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Isabella Valancy Crawford's short stories represent the best of early English-Canadian prose. In her stories as in her poetry, her power lies in her use of imagery. _x000D_
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In this collection, her fictional portrayals of Canadian life give us glimpses into our literary past. This collection includes the following works by Valancy Crawford: A Five-O'Clock Tea; How the Nightingale and the Parrot Wooed the Rose; La Tricoteuse; The Halton Boys; Tudor Tramp; In the Breast of a Maple; Extradited; The Grasshopper Paper (an article). It also includes an introduction, a chapter about the author, and a selected bibliography.
