Hi Wallace. On Wed, 10 Aug 2005, Wallace J.McLean wrote:
I can't think off hand of a particular title, but perhaps the following paramaters should be used:
- by a Canadian author who died between 1950 and 1954, inclusive;
- published after 1923.
Thus, a "life+50" public-domain work that is just "barely legal" for our purposes, and something that is not eligible for including in PG under US rules.
I can understand your interest in promoting works which have had the recent privilige of ascending into the public domain, but to start with, I'm looking to work with a couple texts that are already availible, to reduce the number of potential challenges occuring at once. :) However, if you or anyone else is interested in researching to find books that fit your criteria above, here is a list of authors to start from.... Sir, Herbert Brown AMES {CA} (M: 1863Jun27 - 1954Mar30) Marion Isabel ANGUS, nee HAND {CA} (F: 1902 - 1951) Philip Christian ARMSTRONG {CA} (M: 1883 - 1952Mar25) Harry ASHTON {CA?} (M: 1882Jan31 - 1952Jul12) Edward Montague ASHWORTH {CA} (M: 1880 - 1954Mar26) William Henry ATHERTON {CA} (M: 1867Nov15 - 1950Jul6) Prof, Boris Petrovich BABKIN {RU/CA?} (M: 1877Jan4 - 1950May3) Rev, Frank BAIRD {CA} (M: 1870 - 1951) Nellie BALL, nee MARTIN {CA} (F: 1882 - 1950) Francis Marion BEYNON {CA} (F: 1884 - 1951) Algernon (Henry) BLACKWOOD {UK/CA?} (M: 1869Mar14 - 1951Dec10) Rev, Salem Goldworth BLAND {CA} (M: 1859Aug25 - 1950Feb7) Henri BOURASSA {CA} (M: 1868Sep1 - 1952Aug30) Isaiah BOWMAN {CA} (M: 1878 - 1950) Edmund William BRADWIN (M: 1877 - 1954Feb19) John Wesley BREADY {CA} (M: 1887 - 1953) Augustus BRIDLE {CA} (M: 1869 - 1952Dec21) Edward Killoran BROWN {CA} (M: 1905Aug15 - 1951Apr24) Walter Williamson BRYDEN {CA} (M: 1883 - 1952May23) (Milton) Alexander BUCHANAN {CA} (M: 1878Jul17 - 1952May2) Prof, Milton Alexander BUCHANAN {CA} (M: 1878Jul17 - 1952May2(<I>or</I>7)) Mabel (Grace) BURKHOLDER, nee CLARE {CA} (F: 1881 - 1954) Alice Elizabeth BURTON {CA} (F: 1910 - 1952) Marie Evelyn BYNG, Viscountess BYNG, nee MORETON (F: c1870 - c1950) William Bleasdell CAMERON {CA} (M: 1862Jul26 - 1951Mar3) Harry Morris CASSIDY (M: 1900Jan18 - 1951Nov2) Harry Arthur CATES {CA} (M: 1890 - 1953Jul2) Sir, Joseph Andrew CHISHOLM {CA} (M: 1863Jan9 - 1950Jan22) Rene CHOPIN {CA} (M: 1885Apr21 - 1953Jun28) Barrett Harper CLARK {CA?} (M: 1890 - 1953) William Clifford CLARK {CA} (M: 1889 - 1952Dec27) Prof, George Herbert CLARKE {CA} (M: 1873Aug27 - 1953Mar27) Rev, John COBURN {CA} (M: 1874Apr19 - 1954May21) Helena (Jane) COLEMAN {CA} (F: 1860 - 1953Dec7) Arthur COLLINGWOOD {CA} (M: 1879 - 1952Jan22) Margaret COMPLIN, nee ROBERTSON {CA} (F: ? - 1951) Alwyn CORISTINE {CA} (M: 1887Mar12 - c1953-62) George Hebden CORSAN {CA} (M: 1857 - 1952Jan31) Abp, Georges COURCHESNE {CA} (M: 1880Sep13 - 1950Nov14) James Herbert CRANSTON {CA} (M: 1880Jul26 - 1952Dec18) James Watson CURRAN {CA} (M: 1865Apr24 - 1952Feb20) Prof, James Alfred DALE {UK/CA?} (M: 1874Jun11 - 1951Nov27) Frank Parker DAY {CA} (M: 1881May9 - 1950Jul30) Frederick Montague DELAFOSSE {CA} (M: 1860 - 1950Sep29) Muriel DENISON, nee GOGGIN {CA} (F: 1886 - 1954) Judge, Robert Maxwell DENNISTOUN {CA} (M: 1864Dec24 - 1952Oct11) (Alexander) Gordon DEWEY {CA/US?