<SPAN name="startofbook"></SPAN>
<h1> IN A BELGIAN GARDEN </h1>
<h2> AND OTHER POEMS </h2>
<h4>
BY
</h4>
<h3> F. O. CALL </h3>
<br/><br/><br/>
<SPAN name="introduction"></SPAN>
<h3> Introduction </h3>
<p>Most of the poems contained in this collection are of recent date,
though their author—who is at present Professor of Modern Languages at
Bishop's College, Quebec—has written verse from his childhood. He is
the first Canadian writer to be included in this series, and is as
affectionately loyal to the Motherland as to his native country, as may
be gathered from his "Song of the Homeland." His verse has already
earned a considerable reputation in Canada, in whose Press much of it
has appeared. Educated at Stanstead College, he took his degree at the
University where he now lectures, and has also studied in Paris,
Marburg and Switzerland. Several of his poems are concerned with the
sorrow and the ravished beauty of Belgium: a circumstance not
surprising, as he has travelled much in that country, as well as in
France, Switzerland and Italy. A lover of country life and a disciple
of the cult of the open road, he revels in the joys of camping and
canoeing, as one of his poems, "Hidden Treasure," bears witness. In
this little book, and more especially in the "Song of the Homeland," he
shows us the maple leaf entwined, strongly as ever, with the English
rose of the Mother country.</p>
<p>S. GERTRUDE FORD.</p>
<br/><br/><br/>
<div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />