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New York 14609 (7ie) 482 - 0,W0 - Phone ( 7 I f>) 288 - S989 - Fax USA Charles G. D. Roberts AND The Watchers of the Trails HIS SKCOND BOOK OF ANIMAL LIFE With iumt mention aLo of hu complete worki L. C. PAGE & COMPANY Publishers Boston 4 I L Charles G. D. Roberts AND The Watchers of the Trails HIS NKW BOOK OF ANIMAL LIFK CHARLKS GEORGE DOUGLAS ROBERTS, M.A., F. R. S. C, F R. S. L., was born in Douglas, at the mouth of the Keswick River, near Fredericton, N. B. His early boyhood was spent in Westcockj of which parish his father was rector, and the experiences of those early years have colored his life ever since. Born with an intense love for nature, ani- mate and inanimate, full of eager curiosity to solve her secrets, much of his time was spent m the woods and fields about his home. There he learned the ways of wild creatures, grew to know their instincts and habits, gained his knowledge of woodcraft, and, because he had the soul of a poet, saw beauty in all things J that touched his fancy, and dreamed d^ wt"'' \' ""'j' =• f'-"^ P°« t"n. When he was fourteen, his people moved teS; f , •, ' P^'"«^d he became a teacher for awhile, but the literary instinct was s rong w.thin him and, in .895,- he aba" doned other pursuits and forn,allv adopted the profession of literature, with the utn os' fust fi cation tor few men of his years have achieved -and deservedly -the literary renown whkh his published works warrant. i"^^" «'hich V '?, '^V ''?'"'^^S"'- Roberts removed to New York, where he has since resided, but noVaH the < m Of noisy streets, the never-ceasing rush of hte in a great metropolis, nor the thousand and one distractions that beset the city dwdl ^ na^u're Lrr '° '^"" '^'^ ^een'love fo; nature , that love comes to the front in what ever he writes and his books are full of out-of" doot atmosphere that breathes in their pales A^pJeV':"; ' "" ^S™"^^ of their o^wf' A poet, a lover of nature, an essayist a novelist, and one of the most 'acute aTd'^sym! pathet,c students of animal life this country knows ! Whatever he gives us is good meas- ure pressed down and running over, but the work that he loves best to do\re those mar! vellous dehneat.ons of the life in the Canadian backwoods and t.de country, which his early childhood made familiar. ^ The two volumes of nature and animal stories which he has already issued, " Earth's t.nigmas and " The Kindred of the Wild " have shown him to be unsurpassed in this f I ^"-^ '^ volume, " The Watchers ot the Trails," now in preparation, will add new laurels. "The Watchers of the Trails " is a com- panion volume to " The Kindred of the Wild " and is a collection of his latest stories, written 5 J with that same sincer- ity and truthfulness which marked their forerunners. Like the stories in " Kin- dred," these tales are redolent of the deep forest, and full of the wonderful descriptions of the magical beauty the author's eyes have seen. Each one has directness and defini- tion and action ; each one shows the ways of nature with her children ; and each one is told with fine restraint and the most subtle art. Of "Earth's Enigmas," Richard Hovey said : " The problem of the struggle for exist- ence, of the preying of life on life, is treated with an inexorable fidelity to the fact, a catholic sympathy, a sense of universality and mystery, and a calm acceptance, tnat reaches the level of ' pathos ' in the highest Greek usage of the word. There is a finality in these prose poems that is known only to the greatest art. Mr. Roberts's nature stories are full of the secret symbolism of woods and waters. He makes his readers feel the charm and solitude of the forest, and, while his tales require imag- mation, they infer as well human tenderness and knowledge. And, best of all, they are true, for Mr. Roberts is a naturalist.' He catches accurately the elusive individualities of 8 which he writes, and his portrayals are master- pieces of sympathetic science. " The Kindred of th^ Wild," his superb collection of animal stories, met with such unanimous praise, that one is confronted with an embarrassment of riches when trying to select a few representative extracts from the reviews of the critics and the public. In the Atlantic Monthly^ John Burroughs wrote : " One finds much to commend and admire. The volume is, in many ways, the most bril- liant collection of animal stories that has appeared ; " and the review in the Boston 