North America local history
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Snowdrift: A Story of the Land of the Strong ColdSnowdrift: A Story of the Land of the Strong ColdMurdo MacFarlane, the Hudson's Bay Company's trader at Lashing Water post, laid aside his book and glanced across the stove at his wife who had paused in her sewing to hold up for inspection a...
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England, Canada and the Great WarEngland, Canada and the Great WarCanada, as one of the most important component parts of the British Empire, is going through the crucial ordeal of the great crisis which will determine her destinies jointly with those of the whole world. Instantly put under the...
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Mexikon valloitus: Kappale Amerikan historiaaMexikon valloitus: Kappale Amerikan historiaaNeljsataa vuotta on nyt umpeen kulunut siit, kun Christoforo Colombo laski laivansa tuon uuden maailman rannalle, joka sittemmin ern toisen retkeilijn kunniaksi sai nimekseen Amerika. Lokakuun 27 pivn 1492 tuli Colombo suurelle Cuban saarelle, lydettyns vh ennen muutamia pienempi luotoja....
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A Damaged ReputationA Damaged ReputationIt was a still, hot night, and the moon hung round and full above the cedars, when rancher Brooke sat in his comfortless shanty with a whisky bottle at his hand. The door stood open, and the drowsy fragrance of the coniferous...
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Alter Ego: A TaleAlter Ego: A Tale The author is indebted to the great national newspapers of Canada and the United States, the Toronto Globe and Collier's Weekly, for some facts from the former and some figures from the latter in rounding up the historical part of...
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Canada: Its Postage Stamps and Postal StationeryCanada: Its Postage Stamps and Postal StationeryThe Dominion of Canada, as we know it to-day, is a confederation of the former British Colonies and unorganized territories of North America which lie to the northward of the United States. The single exception is the Colony...
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Count FrontenacCount Frontenac - Makers of Canada, Volume 3The author of the following work desires to acknowledge his obligations to two preceding writers who have dealt with the life and times of Count Frontenac, the late Mr. Parkman, and M. Henri Lorin. The merits of...
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The Clan Fraser in Canada: Souvenir of the First Annual GatheringThe Clan Fraser in Canada: Souvenir of the First Annual Gatheringhe chief object aimed at by the publication of this little volume is to furnish, in a concise and inexpensive form, information regarding the Clan Fraser not readily accessible to clansmen in Canada. It...
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The Blue Grass Seminary Girls on the WaterThe Blue Grass Seminary Girls on the Water - Or, Exciting Adventures on a Summer Cruise Through the Panama Canal The speaker was Shirley Willing, a typical Kentucky girl, slender of figure, vivacious of manner, and extremely pretty. With her father, she stood on...
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The History of the Post Office in British North AmericaThe History of the Post Office in British North AmericaMy purpose, in the searches for material which led to the present volume, has been to give as complete an account as it lay in my power to do, of the beginnings and growth of...
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Canada, My Land and Other Compositions in VerseCanada, My Land; and Other Compositions in Verse More glorious records may adorn The annals of the past Than those which tell the rise and growth Of thy dominion vast; But I am proudest of the land In which my lot is cast, Canada,...
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The Ontario Archives: Scope of its OperationsThe Ontario Archives: Scope of its OperationsThe line of demarcation between the Canadian or Dominion archives and the Ontario or other provincial archives is somewhat similar to that between the Federal and State archives in the United States. It consists with the scope of...
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Rambles by Land and Water or, Notes of Travel in Cuba and MexicoRambles by Land and Water; or, Notes of Travel in Cuba and MexicoThe present work claims no higher rank than that of a humble offering to the Ethnological studies of our country. Some portions of the field which it surveys, have been traversed often...
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By Right of PurchaseBy Right of PurchaseIt was a hot September afternoon. Leland wondered vaguely how the harvesting and threshing were progressing in his own far distant country, as he leant on the moss-grown wall of the terrace beneath the old house of Barrock-holme. He had been...
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The Trail of the Axe: A Story of Red Sand ValleyThe Trail of the Axe: A Story of Red Sand Valley Dave was thirty-two, but looked forty; for, in moulding his great, strong, ugly face, Nature had been less than kind to him. It is probable, from his earliest, Dave had never looked less...
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MexikoMexiko - De Aarde en haar volken, Jaargang 1865Veel vroeger dan de overige oorspronkelijke bewoners der nieuwe wereld, en lang voor de aankomst der Europeanen in Amerika, waren de oude inboorlingen van Mexiko1, de Tolteken en na hen de Azteken, tot eene vrij hooge...
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The Mythologies of Ancient Mexico and PeruThe Mythologies of Ancient Mexico and PeruIt is difficult to understand the neglect into which the study of the Mexican and Peruvian mythologies has fallen. A zealous host of interpreters are engaged in the elucidation of the mythologies of Egypt and Assyria, but, if...
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Among the Canadian AlpsAmong the Canadian AlpsThe writer takes this opportunity of gratefully acknowledging his indebtedness to Mr. J. B. Harkin, Commissioner of Dominion Parks, Col. Maynard Rogers, Superintendent of Jasper Park, and Mr. Arthur O. Wheeler, Director of the Alpine Club of Canada, for valued assistance...
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Narrative of a Voyage to the West Indies and Mexico in the Years 1599-1602Narrative of a Voyage to the West Indies and Mexico in the Years 1599-1602 The manuscript, of which the following is a translation, as literal as the idioms of the two languages admit, is in the possession of Monsieur Fret, the learned and extremely...
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Canadian Fairy TalesCanadian Fairy TalesThe tales in this collection, like those in "Canadian Wonder Tales," were gathered in various parts of Canadaby river and lake and ocean where sailors and fishermen still watch the stars; in forest clearings where lumbermen yet retain some remnant of the...
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