Author Archives: rdavies

(left to right/top to bottom: cover of Lost in the Backwoods, 1896 London ed. of The Canadian Crusoes, Canadian Trapper frontispiece to title page, p. 125 illustration of Rafts on the St. Lawrence; title page and author photo at 94 & … Continue reading →

(above: dust jacket of Sam Slick in Pictures, illustrated by Charles W. Jefferys, Ryerson, 1956–Jefferys did his memorable sketches in 1916; cover of Wacousta: A Tale of the Pontiac Conspiracy, republished by McClelland & Stewart, 1923, with illustrations by Jefferys) … Continue reading →