Selected Stories of Duncan Campbell Scott

Duncan Campbell Scott

University of Ottawa Press, 1987 - Fiction - 135 pages

Although he is perhaps better known as a poet, Duncan Campbell Scott's many short stories are worthy of attention for their quiet power and enduring readability. This volume brings together a selection of stories that range across many diverse settings: a typical village of nineteenth-century Quebec, a genteel household in the Ottawa of the 1870s, and the isolation of an Indian village on the north short of Lake Superior, among others. Published in English.

About the author

Duncan Campbell Scott was born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on August 2, 1862. On joining the civil service in 1879, he became a clerk and later commissioner to the Indian tribes of the James Bay Region. It was in these positions that he gained a firsthand knowledge of Canada's native peoples, a knowledge that reflected in much of his work. Eventually, he was made deputy minister of Indian affairs, a post he held from 1913 to 1932. He is a fine example of a Confederation poet, one who was influenced by both nineteenth-century British and American thought but at the same time developed a commitment to the presentation of his native land and its people. He published two collections of short stories: In the Village of Viger (1896) and The Witching of Elspie (1923). He received the Lorne Pierce Medal in 1927 for his contributions to Canadian literature. He died on December 19, 1947 at the age of 85.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Selected Stories of Duncan Campbell Scott; Issue 1 of Canadian short story library
• Author: Duncan Campbell Scott
• Editor: Glenn Clever
• Contributor: Glenn Clever
• Edition: 3, revised
• Publisher: University of Ottawa Press, 1987
• ISBN: 0776601830, 9780776601830
• Length: 135 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Anthologies (multiple authors); Fiction / Classics; Fiction / General; Fiction / Short Stories (single author); Literary Criticism / Canadian; Literary Criticism / Modern / 19th Century