Earth's Enigmas

Charles G. D. Roberts

• Publisher: Moran Press
• Year: 2016
• Print ISBN: 9781473304543
• eBook ISBN: 9781473378360

This early work by Charles G. D. Roberts was originally published in 1896 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'Earth's Enigmas' is a collection of short stories that include 'The Perdu', 'In the Accident Ward', 'The Stone Dog', and many more. Charles G. D. Roberts was born on 10th January 1860, in Douglas, New Brunswick, Canada. Roberts's most successful literary genre was that of the animal story which featured in works such as 'Earth's Enigmas' (1896) and 'Eyes of the Wilderness' (1933). He also wrote romance novels and several non-fiction works on Canada.

Table of contents

• Author’s Note.
• Charles G. D. Roberts
• Earth’s Enigmas.
• The Perdu.
• “The Young Ravens that Call upon Him.”
• Within Sound of the Saws.
• The Butt of the Camp.
• In the Accident Ward.
• The Romance of an Ox-Team.
• A Tragedy of the Tides.
• At the Rough-and-Tumble Landing.
• An Experience of Jabez Batterpole.
• The Stone Dog.
• The Barn on the Marsh.
• Captain Joe and Jamie.
• Strayed.
• The Eye of Gluskâp.