The Dusty Bookcase

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...

A brief addendum to last week's post on Basil King's 1912 novel The Street Called Straight .    Seven Basil King novels have made it...