exists in this lovely land of the North Shore." The narrator then walks the reader up the drive to Green Gables itself, where Marilla (in our imaginations, anyway) stands at the doorway. Other chapters explore the shore and small towns and farmland that dot the Island. The book also contains outdated depictions of the Island's Mi'kmaq people, depictions that would have been familiar to Montgomery but are considered both inaccurate and offensive today. Overall, Champion's book is a sort of time capsule, capturing a snapshot of the Island as it was to the author, how Montgomery's fiction imprinted itself onto the land, and how people of the time viewed the Island's culture. Browse the full text of the novel here. Read more about the history of P.E.I. and its people here., Includes index., L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection., Ryrie-Campbell copy donated by Donna Jane Campbell., contemporaneous
The Watchman and other poems
L. M. Montgomery., Green cloth covering with gilt lettering., L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell.
Ramona
L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection., contemporaneous, Donated by Emily Woster
Rhymes of a Red Cross Man
L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection., contemporaneous, Donated by Emily Woster
Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush
contemporaneous, Donated by Emily Woster, Ian Maclaren’s _Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush_ is a collection of short stories set in the small village of Drumtochty, Scotland. The titles of the stories, such as “The Transformation of Lachland Campbell,” and “A Doctor of the Old School,” might remind Montgomery readers of some of _her_ story titles, with their focus on local drama and individual character growth. But it is the contents of the stories that drew Montgomery in when she first read it. On 8 November 1905, Montgomery told her journal, “I have been reading ‘The Bonnie Brier Bush’ all the evening–and crying over it. I am not to be pitied for those tears, however, for there was no bitterness in them. They were born of a certain pleasure in the sweetness and pathos of the tales–simple, wholesome tales, like a sweep of upland wind of the tang of a fir wood on a frosty night” (‘The Complete Journals of L.M. Montgomery, The PEI Years,’ Volume II, p. 139). A few years prior, Montgomery had written and delivered a paper on Maclaren at Dalhousie (see her journal entry of 1 December 1895). A contemporary review of the book, from “The Spectator” of 2 March 1895 noted that “No one can lay down this book…without feeling that…he has been made to laugh often.” The book was a massive bestseller throughout the 1890s and early 1900s, but then fell out of fashion. Montgomery, however, never forgot it. In a journal entry from 24 January 1932, Montgomery reflected on Maclaren’s works again. “I re-read the Bonnie Brier Bush and Auld Land Syne [note the ad for this other title inside this volume] some of these sleepless nights and forgot my worries in the old charm. What delightful books they are! What a good taste they leave in your mouth! You feel after all that there are some decent people in the world (‘L.M. Montgomery’s Complete Journals: The Ontario Years, 1930-1933,’ pp 213-24). In a subsequent letter to her pen pal Ephraim Weber, she copied out the same sentiment. “So several nights last winter when I could not sleep I read Ian McLaren [sic]’s Bonnie Brier Bush and Auld Lang Syne, which took the literary world of the 90s by storm. Quite likely you have never read them. I would not think you incredibly ignorant if you have never heard of them. One seldom sees even a reference to them nowadays. Yet they were--and are--delightful books. …I love them! They leave such a good taste in my mouth. I feel after all that there are some decent people in the world-that folks are not all Elmer Gantrys. It is odd to imagine William Maclure [the “Doctor of the Old School” in Maclaren] and Elmer Gantry [Sinclair Lewis’ eponymous “failed preacher”] in the same world. Yet they both exist. But it is much pleasanter to keep book-company with Maclure. Those tales of Scottish rural life have oddly the same flavor as the Cavendish of my childhood, the memory of which is like a silvery moonlight in my recollections" (“After Green Gables: L.M. Montgomery’s Letters to Ephraim Weber, 1916-1941, pp. 204-5). You can read the full text of this novel in facsimile here or in text here.
