MAPLE LEAVES CANADIAN HISTORY-LITERATURE-SPORT NEW SERIES "Like a virgin goddess in a primeval world, Canada James Har By J. M. LEMOINE AUTHOR OF "L'ALBUM DU TOURISTE." QUEBEC PRINTED BY AUGUSTIN COTÉ & C° Registered in the office of the Minister of Agriculture, in conformity with the law passed by the Parliament of Canada, in the year 1873, by A. Côté & C° /886 43-113 w INTRODUCTION In offering to our patrons, a new series of Papers on Canadian History, Literature and Sport, a few explanatory remarks may not be out of place. It was in 1863, that for the first time, appeared in book form, the several Canadian sketches, previously published in the Canadian Reviews and Magazines, under the emblematical name of Maple Leaves. Their success led to the perpetration of a second volume in 1864- descriptive of our battle fields. A third SERIES followed in 1865, depicting the environs of Quebec. Since the latter date, no other series was published. It is now proposed to collect in the present volume, some of the best sketches and detached Papers of the author, contributed since 1865, to the various Canadian periodicals, and also to reprint with them four or five of the most popular papers of the preceeding Series, now out of print. |