Details

Title

The Trail of the Ragged Robin

Author

Klickmann, Flora

Publisher

Religious Tract Society

Date of Publication

1921 Show more1921-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
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Collection

Scans provided by, and used with permission of, Mary Beth Cavert.

Note

"The Trail of the Ragged Robin" is the third of Flora Klickmann's "Flower-Patch" books. This copy was, as the inscription notes, given to Montgomery by her pen pal George MacMillan for Christmas in 1924. He writes "To Mrs. L.M. Macdonald, hoping that this 'trail' may lead to The Land of Happy Hours." Whether Montgomery drew (and tried to smudge out?) her signature cat on the inscription page is unknown. MacMillan's hope, however, did come true, as Montgomery noted her love of Klickmann's books multiple times. See the first volume here. In this third volume, we can also see passages that Montgomery marked. On page 145 she has marked the lines "But here and there are souls who still stretch out hands for things that allow of no concrete measurement," just after a passage about "Nature" she has also highlighted. On page 306, she has marked a couple of lines about the smell of freshly-cut firewood that transports one "to the dim, silent woods, steeped in the fragrance of which only the conifers and cedars know the secret."

Genre

novel