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Mistress Pat: A Novel of Silver Bush (1935)

Mistress Pat, L.M. Montgomery’s twenty-first book, was published in September 1935 by McClelland & Stewart and Frederick A. Stokes Company.

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Contents
About Mistress Pat: A Novel of Silver Bush
Dedication
Chapters
Editions of Mistress Pat: A Novel of Silver Bush
Reviews of Mistress Pat: A Novel of Silver Bush

About Mistress Pat: A Novel of Silver Bush

Mistress Pat (first published with the subtitle A Novel of Silver Bush) continues the story of Patricia Gardiner and her family, first introduced in Pat of Silver Bush (1933). Now in her twenties, Pat enjoys being “mistress” of Silver Bush but becomes even more reluctant to face changes in the life of her family.

Dedication

To
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Webb
and
their family

Chapters

The First Year

The Second Year

The Third Year

The Fourth Year

The Fifth Year

The Sixth Year

The Seventh Year

The Eighth Year

The Ninth Year

The Tenth Year

The Eleventh Year

Editions of Mistress Pat: A Novel of Silver Bush

McClelland and Stewart (Toronto) published the first Canadian edition of Mistress Pat: A Novel of Silver Bush in 1935, with cover art and a frontispiece illustration by Marie Lawson. Later McClelland and Stewart editions included a Cavendish Library edition in 1947, a Canadian Favourites edition in 1977, and a new edition in 1989.

Frederick A. Stokes Company (New York) published the first U.S. edition of Mistress Pat: A Novel of Silver Bush in 1935. It is identical to the first Canadian edition. Stokes licensed reprint editions to A.L. Burt Company (New York) and Grosset and Dunlap (New York).

George G. Harrap and Company (London) published the first UK edition of Mistress Pat: A Novel of Silver Bush in 1935.

Angus and Robertson (Sydney) published the first Australian edition of Mistress Pat: A Novel of Silver Bush in 1935.

Reviews of Mistress Pat: A Novel of Silver Bush

Reviews of Mistress Pat: A Novel of Silver Bush that have been located so far appeared in periodicals from Canada, New Zealand, and the United States.

Volume 3 of The L.M. Montgomery Reader includes the full text of six reviews of Mistress Pat: A Novel of Silver Bush.

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