Details

Title

Park Bridge, 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 is likely an allusion to Robert Browning's poem, "How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix" (1845); the poem is famous for its rapid, 'galloping horse" meter, and it's possible that Punch -- or some other popular British periodical -- ran some sort of spoof of it for the motor car era.

Genre

art reproduction

Call Number(s)

1001.SI.LMMGBM.PC.010a

Abstract

A postcard, dated March 12 1912, 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: "This is a [scene near?] [my?] new Home. The '[Punch?]' etc. to hand. Many thanks. The motor [??] 'from [Ghent to Aix?] were good. Mr. M. sends regards. L.M.M."