The Dusty Bookcase

Repent at Leisure Joan Walker Toronto: Ryerson, 1957 284 pages Thus grief still treads upon the heels of pleasure: Married in haste, we may ...

The Dustiest Bookcase: Short pieces on books I've always meant to review (but haven't). The English Governess Miles Underwood [John ...

Philistia Grant Allen London: Chatto & Windus, 1901 317 pages Roughly one-third of the way though  Philistia , Herbert Le Breton prepare...

THE SCATTERED FAMILY ON NEW YEAR'S DAY Though mountains and forests and waters divide us, Where fate and ill-fortune have led us to stra...

This  annus horribilis  draws to a close – thank God – meaning the time has come to recap the last twelve months of reading old books. I tac...

On this Christmas Day, verse by Marjorie Pickthall from The Drift of Pinions (Montreal: University Magazine, 1913).  Merry Christmas from o...

The new issue of Canadian Notes & Queries  arrives at a busy time of year, which suits me just fine. I usually race through each issue, ...