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The fascinating field of French-Canadian life and charac- 

 ter, which Dr. Louis Frechette has dealt with from the 

 point of view of an insider in his " Christmas in French 

 Canada," ^ has also been widely touched upon by English- 

 Canadian writers. Among these may be mentioned E. W. 

 Thomson's " Old Man Savarin," ^ Henry Cecil Walsh's 

 " Bonhomme," ^ "In the Village of Viger," (1896), by Dun- 

 can Campbell Scott ; " In Old France and New " (1900), by 

 William McLennan ; and G. M. Fairchild's, " A Ridiculous 

 Courting." "(Chicago, 1920.) 



Other bboks of Canadian short stories are ; " The Gerrard 

 Street Mystery," (1888), by the late J. C.Dent, the historian ; 

 " Stories of New France," by Miss Agnes Maule 

 Machar and T. G. Marquis ; Mrs. Harrison's " Crowded Out," 

 (1886); Robert Barr's " In a Steamer Chair," (1892), " The 

 Strong Arm," (1899), etc. ; "The Eye of a God," (1899) by 

 W. A. Fraser ; Roberts' " By the Marshes of Minas," (1900), 

 etc.; " The Loom of Destiny," (1900), by Arthur J. Stringer ; 

 J. Try-Davies' " A Semi-Detached House," (1900) ; F. Clifford 

 Smith's "A Lover in Homespun," (1896); Norman Dun- 

 can's "Soul of the Street," (1901), etc. 



I am more than conscious that in the foregoing 

 attempt to review Canadian fiction, I have taxed your 

 patience to the utmost, and have done but very scanty 

 justice to the wide field which I have attempted to 

 cover. In spite of every effort to condense, what I hope 

 has been shown to be a large and important branch of our 

 national literature, this paper has grown to far greater pro- 

 portions than was either desirable or expedient. When I tell 

 you, however, that I have counted over two hundred and 

 fifty authors in English-Canadian fiction alone, without 

 counting the contribution of French-Canadian novelists. 



1. Morang, Toronto, 1900. 



2 Brings, Toronto, 1895. 



3 Briggs, Toronto, 1899. 



