Blake William

1934 · ref. 148527 — New York: The Modern Library 1934. Hardcover. VG Some spots on outer spine otherwise clean. Brown leather with decorated boards black title and author blocks with gilt letters on outer spine wood-grain-like flyleaves 288 pp. "If the editors of the Modern Library were to survey Canadian fiction or rather iction written on Canadian soil they could find nothing to surpass Louis Hemon's story of French Canada Maria Chapdelaine in its tanslation into English by William Hume Blake. First published in 1921 the intervening years the most productive in Canadian letters have yielded nothing which answers its challenge. This book originally written by a French emigre to Canada and done into English by a Canadian still remains Canada's most lasting contribution to English romantic literature." intro A nice book to hold. The Modern Library hardcover books