The Dusty Bookcase

Here comes summer. School is out. Oh, happy day. So, here we are with the spring blog reviews of old CanLit. As expected, most came from Can...

The Homesteaders: A Novel of the Canadian West Robert J.C. Stead Toronto: Musson , 1916 347 pages The first edition is bound in boards readi...

The Daily Witness , 16 May 1913 An addendum to last week's post on Looking Forward by Hugh Pedley . Looking Forward  features cub repor...

Looking Forward:  The Strange Experience of the Rev.    Fergus McCheyne Rev. Hugh Pedley, B.A., D.D. Toronto: Briggs, 1913 294 pages The cov...

A short note to those in the National Capital Region and others thereabouts. Later this month, I'll be speaking at the Royal Canadian Le...