The writing on the wall
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is part of: British Columbia Historical Books Collection
creator: Glynn-Ward, Hilda, 1887-1966
issued: 2019-09-06
issued: [1921?]
description: "Publisher and place of publication from Watters, Tod and Canadian Catalogue. Fiction. Anti-Oriental propaganda with a Vancouver setting and many incidents based on actual events. Also: The writing on the wall. With an introduction by Patricia E. Roy. [Toronto and Buffalo] University of Toronto Press [c1974] xxxi, 148 p. illus. 23 cm. (Social history of Canada 20)."-- Edwards, M. H., Lort, J. C. R., & Carmichael, W. J. (1975). A bibliography of British Columbia: Years of growth, 1900-1950. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 144.
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extent: 326 pages : illustration (front cover) ; 18 cm
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note: THE WRITING ON THE WALL IN THREE PARTS PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE By H. Glyn^-Ward N.B.—All characters in the following pages are purely fictionary. Copyright, Canada, 1921, by H. Glynn-Ward THE WRITING ON THE WALL By H. Glynn-Ward Part I: The Paslt The Story opens in the year 1910, and the opening scene is set in the suburbs of the city of Vancouver, in British Columbia. THE WRITING ON THE WALL CHAPTER I Introducing one Chung Lee and another Man of Parts The day was hot and the road was dusty, so dusty that the gently trotting footsteps of Chung Lee made no sound at all, only left a little cloud behind to mark his progress. It was the hour of siesta and there was no one in sight, only the blue-clad figure of Chung Lee jog-trotting soundlessly along the side of the Point Grey Road, a battered old straw hat on his head, the end of his pig-tail tucked away in his pocket, the heavy vegetable- baskets swaying back and front of him from the yoke on his shoulder. 5 THE WKITING ON THE WALL He made no sort of effort to sell his wares, never turned aside to call at any of the houses, but kept straight on at the same unvarying pace, with his eyes on the ground, never even looking to the right or left of him. It almost seemed as though he were making for sofiae definite destination. A fat woman sitting on her verandah rocking to and fro and fanning herself called out to him as he passed. "Got any fresh lettuces there, John?" The Chinaman stopped and set his baskets down in front of her at the foot of the verandah steps. "Pum-plums, cabbachee, wun-yuns by bunchee, applee, callatee, saladee by bunchee," he chanted in a monotonous sing-song. The bargain was made, Chung took up his baskets again and trotted on his way down the road. He did not stop again until he came to a house standing in a 6 THE WRITING ON THE WALL large garden enclosed in a board fence. He opened a door in the fence, went in, shut it carefully behind him and trotted up the garden path round to the back verandah.…
note: Other copies : http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1002382338 Part of Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung Collection
has type: Books
identifier: PR9217.O89 W8
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0380827
language: English
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: [Vancouver] : [Sun Publishing Co.]
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source: Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. PR9217.O89 W8
subject: Asians--Canada
subject: Race relations--Fiction
type: Text