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Appendix C Letters Not Included in the Print Edition Appendix C Letters not included in the print edition I Peregrinations: 1903-1925 E. LODGE (2 DEC. 1903). EJP, VUL. Handwritten, on a ‘Newfoundland postcard’ (3 x 5) with 1 cent postage. Addressed to Mr E. Lodge / Asst. Sup. Of Education / St John’s/ Newfoundland. Offers to sell 400 Newfoundland stamps ‘at fifty cents a hundred as you said last year.’ MRS F.H. WALLACE (18 AUG. 1918). Pratt, MUNA. Handwritten, plain paper. Encloses a carbon copy of the typescript of ‘Rachael, a Sea-Story of Newfoundland (In Verse)’ as a gift in appreciation for the kindness of Dr and Mrs Wallace. LORNE PIERCE (16 APR. 1923). Pierce, QUA. Handwritten, LH2. Asks that copies of NV, published on 2 April 1923, be sent to reviewers as soon as possible. ARTHUR PHELPS (23 APR. 1918). Phelps, UML. Handwritten, plain paper. Encloses a recent AV, requested by Phelps, containing one of his poems [possibly ‘The Dear Illusion,’ AV (Mar. 1918): 312]. Requests ‘tit for tat.’ LORNE PIERCE (11 JUNE 1923). Pierce, QUA. Handwritten, LH3. Encloses clippings of a review of NV in the St. John’s Daily News. WILLIAM ARTHUR DEACON (3 AUG. 1923). Deacon, FRBL. Handwritten, LH2 with address crossed out and written over. Writes from Bobcaygeon to tell Deacon that W.A. Creighton of the Christian Guardian has agreed that he should review Deacon’s new book, Pens and Pirates [Toronto: Ryerson, 1923]. LORNE PIERCE (8 DEC. 1923). Pierce, QUA. Handwritten, LH2. Submission of three typescripts of ‘The Witches’ Brew’ for consideration by The Ryerson Press. NEWTON PINCOCK (NEWT AND JENNIE PINCOCK AND FRED AND MINNIE MAINES) (8 JUNE 1924) Pincock, UWL. Handwritten, postcard; postmarked ‘Barnard Castle,’ 8 June 1924. Writes from Durham, England; plans to travel to Scotland soon. VIOLA PRATT (8 JUNE 1924). VLP, VUL. Handwritten, postcard; postmarked 'Barnard Castle,' 8 June 1924. Has arrived in Durham; is about to leave for three to four days at Barnard Castle. 1 CLAIRE PRATT (9 JUNE 1924). VLP, VUL. Handwritten, postcard; postmarked 'Darlington,' 9 June 1924. Promises to bring ‘Kakie’ a doll’s carriage. VIOLA PRATT (11 JUNE 1924). VLP, VUL. Handwritten, postcard; postmarked ‘Barnard Castle,’ 11 June 1924. Advises her to cash ‘Burnette’s cheque’ rather than sending it on to him in England. VIOLA PRATT (15 JUNE 1924). EJP, VUL. Handwritten, postcard [illustration: ‘The Putting Green: “Come away pretty one”,’ a cartoon of two golfers, male and female, the man speaking encouragingly to his golf ball which sits on the rim of the cup]; postmarked from Perthshire, 15 June 1924. Jokes that he is the golfer in the postcard. He is reading Scott’s St. Valentines Day, or The Fair Maid of Perth (1828). WILLIAM ARTHUR DEACON (20 JUNE 1924). Deacon, FRBL. Handwritten, postcard [illustration: Reekie Linn, near Alyth]; postmarked ‘Killin, Perthshire,’ 20 June 1924. He is reading Scott in the Highlands. CLAIRE PRATT (20 JUNE 1924). VLP, VUL. Handwritten, postcard; postmarked from ‘Killin, Perthshire,’ 20 June 1924. The picture of a child in a field of daisies looks like Claire; he will bring her a doll’s carriage from England. VIOLA PRATT (2 JULY 1924). VLP, VUL. Handwritten, postcard [illustration: Derwentwater]; postmarked from Keswick, 2 July 