. The Canadian field-naturalist. A SEARCH FOR AMERICA By Frederick Philip Grove 448 PAGES $ CLOTH AFTER nearly four decades of polishing and revision, Groves' mos*- masterly work is now a fait accompli. We think that no one who has looked forward to reading this book will be disappointed. There will be many to disagree with much that the author says; many readers will not share entirely the author's sympathy towards his central figure, Branden, and the tribulations which he undergoes. But we predict that it is a dull man who will not find his intellectual impulses stirred, and his interest
. The Canadian field-naturalist. A SEARCH FOR AMERICA By Frederick Philip Grove 448 PAGES $ CLOTH AFTER nearly four decades of polishing and revision, Groves' mos*- masterly work is now a fait accompli. We think that no one who has looked forward to reading this book will be disappointed. There will be many to disagree with much that the author says; many readers will not share entirely the author's sympathy towards his central figure, Branden, and the tribulations which he undergoes. But we predict that it is a dull man who will not find his intellectual impulses stirred, and his interest firmly held, by this story of an immigrant's search for the soul of a continent. Branden had a rough row to hoe in America. He came to Montreal at the age of twenty-four, perfectly suited to the life of luxury in Europe he had been used to, speaking six languages fluently, cluttered up with numerous hat boxes and other luggage, yet totally unsuited to the condi- tions he was to find. Scarce a year before his landing at Montreal, a cheque for 110, had seemed merely adequate for spending on a pleasure-trip—in Toronto this man worked in a restaurant on Yonge St. for four and a half dollars a week. He did that because he needed the money. Afterwards he moved on. Grove, in depicting the wanderings of his central character, has given an almost numberless series of etchings of new-world life, word-paintings that sometimes take the reader quite by Tfie GRAPHIC PUBLISHERS LIMITED OTTAWA, ONT., CANADA. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. Ottawa, Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club
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