Scrapbook

This scrapbook is a compilation of unpublished works produced from 1892 to 1895 by the members of the Pen and Pencil Club of Montreal (Edward Westhead Arthy, E. B. Brownlow, William Brymner, Thomas Joseph Workman Burgess, Edmond Dyonnet, Robert Harris, William R. Hope, Maxime Ingres, Paul T. Lafleur, John E. Logan, Kenneth Ross MacPherson, William McLennan, J. MacDonald Oxley, C. E. L. Porteous, Frederick George Scott, Forbes Torrance, W. Townsend and J. Try-Davies). It contains drawings, watercolours and a variety of poetry and prose genres, either handwritten, typed or printed. These works were inspired by themes imposed on the club's members. Among the themes used were "Illusions," " Neighbourhood," "The Monk," "A Star," "Force," "The Slave," "Boredom," "Night," "Pessimism," "The Judge," "The Beggar," "The Prison," "The Amulet," "The Corpse," "The Misanthrope," "The Druid," Coup de grâce," "The Farewell," "The Contract," "The Veteran," "The New Woman," "The Flag" and "The Scapegoat." Some of themes refer to historical, biblical or mythic figures like "Columbus," "Tubal-Cain," "Pandora" and "The Sphinx."