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Tom, the piper's son

Item is a chapbook containing short nursery rhymes for children printed by J. Kendrew.

Island

Item is a limited edition of 150 copies; the first 26 copies are lettered A-Z and are signed by the author and artist. This book is E of A-Z.

Who has seen the wind

Item transferred from the Mount Royal Library to the Mount Royal Archives and Special Collections.

Daylight land : the experiences, incidents, and adventures, humorous and otherwise, which befel Judge John Doe, tourist, of San Francisco; Mr. Cephas Pepperell, capitalist of Boston; Colonel Goffe, the man from New Hampshire, and divers others, in their parlor-car excursion over prairie and mountain, all of which I saw, and one of whom I was

Item is a work of fiction about traveling through the Rocky Mountains and British Columbia by rail.

Children’s books in England : five centuries of social life

Item is a book analyzing the evolution of children’s literature through historical contexts. The work also reflects on the history of English social life, documenting the English people in their capacity as parents, guardians and educators of children.

The wife reformed

Item is a chapbook for children covering moral and religious themes produced by the Cheap Repository for Religious and Moral Tracts. Item was printed and sold by John Marshall.

The Cheapside apprentice; or, The history of Mr. Francis H**** : fully setting forth the danger of playing with edge-tools : shewing also, how a gay life may prove a short one ; and that a merry evening may produce a sorrowful morning

Item is a chapbook for children covering moral and religious themes produced by the Cheap Repository for Religious and Moral Tracts. Item was most likely written by Sarah More and was printed and sold by J. Marshall and S. Hazard.

Madge Blarney, the gipsey girl

Item is a chapbook for children covering moral and religious themes produced by the Cheap Repository for Religious and Moral Tracts. Item was printed and sold by John Marshall.

The cries of a wounded conscience ; or, The sorrowful sighs of a trembling sinner at the point of death : wherein he bitterly laments the folly of his wicked life earnestly entreating God to be gracious to him in the salvation of his soul, even for his Mercy's sake concluding with an exhortation of his friends, beseeching them not to follow the bad example of his loose life, assuring them it was dangerous, as well as hazardous to trust to a death-bed repentance

Item is an English poem published as a chapbook.

Betty Gillis, or, Honesty rewarded

Item is a chapbook for children covering moral and religious themes produced by the Cheap Repository for Religious and Moral Tracts. Item was printed and sold by John Marshall.

The affectionate orphans

Item is a chapbook for children covering moral and religious themes produced by the Cheap Repository for Religious and Moral Tracts. Item was printed and sold by John Marshall.

Nursery Poems from the Ancient and Modern Poets ; The interesting story of Cinderella, and her glass slipper ; The history of Tom Thumb ; Jack the giant killer, a hero celebrated by ancient historians ; The cries of Banbury and London, and celebrated stories ; Death and burial of Cock Robin ; The history of Dick Whittington, Lord Mayor of London : with the adventures of his cat ; Poetic trifles, for young gentlemen & ladies ; The children in the wood restored, by Honestas, the hermit of the forest, or perfidy detected ; The interesting story of the children in the wood, an historical ballad ; Jack & Jill, and old Dame Gill ; Life and adventures of Robinson Crusoe ; The renowned history of Dame Trot and her cat ; London jingles and country tales for young people ; Nursery rhymes, from the royal collections ; The book of beasts, for young persons ; The life of Jack Sprat ; Old mother Hubbard and her dog.

Item is a collection of 18 chapbooks for children printed by J.G. Rusher. The collection consists of stories and poems, each chapbook is sixteen pages in length with multiple illustrations.

Miscellaneous pamphlets

Item is a collection of seven chapbooks for children by various authors, printed and published by various publishers, and bound in a single volume. Contributing authors include: Reverend T. Clark, Lucy Lyttelton Cameron, and Mary Martha Sherwood.

Chapbook col[lection] : early 1800s

Item is a collection of thirty-three chapbooks printed by various printers and publishers in England, Ireland, and Scotland. The collection contains short stories, poems, songs, and historical accounts from the 1800s. Most of the publications were printed anonymously, but contributing authors include: Allan Ramsay and Alexander Pope.

Herewith the clues

Item is an interactive murder mystery case file, in which the reader examines physical evidence and clues to correctly guess the murderer.

Tennyson

Item is an appraisal of Tennyson's work by a British literary historian.

Edward the Black Prince, or, a tale of the feudal times

Item is an adventurous narrative of Edward the Black Prince embarking on an epic journey. This penny dreadful was originally released in 36 weekly installments costing a penny each, with each installment clearly labeled with its corresponding part number at the bottom of the opening pages. The weekly installment details are visible along the inner margins, particularly where the pages are less tightly bound.