'transcript reads as follows : " To 'The Kin dred of the Wild ' a welcome may unhesi- tatingly be given, for it is a collection of stories into which the author has put all the zest of a gen- uine enthusiasm, and the result is a volume of excep- tional interest and merit." The San Francisco Chronicle said: "Mr. Roberts is a story-teller who has no living - superior in romance of est." The Sl Democrat is nothing than Mr. bringing out the life in the for- Louis Globe- writes : " There finer in literature Roberts's p i c- ture of the Northern woods on a moonlit winter night." The Philadelphia Press said : " Professor Roberts has rarely done better literary work. Some of his verse may excel it, but only that." The New Tork Evening Post : " It is a masterpiece of its kind." The Chicago Tribune : " No more perfect achieve- ment of its kind has come from the hand of man," and the Brooklyn Eagle credits it with being " incomparably the best in literature that has grown up about animals." I P':. '-T ^ '^i\ SPECIMEN ILLUSTRATION II And so we might go on and on, adding more extracts from the flood of commendation that poured in from all sections of the country, — commendation that will undoubtedly be re- peated when " The Watchers of the Trails " appears. Though the problems of animal life and nature appeal especially to him, and his bril- liant tales of the perils of the untamed wilder- ness may be his particular metier, Mr. Roberts is by no means a singer of a single note. His keen and sympathetic analysis of human char- acter and his rare and delightful powers of description are employed to equal advantage in his romances and novels. " A Sister to Evangeline," " The Forge in the Forest," and " By the Marshes of Minas " 12 are all romances of the country of" Our Lady ot the Snows," and written with the exquisite care and taste that distinguishes his work. " The Heart of the Ancient Wood," half romance, half nature story, is in Mr. Roberts's own opinion " the best sustained work of fic- tion I have yet done." When it appeared in 1900, stern critics and impassive reviewers found themselves breaking forth into enthusi- astic admiration of its beauty. It is a story of a strange, elfin child, growing up in the forest, with its beasts as her playfellows, but coming at last into her woman's heritage of human love, which, once read, will never be forgotten. His last novel, " Barbara Ladd," was a tale «4 of Colonial days, and of a beautiful, charming, bewitching Southern girl, who gleams against the sober Northern background like a scarlet flower against the dusky leafage. Mr. Roberts is soon to publish a new novel, "The Prisoner of Mademoiselle," with the scene laid in that land of Acadia, which he loves so well. The story is based on the famous siege of Louisburg and possesses much of the witchery found in " Barbara," of which the Chicago Evening Post said, " Barbara is supposed to be prose, but there are interludes that are perilously near poetry." To Mr. Roberts's poetry one word is always applicable, — exquisite. Many critics assert that he is a poet first and always, and certain it is that the poet can always be detected underneath the story-teller's mask. " The Book of the Rose " was his last pub- lished collection of verse, — a chain of sweet and tender love-poems, that lilt along with charming melody. One may not mention Mr. Roberts's works without including his authoritative and «5 scholarly "History of Canada" (a new and revised edition of which is to be issu 1 immediately), which is the only history of that land available. i6 COMPLETE WORKS OF CHARLES G. D. ROBERTS * THE PRISONER OF MADEMOISELLE Ready in the Fall of 1(^04 Library 1 2mo, clotii, gilt top, illustrated . . . $1.50 The scene of this new novel is laid in Mr. Roberts s dearly beloved Acadia, and the incidents are based on the famous siege of Louisburg. The hero is a young liritish otificer who sails from Boston in command of a company of the king's troops, only to be taken captive by the Grand Seigneur of Louisburg, and to fall a prisoner to the charms of the Seigneur's daughter, the fair mademoiselle. The story is written in Mr. Roberts's characteristic style, and is full of delicate humor and dainty grace and fascinating touches of outdoor life. Added to that are scenes of tenseness and strength which surpass those in " The Forge in the Forest," and it is easy to be seen that here is a romance worthy of enrolment in the list of Mr. Roberts's work. 17 1 ■IHK U.ATXHKRS OK TDK IRAII.S Sglfon'Buir /■"^:' """'"'' "'-'""" '^y Charles ims IS a companion volume to "The Kindred of the Wilrl " pnniitive and the savage. »^xponent of the His enthusiasm and love of nature so color his work that hk stones are not mere narratives, but wonderful port avals of thp ways of Mother Earth with her children. P«"rayals of the rHK KINDRED OF THE WIED Decorative binding, small quarto, gilt top, illustrated $2 oo the n^ r ?