1924. The peak of Skiddaw is ‘more beautiful even than Loch Lomond’; he is about to leave for Furness Abbey. LORNE PIERCE (8 DEC. 1924). Pierce, QUA. Handwritten, LH2. Encloses the page proofs of WB from Selwyn & Blount, hoping that Ryerson will agree to publish the book in Canada. ARTHUR PHELPS (24 JAN. 1925). Phelps, UML. Handwritten, LH2. Offers advice on prospects at the University of western Ontario. [In 1921, Phelps had accepted a job at Wesley College in Winnipeg, but is searching for an academic position in Ontario. See the letter to Phelps, 18 January 1927 (pp. 70–1).] WILLIAM ARTHUR DEACON (27 JUNE 1925). Deacon, FRBL. Handwritten, postcard [illustration: a small boy between two large cod, with the caption ‘Products of Newfoundland’]; postmarked from St. John’s, Newfoundland, 27 June 1925. Initially addressed to ‘W.A. Deacon / Literary Editor / The Saturday Night / Toronto / Ontario’ with the address corrected to ‘Bobcaygeon.’ Caught a salmon last week; best to the family. ARTHUR PHELPS (27 JUNE 1925). Phelps. Handwritten, postcard [illustration: a small boy between two large cod, with the caption ‘Products of Newfoundland’]; postmarked from St. John’s, Newfoundland, 27 June 1925. ‘Glad to be out of that brawl on fiction.’ [Pratt had been 2 scheduled to participate in a debate on Realism in Canadian Fiction’ at the CAA’s annual convention in Winnipeg 25-7 June.] WILLIAM ARTHUR DEACON (11 JULY 1925). Deacon, FRBL. Handwritten, postcard. Arrangements for the Deacon family to stay at the Pratts’ cottage until July 25. Staying in Burwash Hall, and renting the Toronto house. II A Taste of National Acclaim: 1925-1932 WILLIAM ARTHUR DEACON (14 JUNE 1926). Deacon, FRBL. Handwritten, postcard from ‘Field Museum of Natural History / Chicago, U.S.A.’ [illustration: ‘GROUP OF EAST AFRICAN BUFFALOES / This is a variety of the South African or Cape Buffalo. When wounded it is one of the most dangerous of game animals. C.E. Akeley, taxidermist.’]; postmarked Chicago, Illinois, 14 June 1926. ‘Spent all day in the Museum getting acquainted with the animals of the “Great Feud.”’ WILLIAM ARTHUR DEACON (19 JUNE 1926). Deacon, FRBL. Handwritten, LH2. Asks Deacon to trim the trees in front of the living room at the cottage and hoe the garden. WILLIAM ARTHUR DEACON (JULY 1926). Deacon, FRBL. Handwritten, LH2. Congratulates Deacon on the birth of his second daughter in Bobcaygeon. WILLIAM ARTHUR DEACON (19 AUG. 1926). Deacon, FRBL. Handwritten, LH4 with ‘The Residence’ and ‘Victoria College’ scored out and replaced with ‘Bobcaygeon, Ont.’ Alone at the cottage, he writes to thank Deacon for replacing wood used during his family’s stay. WILLIAM ARTHUR DEACON (DEC. 1926). Deacon, FRBL. Handwritten, LH2. Response to a request from Merrill Denison, through Deacon, to autograph a copy of Titans. WILLIAM ARTHUR DEACON (5 JAN. 1927). Deacon, FRBL. Handwritten, LH2. Thanks for a cheque in payment for a review. [See the letter to Deacon, 9 September 1926 (pp. 67–8).] AUSTIN BOTHWELL (28 JAN. 1927). Pitt. Handwritten, LH4. Thanks for Bothwell’s review of Titans in the Saskatchewan Teacher. MRS H.Y. RUSSEL (28 JAN. 1927). EJP, VUL. Handwritten, LH2. Confirms a speaking engagement at the Canadian Club in Montreal on February 8: ‘“Poetry of the Sea” with readings.’ 