The history of Sandford and Merton

Item is a novel teaching Enlightenment for beginners, offering a course of education in class, race, and gender to its six year-old protagonists, the robust farm-boy Harry Sandford and Tommy Merton, the spoiled boy from the big house. “Sandford and Merton” offers entertaining and practical lessons in manners, masculinity, and class politics for its 18th century audience.

The first folio of Shakespeare

This facsimile is an ideal copy in which each page represents the best page selected from one of the 29 most satisfactory copies of the 80 copies in the Folger Shakespeare Library.

The Spectator. Vol. VI

Item consists of issues of the influential daily London periodical The Spectator, which was originally published by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele in 1711-1712. This volume contains issues number 395 (June 3, 1712) through 473 (September 2, [1712]). Published by J. Tonson.

The Spectator. Vol. IV

Item consists of issues of the influential daily London periodical The Spectator, which was originally published by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele in 1711-1712. This volume contains issues number 252 (December 19, 1711) to 321 (March 8, [1712]). Published by J. Tonson.

Magic leaves : the Christmas number of Once a Week

Item is a book of short Christmas stories that was collected and published by the London literary periodical, Once a Week. The contents include:
Next door to Bulliman's by Hain Friswell -- September 21st, 1870 by Rev. Charles Kingsley -- A first-class return by J.S. Rice -- The charity dinner by Litchfield Moseley -- A fool's story by George Halse -- A very big Christmas story by Harry Lemon -- Law and physic by Tom Hood -- Awdry court by Sir Charles Young -- The old four-poster by Walter Maurice -- The last but one of Whicksy Junior by Charles H. Ross -- Christmas eve in a belfry by Litchfield Moseley -- Glenfyne gleanings by Cuthbert Bede -- Little blue cloak by Percy Fitzgerald.

The story of the press

Item is a collection of accounts told by early pioneers prior to 1890. Chapters focus on the early press in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, containing information on The Nor'-Wester, The Saskatchewan Herald, The Prince Albert Times, The Macleod Gazette, The Calgary Herald, The Regina Leader, The Medicine Hat Times, and The Lethbridge News.

Eskimo place names and aid to conversation

Item is a guide for army and naval personnel to the Inuit languages as spoken by the natives of Labrador, Hudson Straits, Hudson Bay, Baffin Island, south and north Greenland. Item was published by The Hydrographic Office, U.S. Navy under authority of the Secretary of the Navy.

Alphabet and Verses

Item is a children's book containing an alphabet section followed by a series of instructive 12-page stories, poems, and vignettes. With the exception of the first poem, My Mother by Ann Taylor, the stories and poems have various unnamed authors and were originally published individually by Edward Lacey.

P. Virgilii Maronis Poetarum principis opera accuratissime castigata : cum XI acerrimi iudicii virorum commentariis Seruio presertim atque Donato nunc primum ad suam integritatem restitutis excusa.

Item is a volume containing three works by the Roman poet Virgil: the Eclogues, the Georgics, and the Aeneid. The volume was printed in Venice by Lucantonio Giunta and contains 115 large woodcuts. The volume also contains commentary on the original poems by Josse Badius, Domizio Calderino, Marcus Valerius Probus, Servius Maurus Honoratus, Tiberius Claudius Donatus, Antonio Mancinelli, Cristoforo Landino, Agostino Dati, Pomponio Leto, Filippo Beroaldo, and Valeriano Pierio Bolzanio.

Lake Louise

Item is a photograph taken by Leacock of Lake Louise, near Banff, Alberta.

Soviet sportsmanship trophy

Item is a Soviet trophy with the Russian inscription "Za sportivnoye masterstvo" ("For sporting mastery"). The donor of the fonds thought that it may have been given to Kenyon by a Soviet team at a basketball tournament in Cuba.

Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame trophy

This trophy was awarded to Jack Kenyon by Canada Basketball in appreciate for his more than 30 years of involvement as a player, a coach, and a builder of Canadian basketball.

World War II roll of honour

World War II roll of honour

Item is a roll of honour commemorating Mount Royal Junior College students, faculty, and staff who served in the Canadian armed forces during World War II. The names of soldiers who died in the war are marked with a cross. Roll was designed by Canadian artist A.J. Casson.

World War II roll of honour

World War II roll of honour

Item is a roll of honour commemorating Mount Royal College students, faculty, and staff who served in the Canadian armed forces during World War II. The names of soldiers who died in the war are marked with a cross. Roll was designed by Canadian artist A.J. Casson.

World War I roll of honour

World War I roll of honour

Item is a roll of honour commemorating the Mount Royal College students, faculty, and staff who served during World War I in the 191st (Southern Alberta) Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force. The roll of honour lists participants and includes symbols noting those killed in action (‘x’) and those who died of injury or other ailments (‘+’). The roll features hand painted illuminated borders, and was designed and illuminated by Stafford & Kent of Calgary, Alberta.

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