} (M: 1890 - 1953May4) Frank A DOANE {CA} (M: 1862 - 1950Oct7) Edmond DYONNET {CA} (M: 1859 - 1954Jul8) Charles Aubrey EATON {CA} (M: 1868 - 1953) Rev, James ENDICOTT {CA?} (M: 1865May8 - 1954Mar8) Robert Edis FAIRBAIRN {CA} (M: 1880 - 1951) John Colborne FARTHING {CA} (M: 1897Mar18 - 1954Mar9) W Neil FERGUSSON {CA} (M: c1869 - 1954Jul18) Frances (J) (nee)Hubbard FLAHERTY {CA} (F: c1885 - after1950) Robert Joseph FLAHERTY {CA} (M: 1884Feb16 - 1951Jul23) Bp, Archibald Lang FLEMING {CA?} (M: 1883Sep8 - 1953May(<I>or</I>Jul)17) Pearl (Beatrix) FOLEY {CA} (F: ? - 1953Oct12) Alexander Louis FRASER {CA} (M: 1870 - 1954) Leon GERIN {CA} (M: 1863May17 - 1951Jan17) Percy P GHENT {CA} (M: 1888 - 1952Sep21) John Murray GIBBON {CA} (M: 1875Apr12 - 1952Jul2) Watson GRIFFIN {CA} (M: 1860Nov4 - 1952Jan10) Edwin Austin HARDY {CA} (M: 1867Aug30 - 1952Oct31) Charles Eugene HARPE {CA} (M: 1909 - 1952Jul31) Athelstan George HARVEY {CA} (M: 1884 - 1950Jan15) William Joseph HEALY {CA} (M: 1867Apr15 - 1950Aug24) Lilian Margaret HENDRIE {CA} (F: 1870 - 1952May12) Rev, James Cobourg HODGINS {CA} (M: 1866 - 1953Dec29) Rev, Charles Herbert HUESTIS {CA} (M: 1863 - 1951) Nicholas IGNATIEFF {CA} (M: 1904Mar7 - 1952Mar28) Prof, Harold Adams INNIS {CA} (M: 1894Nov5 - 1952Nov8) Henry Allan IRONSIDE {CA/US?} (M: 1876Oct14 - 1951Jan15) Prof, William T JACKMAN {CA} (M: 1871Jan8 - 1951Nov8) Charles William JEFFERYS {CA?} (M: 1869Aug25 - 1951Oct8) John Walter JONES {CA} (M: 1878Apr14 - 1954Mar31) George KEEN {CA} (M: 1869May8 - 1953Dec4) Roderick Stuart KENNEDY {CA} (M: 1889Dec16 - 1953May18) Wilfred Brenton KERR {CA} (M: 1896 - 1950Jan12) William Lyon Mackenzie KING {CA} (M: 1874Dec17 - 1950Jul22) Rev, George Frederick KINGSTON {CA} (M: 1889 - 1950) Hugh Hornby LANGTON {CA} (M: 1862Aug29 - 1953Sep30) Antoine-Joseph LEGER {CA} (M: 1880Oct16 - 1950Apr7) Malcolm Stanley LEHIGH {CA} (M: 1875 - 1954) Lilian LEVERIDGE {CA} (F: 1879 - 1953) Ray LEVINSKY, Mrs Joshua SMITH {CA} (F: ? - 1954Jul5) William Douw LIGHTHALL {CA} (M: 1857Dec27 - 1954(<I>wrongly</I>1946)Aug3) Florence (Hamilton) (nee)Randal LIVESAY {CA} (F: 1874Nov3 - 1953Jul28) Charles Auguste de LOTBINIERE-HARWOOD {CA} (M: 1869Aug2 - 1954Jun20) Prof, William James LOUDON {CA} (M: 1860Jun25 - 1951Sep27) Prof, James William McBAIN {CA/US?} (M: 1892Mar22 - 1953Mar12) Nellie Letitia McCLUNG, nee MOONEY {CA} (F: 1873Oct20 - 1951Sep1) Angus Lewis MACDONALD {CA} (M: 1890Aug10 - 1954Apr13) James Brown MacDOUGALL {CA} (M: 1871Jun1 - 1950May28) Owen Ernest McGILLICUDDY {CA} (M: 1887<I>or</I>1888 - 1954Aug11) Tom(=Thomas Robert Edward) MacINNES {CA} (M: 1867Oct29 - 1951Feb11) Neil Kenneth McKECHNIE {CA} (M: 1873 - 1951Jun5) John Y MacKINNON {CA} (M: 1886 - 1951) Thomas George McKITRICK {CA} (M: 1873 - 1952) Cyrus (John) MACMILLAN {CA} (M: 1882 - 1953) Helen MACMURCHY {CA} (F: 1862Jan7 - 1953Oct8) Margaret (May) McWILLIAMS, nee STOVEL {CA} (F: 1875 - 1952Apr12) Archibald MALLOCH {CA} (M: 1887Aug10 - 1953Sep18) Alice Stuart MASSEY, nee PARKIN {CA} (F: c1885 - 1950Jul29) Andrew Doane MERKEL {CA} (M: 1884Dec15 - 1954Jun25) Helen M MERRILL {CA} (F: 1866 - 1951) William Charles MIKEL {CA} (M: 1867 - 1950Oct) John Hanlon