Trilby
contemporaneous, George DuMaurier (1834-1896) first became famous as a cartoonist for ‘Punch’ magazine, where he satirized Victorian society and politics. When his eyesight began to deteriorate he turned to writing stories and novels. His most popular text by far was, ‘Trilby,’ first published as a serial in ‘Harper’s Monthly’ in 1894 and later collected into a single volume. The book was a massive best-seller, guiding readers’ conceptions of its setting, Bohemian Paris, for years after its publication. The story follows three British artists making their way in Paris; they meet titular model Trilby O’Ferrall, who falls under the influence of the hypnotist, Svengali (depicted through a stereotypical, antisemitic lens). Note the symbolic spider's web on the cover that alludes to Trilby's dilemma. The book inspired a phase of “Trilbymania” in readers, which in turn spawned consumer products with Trilby themes, like clothing (see: Trilby hats), and adaptations for stage and screen. Also of note, George DuMaurier was the grandfather of other literary icons. Five of his grandsons, children of his daughter Sylvia, inspired J.M. Barrie’s ‘Peter Pan,’ and another granddaughter was none other than Daphne DuMaurier, famed writer of the novel ‘Rebecca’ and short stories like ‘The Birds.’ You can peruse all pages of 'Trilby' here or read just the text here. Montgomery read this novel multiple times in her youth, noting in her journal that the three artists in the story were friends to her. On 20 Dec. 1904 she wrote, “I have been re-reading ‘Trilby’ this evening–it matches the night somehow–that dear delightful book where three of my very dearest friends live–’Taffy’ and ‘The Laird,’ and ‘Little Billee.’ It has made me quite happy for the time being.” She went on to comment on the lines that end the story, “And the verses that end it were, with one exception, written for me……The exception is in the second verse. It should be cut out for me. There is no love in my life–nor ever will be, I suppose.” (CJ II, 115, Dec. 20, 1904) The novel ends with “A little work, a little play / To keep us going—and so, good-day! / A little warmth, a little light / Of love's bestowing—and so, good-night! / A little fun, to match the sorrow / Of each day's growing—and so, good-morrow! / A little trust that when we die / We reap our sowing! And so—good-bye!” At the time Montgomery wrote this journal entry, she was just 20 years old. She had spent all but a few months of the preceding six years at home with her grandmother., L.M. Montgomery Institute., Donated by Emily Woster.
Anne of Green Gables
L. M. Montgomery., L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell.
Anne of Windy Willows
L.M. Montgomery, First published as: Anne of Windy Poplars. - New York : Grosset & Dunlop, 1936., Dust jacket. Illustrations on lining papers, L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell.
Anne's house of dreams
L.M. Montgomery., Dust jacket. Illustrations on lining papers., L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell.
Kilmeny of the Orchard
L.M. Montgomery., L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell., Dust jacket.
Rainbow Valley
L.M. Montgomery., Dust jacket. Illustrations on lining papers., L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell.
The golden road
L.M. Montgomery., Dust jacket. Illustration on lining papers., L. M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell.
Anne of Avonlea
L.M. Montgomery., L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell., Dust jacket.
Further Chronicles of Avonlea
L.M. Montgomery., L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell., With a dust jacket.
Anne of Green Gables
L. M. Montgomery., In slipcase with Anne of Avonlea and Anne of the Island., L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell.
Anne of Avonlea
Donated by Donna Jane Campbell., L. M. Montgomery., In slipcase with Anne of Green Gables and Anne of the Island., L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection.
Anne of the Island
L. M. Montgomery., In slipcase with Anne of Green Gables and Anne of Avonlea., L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell.
Anne of Green Gables
L.M. Montgomery., In slipbox with Anne of Avonlea and Anne of the Island., L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell.
La conteuse
Lucy Maud Montgomery., Translated from the English by Hélène Rioux., L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell.
Anne of Green Gables
L.M. Montgomery., Some copies lack Halifax in imprint. With dust jacket., L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell.
Emily climbs
L. M. Montgomery., Dust jacket. Illustration on lining papers., L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell.
Emily's quest
L. M. Montgomery., Dust jacket. Illustration on lining papers., L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell.
Pat of Silver Bush
L. M. Montgomery., Dust jacket. Illustration on lining papers., L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell.
Mistress Pat
L. M. Montgomery., "By arrangement with Frederick A. Stokes Co." at foot of t.p., copyright date given is that of Stokes; Grosset & Dunlap is said to have republished the entire series in 1939., Dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers., L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell.
Magic for Marigold
L. M. Montgomery., Dust jacket. Illustration on lining papers., L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell.
The Blue Castle
L. M. Montgomery., L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell., Dust jacket.
A Tangled Web
L. M. Montgomery., L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell., Dust jacket.
Anne of Green Gables
L. M. Montgomery., L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell., Dust jacket.
Anne of Green Gables
Anne, an eleven-year-old orphan, is sent by mistake to live with a lonely, middle-aged brother and sister on a Prince Edward Island farm and proceeds to make an indelible impression on everyone around her. Anne (with an 'e' of course) starts out as a mistake. The elderly Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert had planned on adopting a boy to help Matthew with the chores on their Prince Edward Island farm. What are they to do with the red-haired, high-spirited girl who arrives instead? Anne Shirley, with her boundless imagination and heart, slowly brings joy into the narrow lives of those around her, and into the lives of readers who have delighted in her adventures since Lucy Maud Montgomery began writing about her in 1905. Anne's courage, her enthusiasm, and her ability to love, have made her one of literature's most beloved characters in Canada and around the world., Lucy Maud Montgomery ; illustrated in color by Troy Howell., L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell.
