High Spots in Canadian History (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from High Spots in Canadian History N presenting this little work to the public, the author pleads for sympathetic criticism and tolerant allowance of errors, whether in literary composition, in historical analysis, or in the omission of important facts and incidents. He trusts that the book may be found at least interesting and perhaps instructive. Illustrations appear of Sir John A. Macdonald and Sir Wilfrid Laurier, two outstanding representative figures in Canadian public life, all will admit, of the old Province Building in Fredericton (replaced many years ago), where between two elections the battle of Confederation was fought, and of the original Parlia ment Buildings at Ottawa (destroyed by fire in first used for the last session of the Legislature of the United Canadas and, next, for the first session of the Parliament of the New Dominion. Portraits of Thomas Carleton, the first Governor of New Brunswick, appear to be rare. The accompany ing engraving, taken from a paper contributed to the Nova Scotia Historical Society Collection by Beckles Willson, some years ago, was furnished me by my nephew, W. Q. Ketchum, jr., Ottawa. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.