MITCHELL {CA} (M: 1897 - 1953) John (Wendell) MITCHELL {CA} (M: 1880(<I>or</I>1882)Apr1 - 1951Oct18) Edouard MONTPETIT {CA} (M: 1882 - 1954Mar27) Rev, Ernest Lloyd MORROW {CA} (M: 1884Sep2 - 1951Feb3) Rev, William Inglis MORSE {CA} (M: 1874Jun4 - 1952Jun5) George Frederick MOUNTFORD {CA} (M: 1890 - 1950) (Walter Alfred) Don MUNDAY {CA} (M: 1890(<I>or</I>1888)Mar16 - 1950Jun12) Prof, Gilbert NORWOOD {CA} (M: 1880Nov23 - 1954Oct16(<I>or</I>15<I>or</I>18)) Lewis Craven ORD {CA} (M: 1881 - 1952Jun) William Frederick OSBORNE {CA} (M: 1873Sep8 - 1950Feb4) Lawrence Arthur Colley PANTON {CA} (M: 1894Jun15 - 1954Nov22) Rev, Stuart Crawford PARKER {CA} (M: 1888Nov21 - 1950Jan15) Judge, George Geddie PATTERSON {CA} (M: 1864 - 1951Sep10) Francis/Frank Lillie POLLOCK {CA} (M: 1876 - after1950) Paul RAINVILLE {CA} (M: 1887Sep15 - 1952May15) Alice RAVENHILL {CA} (F: 1859Mar31 - 1954May27) Winnifred REEVE, nee EATON, 1:Mrs BABCOCK ? {CA} (F: 1875<I>or</I>1879 - 1954) Thomas Arthur RICKARD {CA?} (M: 1864Aug29 - 1953Aug15) Rev, John Henry RIDDELL {CA} (M: 1863Nov1 - 1952Nov9) Robert Gerald RIDDELL {CA} (M: 1908May4 - 1951Mar16) Rev, David Lakie RITCHIE {CA} (M: 1864(<I>wrongly</I>1865)Sep15 - 1951Dec14) (George Edward) Theodore Goodridge ROBERTS {CA} (M: 1877Jul7 - 1953Feb23<I>or</ Rev, Hugh John ROBERTSON {CA} (M: 1868 - 1952) John Daniel ROBINS {CA} (M: 1884Sep8 - 1952Dec18) Hazel ROBINSON {CA} (F: ? - 1954) Percy James ROBINSON {CA} (M: 1873Oct18 - 1953Jun19) Fr, Georges ROBITAILLE {CA} (M: 1883Jun13 - 1950Jun) William Kirby ROLPH {CA} (M: 1917 - 1953Dec22) Alexander Herbert Douglas ROSS {CA} (M: ? - 1950Apr6) Pierre Georges ROY {CA} (M: 1870Oct23 - 1953Nov4) Fletcher RUARK {CA} (M: 1879<I>or</I>1880 - 1952Jan1) Bernard Keble SANDWELL {CA} (M: 1876Dec6 - 1954Dec7) Henry Scholey SAUNDERS (M: 1864 - 1951Oct29) Dr, Edwin SEABORN {CA} (M: 1872 - 1951) Holly Skiff SEAMAN {CA} (F: c1884 - 1952Apr7) Joseph Leopold SMITH {CA} (M: 1881 - 1952Apr18) Prof, Simeon SPIDLE {CA} (M: 1867 - 1954Sep26) Orlando John STEVENSON {CA} (M: 1869 - 1950Aug15) Prof, Herbert Leslie STEWART {CA} (M: 1882Mar31 - 1953Sep19) Ethel STILLWELL, Mrs ALLAN {CA} (F: 1883Mar31 - 1953Apr18) Arthur (John Arbuthnot/Arbuthnott) STRINGER {CA/US:1937on} (M: 1874Feb26 - 1950 Alexander Hugh SUTHERLAND {CA} (M: 1870 - 1952) William Walker SWANSON {CA} (M: 1879Dec15 - 1950Jul21) Rev, Robert Bruce TAYLOR {CA} (M: 1869Oct22 - 1954May30) William Robert TAYLOR {CA} (M: 1882Apr12 - 1951Feb24) Sister, Mary THEODORE {CA} (F: 1856 - 1951) A Vernon THOMAS {CA} (M: 1876 - 1950) John Stuart THOMSON {CA} (M: 1869 - 1950Apr12) Frederick TRACY {CA} (M: 1862May18 - 1951Jun10) Prof, Ramsay TRAQUAIR {CA} (M: 1874Mar29 - 1952Aug26) Prof, Reginald George TROTTER {CA} (M: 1888Jul14 - 1951Apr7<I>or</I>17) Hugh MacIntyre URQUHART {CA} (M: 1880 - 1950) Abp, Alexandre VACHON {CA} (M: 1885Aug16 - 1953Mar30) Hermann WALTER {CA} (M: 1863 - 1952Feb18) John Clarence WEBSTER {CA} (M: 1863Oct21 - 1950Mar16) Mary WHITE {CA?} (F: 1869 - 1952) Michael WILLIAMS {US} (M: 1878 - 1950) Lydia WILLIAMSON, nee BUCKLAND {CA} (F: 1860 - 1952) Harry Milner WODSON {CA} (M: 1874 - 1952Mar8) (Humphrey) Hume WRONG {CA} (M: 1894Sep10 - 1954Jan21<I>or</I>24)