The Dusty Bookcase

It's been some time since I've written much about John Glassco, whose life consumed seven or so years of mine. A Gentleman of Pl...

Any magazine that looks like that has got to be great. The new Canadian Notes & Queries – number 91 – is just that. Between Seth...

Farewell My Dreams [La fin des songes] Robert Élie [trans. Irene Coffin] Toronto: Ryerson, 1954  Farewell My Dreams isn't a titl...

Rev. William Benjamin Basil King 26 February 1859 - 22 June 1928 RIP A brief follow-up to  Tuesday's post on Rev Basil King an...

I'm not sure just why, but I've come to associate Basil King with the Christmas season. Perhaps it has something to do with my ...

Poems Arthur Henry Ward [pseud. Richard Rohmer] Don Mills, ON: Musson, 1980 It all began late last year when I noticed a seemingly f...

Maurice John Busby Pointe Claire, Quebec, 1943 My father… not forgotten. His father, Edward Maurice Busby