Notes On Canadian Literature.

There is talk in Canada of a literary coming-of-age. And after a past of false hopes and generally second-rate writing, few interested Canadians feel inclined to comment too harshly on the real, if definitely limited, achievements of the moment. Moreover, much recently published work does show a new and promising vitality and ambition, though it also has the air of uncertainty usually associated with a literature still struggling to establish itself. This recent progress will seem insignificant to most Americans unless they have some understanding of the special difficulties of Canadian writers.