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Literature of Canada, poetry and prose in reprint

by Robert Barr, Dewart, Edward Hartley, Charles G. D. Roberts, Robert J. C. Stead, Raymond Knister, Charles Mair
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About Author

Robert Barr

A Canadian/British writer of novels and short stories (Wikipedia). Born in Scotland, he went with his parents to Canada when he was four, taught and did some writing in Canada until he emigrated to England in 1881 where he did most of his writing and was associated with, inter alia, Jerome K. Jerome and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

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A novel of somewhat melodramatic style. Closes with a deathbed scene. Title comes from a quotation from 2 Corinthians 10:15 in New Testament of the Bible, King James Version, " . . . According to the measure of the rule which God hath distributed to us, a measure to reach even unto you." First chapter has allusions to Artemus Ward and Mark Twain, indicating period of the story.

How the series evolves

beginning
The measure of the rule
3.0· strong start
the pit
Selections from Canadian poets
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finale
Dreamland and other poems [and] Tecumseh, a drama
0.0· messes up the ending
overall
0.5· better in the beginning

Books in this Series

The measure of the rule

Robert Barr
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A novel of somewhat melodramatic style. Closes with a deathbed scene. Title comes from a quotation from 2 Corinthians 10:15 in New Testament of the Bible, King James Version, " . . . According to the measure of the rule which God hath distributed to us, a measure to reach even unto you." First chapter has allusions to Artemus Ward and Mark Twain, indicating period of the story.

Selections from Canadian poets

Dewart, Edward Hartley
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Selected poetry and critical prose

Charles G. D. Roberts
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The homesteaders

Robert J. C. Stead
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The first day of spring

Raymond Knister
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Dreamland and other poems [and] Tecumseh, a drama

Charles Mair
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