^ ^"7^' .stories is a most interesting addition to the hst of nature classics. The author has studied wh close and unwearied attention the lives of the furred an I fl.thi ^ IZTt^.VrV'"'' 1"^""^-^ "^^' ''""^-^ UaHs andT's g it-l n' u ' says the 6>^;r./c^ Ave;mi^i. Post, "A book that will be fead^ H re-read." The New York Sun said of it, " He makes nsf.!lt solitude and charm of the forest, and arouLrand hoil '''" interest in the lives of its inmates." ^''^^ ^""^ K.ARTH'S ENIGMAS Library i-mo, cloth, uncut edges, illustrated «, .q H.n, 'Tr °^ ^'•- R^^' '--ts's first volume of fiction, the repeated demand for which has been stim.dated by his rece.U ^reat successes. ■' 'ci.eiu great Additional stories have been included after the manner of thii . i'"'^'"'' °^ '^' ^^'"^•" ^°^ ^heir freshness and ."nceriU these tales are sure to arrest attention. sincerity " Mr. Roberts's prose art has reached a high degree of nerfec L •• '. \^ ^^-^'1^^^ ^''"S"^^« ' ^here is a wider ra^ge of subiect" i8 rHE HHART OF THK ANCIKNT WOOD Library i2mo, gilt top, decorative cover, illustrated . $i 50 reveJ^t'lV'^'ltls^" ^"^''''' '^"°"'' '^' ^""^' '"'•'"^tely and savs the ^\\, J J ^ "^^•'^•'^age straight from the heart of nature " ar<.culal« speech." say, the ffZtfy,'^^ll"' ""^ '"'^'' P"' """ tensely cl!ama,'T3''!f .""''u''"- ^^'"' =" "» ""»"«' 't is i,r boo. i^^;^^p^ rr^7.x-^- "'"^ ^ BARBARA LADD One volume, library , 3mo, cloth decorative, gilt top. illustrated sa;d''tt''crTtt';"'?.Th: ^^^VT' ^^^^"^ ^^ ^^^ -^^-ts!" ''classic^wl";lth^en?u:y"rrance'^ h'^Jr^V^^^n' '" ^^^^ impossible even for Mr Rnh!^. . ^?"''' perhaps be earliVr foL • -l Koberts to surpass the quality of this the cha,?i of" i "'^'"''^ '° ""'"^^= '^"t i" " Barbara^ Ladd-' Barbara^ Sli"""'? '"!"'."'' ^' ^"^^ '" ^^^" stronger degree ST;d%h^%'n%^itl7etir:fT" l^-T'-Z-P-try oTth^ and wayward as a wLd Wrd Th ' "'^' settlement, brilliant heroine^ Mr-'o^e^s't^lfery^fTorlraiU. "°" '"^^"^^^"^ »9 THE FORCiK IN FRK FOREST Being the Narrative of tlie Acadian Ranger, Jean de Mer, Seigneur de Hriart, and liow he crossed the Black Al)be, and of his Adventures in a Strange Fellowship. Illustrated by Henry Sandluun, K. ('. A. Library i2n»o, cloth, gilt top, deckle edge paper . $1.50 The story is one of pure love and heroic adventure during the struggle between the French and Knglish for the possession of North America, and deals with that Hery fringe of conflict that waved between Nova Scotia and New FIngland. A SISTER TO EVANGELINE Being the Story of Yvonne de Lamoxirie, and how she went into FLxile with the V^illagers of Grard Pre. Library lanio, cloth, deckle-edge paper, gilt top, illustrated, $1.50 This is a romance of the great expulsion of the Acadians which Longfellow first immortalized in " Evangeline." Swift action, fresh atmosphere, wholesome purity, deep passion, searching analysis, characterize this strong novel ; and the tragic theme of the exile is relieved by the charm of the wilful demoiselle and the spirit of the courtly seigneur, who bring the manners of old France to the Acadian woods. L BY THE MARSHES OF MINAS Library 1 2mo, cloth, gilt top, illustrated . . . $150 This is a volume of romance of love and adventure in that picturesque period when Nova Scotia was passing from the French to the English regime, of which Trofessor Roberts is the acknowledged celebrant. Plach tale is independent of the others, but the scenes are similar. Most of these romances are in the author's lighter and more playful vein; each is a unit of absorb- ing interest and exquisite workmanship. 20 VERSE C'OMPI.FTK POKMS One volume, library 121110, clotli, gilt top, with a photogravure portrait ^'5° III this volume are gathered together tlu- best of Professor Roberts's miscellaneous poems, and the book i:om|)rises one of the most delightful collections of American verse extant. BOOK OK THK ROSE Tall i6mo, illustrated with a colored frontispiece from an original painting by Frank V'erbeck, decorative format, doth, 5' 00 ;/(/ Flexible leather 1.50 ;/