The mystic spring, and other tales of western life
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is part of: British Columbia Historical Books Collection
creator: Higgins, David Williams, 1834-1917
issued: 2017-06-20
issued: 1904
description: "Fiction. A good idea of the social life of early British Columbia is given in this collection of tales written by an early settler. New and revised edition: New York, Broadway Publishing Co., 1908. ii, 312 p." -- Lowther, B. J., & Laing, M. (1968). A bibliography of British Columbia: Laying the foundations, 1849-1899. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 167.
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extent: 407 pages : photographs, illustration ; 20 cm
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note: r*jM.- i—in* SElj? IRgjsttr spring and OTHER TALES <?/WESTERN LIFE By IM Formerly Speaks: ^HIGGINS British Columbia Legislature ^ TORONTO : WILLIAM BRIGGS 1904 Stye m$sitr spring and OTHER TALES of WESTERN LIFE fcîVHIGGINS I A7 ■■ Formerly Speal*^^l$èr British Columbia Legislature TORONTO : WILLIAM BRIGGS 1904 TO flbv$. 3. Wl. powell OF OAKDENE, VICTORIA, B.C. TO WHOM I AM INDEBTED FOR VALUABLE INFORMATION AND WISE COUNSEL IN THE PREPARATION OF THESE TALES, I RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBE THIS FIRST EDITION OF "THE MYSTIC SPRING." THE AUTHOR. PREFACE. IN 1856, being then very young, I went to reside in California, where I became interested in the Morning Call newspaper as part proprietor and editor. In 1858, disposing of my interest, I joined in a mad rush to the British possessions on the Pacific in search of gold. The country now known as British Columbia was then named New Caledonia. It was a wild and trackless section, inhabited by numerous tribes of savage red men, who were controlled and held in check with difficulty by the wise policy of the Hudson's Bay Co., the nominal rulers. Through all the commercial, political and social changes incidental to pioneer life during the last forty-six years I have resided on the British Pacific Coast. My opportunities for collecting material for this volume have been excellent, for I have had a strangely adventurous and variant career. I have prospected, mined and traded ; owned a theatre and managed theatrical companies; filled every position in a newspaper office from | devil " to editor and proprietor; and have been a politician and legislator, rounding off my public career by resignation after VI PREFACE. presiding as Speaker for nine years over the British Columbia Legislature. During the half century that I was in active life I made copious notes of events as they transpired. I carefully studied the peculiarities of speech, the habits and mode of life, and the frailties as well as the virtues of the early gold-seekers on the …
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has type: Books
identifier: F5821 .H5
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0348619
language: English
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Toronto : William Briggs
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source: Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. F5821 .H5
subject: Gold mines and mining--British Columbia
type: Text