Chronicles of Avonlea
(Boston, Mass. : The Colonial Press, C. H. Simonds & Co.)., all related by L. M. Montgomery ; with frontispiece and cover in colour by George Gibbs., "First impression, June, 1912"--t.p. verso, Tan cloth cover with square pictorial paste-on of the "Anne" on cover ; gold lettering., Colour frontispiece illustrates "Anne Shirley"., 6 p. of advertisements at back., L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection., Ryrie-Campbell copy donated by Donna Jane Campbell.
Further Chronicles of Avonlea
Aunt Cynthia's Persian cat -- The materializing of Cecil -- Her father's daughter -- Jane's baby -- The dream child -- The brother who failed -- The return of Hester -- The little brown book of Miss Emily --Sara's way -- Son of his mother -- The education of Betty -- In her selfless mood -- The conscience case of David Bell --Only a common fellow -- Tannis on the flats., all related by L.M. Montgomery ; illustrated by John Goss ; introduction by Nathan Haskell Dole., "First impression, March, 1920"--t.p. verso., Tan cloth cover with square pictorial panel on cover ; gilt lettering., L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell.
A Tangled web
L. M. Montgomery., Dust jacket., L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell.
Chronicles of Avonlea
The hurrying of Ludovic -- Old lady Lloyd -- Each in his own tongue -- Little Joscelyn -- The winning of Lucinda -- Old man Shaw's girl -- Aunt Olivia's beau -- The quarantine at Alexander Abraham's -- Pa Sloane's puchase -- The courting of Prissy Strong -- The miracle at Carmody -- The end of a quarrel., all related by L. M. Montgomery ... with frontispiece and cover in colour by George Gibbs., L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell., Dust jacket.
Further Chronicles of Avonlea
by L. M. Montgomery; illustrated by John Goss., "De luxe edition."--Dust jacket., L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell.
Chronicles of Avonlea
L.M. Montgomery., L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell., With dust jacket.
Anne of Green Gables
(Bury St Edmunds : St Edmundsbury Press), Anne, an eleven-year-old orphan, is sent by mistake to live with a lonely, middle-aged brother and sister on a Prince Edward Island farm and proceeds to make an indelible impression on everyone around her., L.M. Montgomery ; introduction by Margaret Atwood ; illustrations by Anna C. Leplar., Author's name at head of title., "Set at The Folio Society in Fournier. Printed on Caxton Wove paper by St Edmundsbury Press, Bury St Edmunds, and bound by Hunter & Foulis ... in full cloth blocked with a design by the artist"--t.p. verso., Bound in green pictorial cloth, burnt orange endpapers, in green paper-covered open case., L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell.
Anne of Green Gables
(Clinton, Mass. : Colonial Press, Inc.), L. M. Montgomery; illustrated by Sybil Tawse, "September, 1944, 859th thousand" - t.p. verso., Bound in light green cloth with gilt lettering; "De Luxe Edition" printed at bottom of front panel., Dust jacket: light green with large rectangular pictorial on front panel; cream coloured inside panels and back panel., [2] pages of advertisements., L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell.
The story girl
L.M. Montgomery., First published: Boston : L.C. Page, 1911., L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell.
Anne van het Groene Huis
L.M. Montgomery., Translated from the English by Betsy de Vries., L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell.
Anne au Domaine des Peupliers
Lucy Maud Montgomery., Translated from the English by Hélène Rioux., L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection., Ryrie-Campbell copy donated by Donna Jane Campbell.
Anne fra Birkely
L.M. Montgomery, Translated from the English by Elise Horn., 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., Ryrie-Campbell copy donated by Donna Jane Campbell.
Anne of Green Gables
Publisher L.C. Page released this edition in 1920, replacing the original illustrations with 24 stills from the Realart Pictures Corp. 1919 production of the silent film "Anne of Green Gables," starring Mary Miles Minter as Anne Shirley. Aside from the colour of the cloth there is no difference to 566 AGG-PG-MMM 2., L.M. Montgomery., Original light brown cloth, gilt lettered with blind rules on spine and front cover. Pictorial label of the head of a young woman printed in sepia tones on cream on front cover., L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection. Stage and Screen., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell.
Anne of Green Gables
Publisher L.C. Page released this edition in 1920, replacing the original illustrations with 24 stills from the Realart Pictures Corp. 1919 production of the silent film "Anne of Green Gables," starring Mary Miles Minter as Anne Shirley. Aside from the colour of the cloth, there is no difference to 565 AGG-PG-MMM 1., L.M. Montgomery., Original mint green cloth, gilt lettered with blind rules on spine and front cover. Pictorial label of the head of a young woman printed in sepia tones on cream on front cover., L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection. Stage and Screen., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell.
Ania z zielonego wzgórza
Lucy Maud Montgomery ; illustrated by Stanislaw Dzięcioł., Translated from the English by Katarzyna Jakubiak., L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell.
Jane van Lantern Hill
L. M. Montgomery., Translated from the English by J.D.A. Van Gumster., L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection., Donated by Donna Jane Campbell.

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