The Newfoundland Quarterly, volume 040, no. 2 (October 1940)

• Other Authors: Evans, John J., 1861-1944
• Format: Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: John J. Evans, Sr. 1940
• Subjects: Newfoundland and Labrador > Periodicals; Newfoundland; Newfoundland studies
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/quarterly/id/29812

King George and his workmen [illustration] -- The Blitzkrieg over Britain / W. J. Browne -- Meet to discuss defence scheme [illustration] -- The call of the children / Eunice T. Holbrook Ruel -- Indian summer / Marjorie Woody Scott -- Franz Shubert / William James Robinson -- Coffin Pool : a hurdle to test the leaping salmon, Mitchell’s Brook, Long Harbour, Fortune Bay [illustration] -- The passing of Sir Wilfred Thomas Grenfell, M.D. : gave 40 years of his life in the service of the people of Labrador and Northern Newfoundland -- Hon. Colonel Nfld. Artillery -- Junior Jubilee University Scholarship 1940 -- After the rain / Bertille Tobin -- A home song / Rev. Walter Bugden -- First casualty in Royal Artillery -- A driveway in Bowring Park, St. John’s, Newfoundland [illustration] -- Princess Elizabeth makes first broadcast : tells children of the world that the children of Britain are full of cheerfulness and courage -- The field of Waterloo / Lord Morris -- Roosevelt declares policy : will continue all possible help to the defenders of freedom -- Vital statistics of Burgeo between 1860 and 1925 / Rev. Dr. H. W. Cunningham -- September / Marion Comstock -- Landing caplin at Topsail [illustration] -- Longing for the sea / Marian E. Comstock -- First roads built in Newfoundland (continued) / Richard Hibbs -- The passing of William J. Carroll, M.B.E. -- View of Heart’s Content where the first successful Atlantic Cable was landed [illustration] -- Wanderlust / Capt. Leo C. Murphy -- King George and his workmen [illustration] -- Freedom’s stronghold / Ethel Weir -- The weather / Bertille Tobin -- Give to them / Harriet Mae Stayton -- Petty Harbour, about nine miles from St. John’s [illustration]. The Newfoundland Quarterly (1901-present) began publication when the province was still an independent country, founder John J. Evans describing it as "a literary magazine of interest to Newfoundlanders at home and abroad." Geared to a general audience, it is the island's oldest magazine and the second oldest magazine ...