Early Canadian hardcover edition of The Children’s Blue Bird by Georgette Leblanc (Madame Maurice Maeterlinck), translated by Alexander Teixeira De Mattos and illustrated by Herbert Paus. Published in Toronto in 1920 by McClelland and Stewart, this volume adapts Maeterlinck’s celebrated play L’Oiseau bleu for younger readers. The book features multiple color plates and decorative chapter headings, reflecting the design sensibilities of early twentieth-century illustrated children’s literature. An appealing example of Canadian publishing from the period.