3 LORNE PIERCE (9 MAY 1927). Pierce, QUA. Handwritten, plain paper. Sends biographical note for advertising the ‘recital tour’ of northwestern Ontario and the western provinces in the autumn of 1927 sponsored by the Association of Canadian Clubs. LORNE PIERCE (23 AUG. 1927). Pierce, QUA. Handwritten, plain paper. Arrangements in Winnipeg (on October 8) for the Canadian Clubs tour will be made by Arthur Phelps; outbound arrangements by Spry. WILLIAM ARTHUR DEACON (31 AUG. 1927). Deacon, FRBL. Handwritten, plain paper. Thanks for $10.00 for ‘Cherries’ [Saturday Night -- Fall Literary Supplement (1 Oct. 1927)]. ‘The Iron Door’ is being published in an autographed limited edition. [See the letter to Deacon, 27 August 1927 (p. 76).] LORNE PIERCE (24 SEPT. 1927). Pierce, QUA. Handwritten, letterhead: ‘[drawing] HOTEL PALLISER / CALGARY, ALTA / Canadian Pacific Hotels.’ Stamped as received: ‘UNITED CHURCH PUBLISHING HOUSE / SEP 28 A.M. / 1927.’ Pratt has started his tour of Western Canada and reports on the reception of ‘The Iron Door’ in Calgary. [See the letter to Deacon, 31 August 1927 (p. 77).] NEWTON AND JENNIE PINCOCK (18 OCT. 1927). Pincock, UWL. Handwritten, LH2. Will teach in St. Catharine’s, Ontario on Thursdays for the Victoria College Extension program. WILLIAM ARTHUR DEACON (23 OCT. 1927). Deacon, FRBL. Handwritten, plain paper. Submits a review of F.M. Gos’s Rambles in the High Savoy. Looks forward to Deacon’s The Four Jameses [Graphic Press, 1927] and thanks Deacon for his review of ID in Saturday Night (22 Oct. 1927): 10. LORNE PIERCE (10 NOV. 1927). Pierce, QUA. Handwritten, LH2. Sends an appreciation of an anonymous article (written by Pierce), ‘William Blake,’ on Pierce’s ‘The Bookman’s Page’ in New Outlook (26 Oct. 1927, 26). [New Outlook supplanted the Christian Guardian in 1925.] LORNE PIERCE (29 DEC. 1927). Pierce, QUA. Copied by Pitt from the original. A playful inquiry as to Pierce’s health: ‘Long life to our colon and appendix.’ [A note in Pierce's hand reads: ‘Passed across the aisle at the Arts and Letters Club banquet, Dec. 29, 1927.’] NEWTON PINCOCK (7 FEB. 1928). Pincock, UWL. Handwritten, plain paper. Unable to attend his Extension Class in St. Catharine’s (‘St. Kitt’s’) this week; in Montreal on a tour of Canadian Clubs. LORNE PIERCE (LATE APRIL 1928). Pierce, QUA. Handwritten, LH2. Three short poems submitted for an ‘Empire anthology’ being compiled by Pierce and the New-Zealand writer Hector Bolitho. 4 LORNE PIERCE (21 SEPT. 1928). Pierce, QUA. Handwritten, postcard: postmarked ‘St. John, New Brunswick,’ 21 September 1928. ‘Having a wonderful time in the East. Generous reception. A fine appreciative people.’ [Pratt was on his third tour for the Canadian Clubs, this time to the Maritimes.] FLORENCE MILLER (14 FEB. 1929). Miller, MUNL. Handwritten, LH5. Has enjoyed reading the ‘manuscript of verse’ sent to him and to Lorne Pierce at The Ryerson Press by Phebe Florence Miller (1889-1979), the postmistress in Topsail, Newfoundland, and will share it with ‘Toronto Newfoundlanders.’ LORNE PIERCE (26 JULY 1929). Pierce, QUA. Handwritten, LH5. Invites Pierce to spend the next weekend at Bobcaygeon; plans a stag dinner on Saturday evening [August 3]. LORNE PIERCE (OCT. 1929). Pierce, QUA. Handwritten, LH5. Source of the funeral service in RA, 544-633.
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