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1Contagion

By Katherine MacLean

Minos was such a lovely planet. Not a thing seemed wrong with it. Excepting the food, perhaps. And a disease that wasn't really. Originally published in Galaxy Science Fiction, October, 1950. Katherine Anne MacLean (born January 22, 1925) is an American science fiction author best known for her short fiction of the 1950s which examined the impact of technological advances on individuals and society. - Summary by Wikipedia, story heading, and david wales

2Coming of the Princess, and Other Poems

By Kate Seymour MacLean

There is truth, doubtless, in the remark, that we are enriched less by what we have than by what we hope to have. As the poetic art in Canada has had little of an appreciable past, it may therefore be thought that the songs that are to catch and retain the ear of the nation lie still in the future, and are as yet unsung. Doubtless the chords have yet to be struck that are to give to Canada the songs of her loftiest genius; but he would be an ill friend of the country's literature who would slight the achievements of the present in reaching solely after what, it is hoped, the coming time will bring. <br></br> But whatever of lyrical treasure the future may enshrine in Canadian literature, and however deserving may be the claims of the volumes of verse that have already appeared from the native press, I am bold to claim for these productions of Mrs. MacLean's muse a high place in the national collection and a warm corner in the national heart. - Summary by G. Mercer Adam, in the preface.

This is a very short volume of poems by Canadian poet Kate Seymour MacLean, containing only twenty poems. - Summary by Carolin

4Thanksgiving

By Kate Seymour MacLean

A tribute to the autumn season, taken from THE COMING OF THE PRINCESS, AND OTHER POEMS (1881) - Summary by David Lawrence

"Gifted with poesy as are the Highlanders, and given to the praise of their country and their leaders, it would be expected that many poems would still be extant concerning the MacLeans and their ancestral dominions," wrote John Patterson MacLean in his "A History of the Clan MacLean," These selections, collected and arranged by J.P. Maclean comprise part of Note C of MacLean's treatise (pp. 406-452), although they were written by different authors for different reasons. Dealing with incidents experienced by the MacLeans throughout their long history this highland poetry reveals, in ways the historical narrative cannot, the feeling behind the actions of the MacLeans and the reactions to their activities. - Summary by DrPGould

6Two Windows

By Kate Seymour MacLean

LibriVox volunteers bring you 8 recordings of Two Windows by Kate Seymour MacLean.<br> This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for August 9, 2021. <br> ------<br> Kate Seymour was born in America and moved to Canada upon her marriage. She was a well-known poet in her day, published in Canadian and American periodicals. She became a strong advocate of the "Canada First" movement. She died in Toronto at the age of 86. - Summary by David Lawrence

7Man Who Staked The Stars

By Katherine MacLean

A business mobster under investigation is slowly turned against himself by an internal doppelgänger. - Summary by Paul Hampton