![]() Logan (1869–1929), of Highways of Canadian Literature (1924), the first of six book-length surveys of Canadian literature published in the 1920s. A Name for Herself: Selected Writings, 1891–1917īy the strangest of coincidences, a few evenings ago I took a break from writing some contextual material for an item in my next volume of Montgomery’s periodical work, specifically a headnote that mentions that four extracts from Anne’s House of Dreams had appeared in Donald Graham French’s anthology Standard Canadian Reciter: A Book of the Best Readings and Recitations from Canadian Literature, published in 1921 (something I had already mentioned in my overview of Montgomery’s career in my introduction to Volume 1 of The L.M.A World of Songs: Selected Poems, 1894–1921.Twice upon a Time: Selected Stories, 1898–1939.Anne’s World: A New Century of Anne of Green Gables.Montgomery Reader, Volume 1: A Life in Print Montgomery Reader, Volume 2: A Critical Heritage ![]() Montgomery Reader, Volume 3: A Legacy in Review Anne of Green Gables (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition). ![]()
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