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Description
EARTH'S ENIGMAS
Book Details + Condition: L.C. Page and Company (Boston). Second Edition, 1903. Hardcover with maroon boards, gilt-decorated front and spine. 285 pages with publisher advertisements to rear. Illustrations by Charles Livingston Bull. "The author was noteworthy for bringing psychological realism to the animal story around the turn of the century. He dipped into the fantastic on several occasions, though most of his other stories (the 'realistic' animal stories), with their somber sense of nature red in tooth and claw, can arguably be thought of as horror tales. In their frequent use of a hunter-becomes-the-hunted plot, they also share some of the mood of the conte cruel. In the present collection, 'The Hill of Chastisement' is a nightmarish and possibly allegorical vision. 'The Perdu,' 'The Barn on the Marsh' and 'The Stone Dog' are all finely crafted stories of supernatural horror." [Colombo, et al, Cdn SF & F: A Bibliography of Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy] Chapters include:
- Do Seek their Meat from God
- The Perdu
- The Young Ravens That Call Upon Him
- Within Sound of the Saws
- The Butt of the Camp
- In the Accident Ward
- The Romance of an Ox-Team
- A Tragedy of the Tides
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At the Rough-and-Tumble Landing
- An Experience of Jabez Batterpole
- The Stone Dog
- The Barn on the Marsh
- Captain Joe and Jamie
- Strayed
- The Eye of Gluskâp
Firm binding; light wear to boards; rubbed corners and edges; darkening to spine; chafed spine ends; slight lean to book; interior is clean and free of markings.
"Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts (1860 - 1943) was a Canadian poet and prose writer who is known as the Father of Canadian Poetry. He was almost the first Canadian author to obtain worldwide reputation and influence; he was also a tireless promoter and encourager of Canadian literature. He published numerous works on Canadian exploration and natural history, verse, travel books, and fiction. At his death he was regarded as Canada's leading man of letters." [Wikipedia]
