Life and times of the Right Honourable Sir John A. Macdonald, K.C.B., D.C.L., &c., premier of the dominion of Canada
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is part of: British Columbia Historical Books Collection
creator: Collins, Joseph Edmund, 1855-1892
issued: 2015-06-12
issued: 1883
description: "Has information on the Canadian Pacific Railway, 'Pacific Canada,' and the province's entrance into confederation. A revised edition with additions by G. Mercer Adam was published in 1891 under title: Canada's patriot statesman (Toronto, Rose; and also: London, McDermid & Logan)." -- Lowther, B. J., & Laing, M. (1968). A bibliography of British Columbia: Laying the foundations, 1849-1899. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 72.
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extent: xii, 642 pages : illustration ; 23 cm
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note: LIFE AND TIMES OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR JOHN A. MACDONALD, K.C.B., D.C.L., &c. I PREMIER OF THE DOMINION OF CANADA. ||«^afl| CANADA BANK NOTE ENGRAVINGS PRINTING COMPANY. LIFE AND TIMES OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR JOHN A. MACDONALD, K.C.B., D.C.L., &c, PREMIER OF THE DOMINION OF CANADA. BY J. E. COLLINS ROSE PUBLISHING COMPANY. MDCCCLXXXin. SOLD BY SUBSCRIPTION ONLY. Entered according to the Act of the Parliament of Canada, in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three, by Huntetj, Rose & Co., in the office of the Minister of Agriculture. PRIKTED AND BOUND BY HUNTER, ROSE & CO. TORONTO. CANADA PAPER CO. S PAPER. M01 treal and Toronto. TO frofcssar (Solbtont §mith, LL.D., D.C.L., THE EXPONENT OF A WHOLESOME AND ENDURING- PUBLIC MORALITY, THE FKIEND AND LEADER OF THE HIGHER LITERATURE AND OPINION, WHO HAS PLACED HIS ADORNING TALENTS AT THE SERVICE OF OUR COUNTRY, DEDICATE THIS VOLUME PREFACE. "VT 0 canvass of the country has been made for- opinions to put -*-' in this book. We have approached our subject in cold blood, banishing sympathy from our heart; neither have we experienced the slightest tinge of remorse for the pain that we must have frequently occasioned through these pages. The historian or the surgeon with a soft heart is not of much benefit to his race. This book may seem to have taken a party trend. Perhaps it has. But the trend was with the Reformer till he turned Tory, and then with the Conservative who had turned Liberal. We most unhesitatingly give our preference to the Conservatives now because of their more vigorous and liberal policy; though we should have for that political body a vastly increased admiration, did it accept Mr. Blake's doctrine concerning treaty-making, and commit itself to an extinction of that legislative scare-crow, the Senate. This volume has been written hastily, so that several clerical errors have crept in; but the opinion of the book must be taken exactly as it is found on the page. Let us here express our grat…
note: Includes index. Other Copies: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3236616
has type: Biographies
identifier: F5080.9.M13 C64
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0221954
language: English
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Toronto : Rose Publishing Company
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subject: Macdonald, John Alexander, Sir, 1815-1891
subject: Canada--History--19th century
type: Text