Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. Abbreviations xiii
5. Introduction: A Life in Print 1
6. A Note on the Text 29
7. 1. [Such a Delightful Little Person] (1908) 31
8. 2. Author Tells How He Wrote His Story (1908) 33
9. 3. Origin of Popular Book (1908) 35
10. 4. The Author of Anne of Avonlea (1909) 37
11. 5. Miss Montgomery, the Author of the “Anne” Books (1909) 40
12. 6. A Trio of Women Writers (1909) 44
13. 7. Canadian Writers on Canadian Literature – A Symposium (1910) 48
14. 8. Says Woman’s Place Is Home (1910) 50
15. 9. Want to Know How to Write Books? Well Here’s a Real Recipe (1910) 53
16. 10. Miss Montgomery’s Visit to Boston (1910) 57
17. 11. Four Questions Answered (1910) 59
18. 12. Miss L.M. Montgomery, Author of Anne of Green Gables (1910) 62
19. 13. How I Began to Write (1911) 67
20. 14. [Seasons in the Woods] (1911) 73
21. 15. With Our Next-Door Neighbors: Prince Edward Island (1911) 98
22. 16. [The Marriage of L.M. Montgomery] (1911) 101
23. 17. A Canadian Novelist of Note Interviewed (1911) 105
24. 18. Interviews with Authors (1911) 110
25. 19. The Old Minister in The Story Girl (1912) 114
26. 20. L.M. Montgomery: Story Writer (1913) 120
27. 21. L.M. Montgomery at Women’s Canadian Club (1913) 126
28. 22. L.M. Montgomery of the Island (1914) 129
29. 23. What Twelve Canadian Women Hope to See as the Outcome of the War (1915) 134
30. 24. The Way to Make a Book (1915) 137
31. 25. How I Began (1915) 144
32. 26. [This Hideous War] (1915) 148
33. 27. What Are the Greatest Books in the English Language? (1916) 151
34. 28. My Favorite Bookshelf 1917 154
35. 29. The Author of Anne (1919) 157
36. 30. The Gay Days of Old (1919) 163
37. 31. Introduction to Further Chronicles of Avonlea, by L.M. Montgomery (1920) 169
38. 32. One Little Girl Who Wrote to L.M. Montgomery and Received a Reply (1920) 174
39. 33. A Sextette of Canadian Women Writers (1920) 177
40. 34. Blank Verse? “Very Blank,” Said Father (1921) 180
41. 35. “I Dwell among My Own People” (1921) 182
42. 36. Bits from My Mailbag (1922) 185
43. 37. From Fiction Writers on Fiction Writing: Advice, Opinions and a Statement of Their Own Working Methods by More Than One Hundred Authors (1923) 189
44. 38. Novel Writing Notes (1923) 197
45. 39. Proud That Canadian Literature Is Clean (1924) 199
46. 40. Canadian Public Cold to Its Own Literature (1924) 202
47. 41. Thinks Modern Flapper Will Be Strict Mother (1924) 204
48. 42. Symposium on Canadian Fiction in Which Canadian Authors Express Their Preferences (1924) 207
49. 43. Something about L.M. Montgomery (1925) 209
50. 44. L.M. Montgomery’s Rilla of Ingleside: A Reader’s Journal (1925) 217
51. 45. Famous Author and Simple Mother (1925) 224
52. 46. The Day before Yesterday (1927) 230
53. 47. Who’s Who in Canadian Literature: L.M. Montgomery (1927) 237
54. 48. About Canadian Writers: L.M. Montgomery, the Charming Author of “Anne” (1927) 241
55. 49. On Being of the Tribe of Joseph (1927) 244
56. 50. Minister’s Wife and Authoress (1928) 249
57. 51. An Autobiographical Sketch (1929) 254
58. 52. Modern Girl Defined by Noted Writer (1929) 260
59. 53. L.M. Montgomery’s Ideas (1930) 262
60. 54. The ’Teen-Age Girl (1931) 273
61. 55. Anne of Green Gables at Home (1931) 283
62. 56. An Open Letter from a Minister’s Wife (1931) 288
63. 57. Life Has Been Interesting (1933) 293
64. 58. The Importance of Beauty in Everything (1933) 295
65. 59. From Courageous Women (1934) 298
66. 60. Author to Get No Profit as Green Gables Filmed (1934) 316
67. 61. Film Preview of Noted Novel Honors Canadian Woman Writer (1934) 320
68. 62. Is This My Anne (1935) 323
69. 63. Foreword to Up Came the Moon, by Jessie Findlay Brown (1936) 328
70. 64. Come Back with Me to Prince Edward Island (1936) 330
71. 65. Memories of Childhood Days (1936) 341
72. 66. The Mother of the Anne Series – Lucy M. Montgomery (1937) 343
73. 67. The Book and the Film (1937) 347
74. 68. For and about Girls (1937) 350
75. 69. Prince Edward Island (1939) 352
76. 70. Beloved Writer Addresses Several Aurora Gatherings (1940) 356
77. 71. Noted Author Dies Suddenly at Home Here (1942) 359
78. 72. Lucy Maud Montgomery (1942) 363
79. 73. L.M. Montgomery’s “Anne” (1942) 365
80. 74. Body of Island’s Beloved Authoress Home for Burial (1942) 367
81. 75. Island Writer Laid to Rest at Cavendish (1942) 369
82. 76. The Creator of “Anne” (1942) 373
83. 77. [L.M. Montgomery’s Last Poem] (1942) 375
84. 78. L.M. Montgomery / Mrs. (Rev.) Ewen Macdonald (1942) 378
85. 79. L.M. Montgomery as a Letter-Writer (1942) 385
86. 80. L.M. Montgomery’s “Anne” (1944) 400
87. Epilogue: Anne of Green Gables – The Story of the Photoplay (1920) 411
88. Sources 421
89. Bibliography 427
90. Index 441