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Title: Ryrie-Campbell Book Collection
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Description: The Ryrie-Campbell Book Collection.
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Contributor: Campbell, Donna (Donor)
Date: 2015-02-24
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: [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

: 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.

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