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Mary E. Doody Jones (essay date 1997)

SOURCE: Jones, Mary E. Doody. “The Exceptional Orphan Anne: Child Care, Orphan Asylums, Farming Out, Indenturing, and Adoption.” In The Annotated Anne of Green Gables, by L. M. Montgomery, edited by Wendy E. Barry, Margaret Anne Doody, and Mary E. Doody Jones, pp. 422-29. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997.

[In the following essay, Jones examines the care and treatment of orphans in the late nineteenth century and the ways this is reflected in Anne of Green Gables.]

R.M.D., Route 3

Scotsburn Sta.,

Pictou Co.,

N.S.

Aug. 21st/17 [1917]

To Mayor Martin
Halifax City
Halifax Co., N.S.

Dear Sir,—

Kindly tell me the names of the Homes for boys in your city. I am desirous in getting a good boy (with decent parents) from ages 8-11 yrs inclusive, to bring up and of protestant religion preferably...

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1. Introduction
2. Principal Works
3. Criticism
   1. New York Times Book Review (review date 18 July 1908)
   2. Carol Gay (essay date spring 1986)
   3. Janet Weiss-Town (essay date spring 1986)
   4. Temma F. Berg (essay date fall 1988)
   5. Mary Rubio (essay date 1992)
   6. Susan Drain (essay date 1992)
   7. Genevieve Wiggins (essay date 1992)
   8. Patricia Kelly Santelmann (essay date 1994)
   9. Shirley Foster and Judy Simons (essay date 1995)
   10. Wendy E. Barry (essay date 1997)
   11. Mary E. Doody Jones (essay date 1997)
   12. Frank Davey (essay date 1999)
4. Further Reading
5. Copyright