Old Quebec, the city of Champlain

Old Quebec, the city of Champlain

THIS little book aspires, neither to the utility of a guide-book, nor to the dignity of a history. It is designed rather as a reminder of the great events which have given to the old city of Quebec a world-wide fame; and with this object in view, many of the illustrations have been copied from old prints and drawings. With the exception of a photograph of his painting of Wolfe, kindly lent by J. W. L. Forster, Esq., and the two photographs on page 57,[1] taken by James Ritchie, Esq., of Quebec, the remainder of the illustrations are largely the result of a pleasant summer in that quaintest part of the Dominiononce the heart of New Francewhere picturesque old-world customs still linger amongst the modern fashions of this practical century. HE figure of the founder of Quebec rises in history, strong and effective, above an ever-changing environment of turmoil and unrest and strife, as to-day his great statue stands in motionless dignity above the shifting crowds of pleasure-seekers and tourists who flit about the Terrace at Quebec. Take him when you will; tossing in a cockleshell on the mountainous rollers of the Atlantic; testing the soil of some newly discovered region with his grain and garden-seeds; taking careful inventory of the products of woods and earth and waters; training his refractory red allies to some method in their military madness; fighting the loathsome death-dealing scurvy; surrounded by disheartened or treacherous followers; even cheated and befooled by a frivolous notoriety-hunterSamuel de Champlain shows himself ever calm, cheerful, heroica man of rare sincerity and singleness of purpose. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 48293
Author: Weaver, Emily P. (Emily Poynton)
Release Date: Feb 17, 2015
Format: eBook
Language: English

Contributors

Illustrator: Weaver, Annie E