Old Man Savarin Stories
Tales of Canada and Canadians
BY
EDWARD WILLIAM THOMSON
F.R.S.L. (United Kingdom)
F.R.S. (Canada)
ILLUSTRATED BY
CHARLES W. JEFFERYS
TORONTO :: :: :: S. B. GUNDY
PUBLISHER IN CANADA FOR HUMPHREY MILFORD
COPYRIGHT, 1917
BY GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
TO
SIR A. T. QUILLER-COUCH
WHO
"GAVE ME THE GOOD WORD"
IN SEASON
"I'VE A FRIEND OVER THE SEA"
My thanks are here due to Messrs. T. Y. Crowell& Co., N. Y., for liberty to include in this volume sundrystories from "Old Man Savarin"; to the American BaptistPublication Society, Philadelphia, for liberty toinclude "Dour Davie's Drive," and "Petherick's Peril";to the University Magazine, Montreal, for liberty toinclude "Miss Minnely's Management"; to the CenturyCompany, N. Y., for liberty to include "The SwartzDiamond."
E. W. THOMSON
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