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pp. xlvi, 437, b/w illustrations. “This group of letters has a sweep to it, a sense of change through time, that is quite exciting, especially in the degree to which it deals with everyday details of a highly creative life, advancing against increasingly difficult odds … an important, revealing record of a significant cultural life and of cultural life in general in Victoria and Vancouver. – Dennis Reid, Curator of Canadian Historical Art, Art Gallery of Ontario Here we get the inimitable revelation of the practical everyday and earthy Emily, the naturally domestic woman who loves “houses and gardens and home things,” the irrepressible comic who sees things naturally in terms of amusing homey metaphor … Doreen Walker has done a scholarly and patient job of assembling and editing the material. Her comprehensive and thorough notes as well as the introduction comprise a document of considerable value in itself. – Doris Shadbolt, author of Emily Carr (1990) The collection is an important one; it gives us a taste of earthy, domestic Emily Carr, a sense of her everyday speech and her wonderful bad attitude to grammar and spelling which Walker had the good sense to leave.” Signed by Doreen Wlaker on title page, previous owners address label on FEP