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

Wallace J.McLean wrote:

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Do any of our list participants here feel strongly about what text(s) would be ideal to start with for PG Canada?

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.

IMHO, one of Canada's formost stylists was the almost-forgotten Globe and Mail writer, J. V. McAree. His book, 'Cabbagetown Store', (Ryerson Press, 1953), and about his childhood, is brilliant, as are his columns. He did write other stuff, too. He died in 1956; which would be as current as we could wish (in a few months). Michael (Vasa) Lockey