Charles G.D. Roberts

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Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts was born on 10 January 1860 in Douglas, New Brunswick and grew up near Sackville. He earned a B.A. in 1879 from the University of New Brunswick and taught English literature at King's College. In 1897, he moved to New York City, then to Paris and London, returning to Canada in 1925. Roberts was knighted in 1935 and died on 26 November 1943 in Toronto.


Books by Charles G.D. Roberts

1880
Orion, and Other Poems (poetry)
1886
In Divers Tones (poetry)
Collection of 58 poems.
1888
Poems of Wild Life (poetry)
1891
The Canadian Guide-Book: The Tourist's and Sportsman's Guide to Eastern Canada and Newfoundland
1893
Songs of the Common Day (poetry)
1894
The Raid From Beauséjour and How the Carter Boys Lifted the Mortgage (children)
1895
Reube Dare's Shad Boat (children)
1895
The Land of Evangeline and the Gateways Thither (travel)
1896
Earth's Enigmas (animal stories)
Collection of fifteen short stories.
1896
The Forge in the Forest (romance)
1896
The Book of the Native (poetry)
1897
History of Canada (non-fiction)
1898
New York Nocturnes and Other Poems (poetry)
1898
A Sister to Evangeline (romance)
1900
By the Marshes of Minas (romance)
1900
The Heart of the Ancient Wood (romance)
1901
Poems (poetry)
1902
The Kindred of the Wild (animal stories)
1902
Barbara Ladd (romance)
1903
The Book of the Rose (poetry)
1904
The Watchers of the Trails (animal stories)
1904
The Prisoner of Mademoiselle (romance)
1905
Red Fox (animal stories)
1906
The Heart That Knows
1907
The Haunters of the Silences (animal stories)
1907
In the Deep of the Snow
1908
The House in the Water (animal stories)
1908
Children of the Wild
1909
The Backwoods Men
1910
Kings in Exile (animal stories)
1911
Neighbours Unknown (animal stories)
1911
More Kindred of the Wild (animal stories)
1912
Babes of the Wild (animal stories)
1912
The Feet of the Furtive (animal stories)
1914
Hoof and Claw (animal stories)
1914
The Secret Trails (animal stories)
1918
The Ledge on Bald Face (animal stories)
1919
New Poems (poetry)
1921
Some Animal Stories (animal stories)
1922
Wisdom of the Wilderness (animal stories)
1922
More Animal Stories (animal stories)
1922
In the Morning of Time (novel)
1924
They Who Walk in the Wild (animal stories)
1927
The Vagrant of Time (poetry)
1933
Eyes of the Wilderness
1934
The Iceberg, and Other Poems (poetry)
1936
Selected Poems (poetry)
1936
Further Animal Stories (animal stories)
1941
Canada Speaks of Britain and Other Poems of the War (poetry)
1958
The Last Barrier and Other Stories (edited by Alec Lucas)
1964
King of Beasts (animal stories)
1974
Selected Poetry and Critical Prose (edited by W. J. Keith)
1980
The Lure of the Wild (animal stories, edited by J. Adams)
1985
The Collected Poems of Sir Charles G.D. Roberts (poetry, edited by Desmond Pacey and Graham Adams)
 
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Added 04 October 2008.
Updated 07 January 2012.