This page lists a selection of shorter works (poems, short stories, and miscellaneous pieces) that L.M. Montgomery published in 1907. All items are signed “L.M. Montgomery,” unless stated otherwise.
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Contents
Overview
A Chip of the Old Block (short story)
Gratitude (poem)
Longing (poem)
The Treasures (poem)
In an Old Garden (poem)
One Mother’s Opinion (sketch)
Overview
L.M. Montgomery published several shorter works in 1907, including the short story “A Chip of the Old Block,” four poems (“Gratitude,” “Longing,” “The Treasures,” and “In an Old Garden”) and a sketch entitled “One Mother’s Opinion.”
A Chip of the Old Block (short story)
Springfield (MA) Republican, 6 January 1907, 22. Scrapbook 8.
Revised
The Canadian Courier (Toronto), 8 February 1913, 8, 21–22.
Collected
Twice upon a Time: Selected Stories, 1898–1939, 119–25 (1913 version).
Gratitude (poem)
Unidentified periodical, ca. 1907. Scrapbook 8.
First line: “I thank thee, friend, for the beautiful thought.”
Reprinted
Walnut Valley Times (El Dorado, KS), 9 March 1907, 1.
Walnut Valley Times (El Dorado, KS), 15 March 1907, 2.
Collected
A World of Songs: Selected Poems, 1894–1921, 90.
Longing (poem)
Donahoe’s Magazine (Boston), May 1907, 520. Scrapbook 8.
First line: “If I could see you once, but once, as in.”
Reprinted
Zion’s Herald (Boston), 8 September 1915, 1140.
Collected
A World of Songs: Selected Poems, 1894–1921, 42.
The Treasures (poem)
The Christian Endeavor World (Boston), 30 May 1907, 708. Scrapbook 8.
First line: “These I may not take with me.”
Collected
A World of Songs: Selected Poems, 1894–1921, 82.
In an Old Garden (poem)
The Canadian Magazine (Toronto), September 1907, 439. Scrapbook 8.
First line: “To-day I walked in dreamful mood adown.”
Collected
A World of Songs: Selected Poems, 1894–1921, 17–18.
One Mother’s Opinion (sketch)
The Standard (Chicago), 9 November 1907, 16 (from “The Interior”).
Synopsis
This sketch was previously published as part of “Half an Hour with Canadian Mothers,” which appeared in 1901. This copy refers to previous publication in a periodical called The Interior, but that version has not yet been found.
Reprinted
The Pacific (Berkeley), 30 July 1908, 12–13.