Details

Title

Scotch Firs, Wastdale

Sub Title

[postcard]

Author

MacMillan, G. B. (George Boyd)

Publication Date

1906-11-05

Place of Publication

Alloa, Scottland

Physical Description

print
1 p. : ill. ; 14 x 9 cm

Collection

Other LMM Collections. Special Items.

Donor

Donated by Joanne Craig.

Note

Wastdale, an older spelling of Wasdale, is a scenic area in the English Lake District.

Genre

art reproduction

Abstract

A postcard, postdated November 5, 1906, bearing a message in George Boyd MacMillan's handwriting addressed to "Miss L.M. Montgomery". George Boyd MacMillan (1881-1953) was a Scottish journalist and writer, and a favourite correspondent of L.M. Montgomery. The two were first introduced, by letter, in 1903, through an American writer who was developing a circle of literary pen friends. Although Montgomery and MacMillan only met briefly in-person, during her 1911 honeymoon in Scotland, their voluminous exchange of letters, postcards, and gifts continued until late 1941, just months before Montgomery's death. PARTIAL TRANSCRIPT: "Here's a card which I procured to send you some time ago, but some-how or other it has always been left over in favour of later ones. What do you think of red Scotch firs? Isn't this group lovely? Enough to confirm you in your belief in tree-personality! Thanks very much for the two lovely cards you sent recently. They were beauties, specifically the "Breath of Spring." I prize both very greatly. Am expecting your letter by every mail now. With kindest regards. Yours sincerely, GBM."