Pat of Silver Bush, L.M. Montgomery’s nineteenth book, was published in August 1933 by McClelland & Stewart and Frederick A. Stokes Company.
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About Pat of Silver Bush Epigraph Dedication Chapters Editions of Pat of Silver Bush Reviews of Pat of Silver Bush
About Pat of Silver Bush
Pat of Silver Bush follows Patricia Gardiner, a girl whose fierce devotion to her home makes her reluctant to accept any kind of change, from the ages of six to eighteen; its sequel, Mistress Pat: A Novel of Silver Bush (1935), continues the story of Pat into her early thirties.
Epigraph
“God gave all men all earth to love
But, since our hearts are small,
Ordained for each spot should be
Beloved over all.”
Kipling.
Dedication
To
Alec and May
and
The Secret Field
Chapters
I. Introduces Pat
II. Introduces Silver Bush
III. Concerning Parsley Beds
IV. Sunday’s Child
V. “What’s in a Name?”
VI. What Price Weddings?
VII. Here Comes the Bride
VIII. Aftermath
IX. A Day to Spend
X. A Maiden All Forlorn
XI. Dinner Is Served
XII. Black Magic
XIII. Company Manners
XIV. The Shadow of Fear
XV. Elizabeth Happens
XVI. The Rescue of Pepper
XVII. Judy Puts Her Foot Down
XVIII. Under a Cloud
XIX. “Am I So Ugly, Judy?”
XX. Shores of Romance
XXI. What Would Judy Think of It?
XXII. Three Daughters of One Race
XXIII. Mock Sunshine
XXIV. Ashes to Ashes
XXV. His Way Is on the Sea
XXVI. Gentleman Tom Sits on the Stairs
XXVII. Glamour of Youth
XXVIII. Even as You and I
XXIX. April Magic
XXX. One Shall Be Taken
XXXI. Lost Fragrance
XXXII. Exile
XXXIII. Fancy’s Fool
XXXIV. “Let’s Pretend”
XXXV. Shadow and Sunshine
XXXVI. Balm in Gilead
XXXVII. Winnie’s Wedding
XXXVIII. Laughter and Tears
XXXIX. The Chatelaine of Silver Bush
Editions of Pat of Silver Bush
McClelland and Stewart (Toronto) published the first Canadian edition of Pat of Silver Bush in 1933, with cover art and a frontispiece illustration by Edna Cooke. Later McClelland and Stewart editions included a Cavendish Library edition in 1947, a Canadian Favourites edition in 1974, and a new edition in 1989.
Frederick A. Stokes Company (New York) published the first U.S. edition of Pat of Silver Bush in 1933. 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).
Hodder and Stoughton (London) published the first UK edition of Pat of Silver Bush in 1933. George G. Harrap and Company (London) published a new edition in 1935.
Angus and Robertson (Sydney) published the first Australian edition of Pat of Silver Bush in 1933.
Reviews of Pat of Silver Bush
Reviews of Pat of Silver Bush that have been located so far appeared in periodicals from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
Volume 3 of The L.M. Montgomery Reader includes the full text of twelve reviews of Pat of Silver Bush.
“Rarely can an author do a combination of juvenile and adult narrative as happily as can the creator of Anne of Green Gables.”
—Worcester (MA) Telegram
“All the charm of the books upon which rests the fame of this Canadian writer are found in her new book. . . . One of L.M. Montgomery’s outstanding achievements.”
—The Canadian Bookman (Toronto)
“There were those who read Anne of Green Gables again and again through sheer enjoyment of its clean, healthy philosophy of life and its sterling characters. No doubt this latest effort from Mrs. Montgomery will find as great favor with the reading public.”
—The Globe (Toronto)