OPINIONS OF THE PRESS
“Strong lights and shadows fill these pictures of the early settlers’ day, and the Misses Lizars, in handling large masses of material, have maintained the balance of their picture so well that it is something more than the most forcible and striking piece of word-painting in Canadian literature. The scenes portrayed in this book might be compared with some cinematographe views lately seen in the city, for not only are these flowery-waistcoated, or red-shirted, ancestors, as the case may be, vivid pieces of brush-work; they seem almost possessed of the miracle of movement. We fancy we hear them speak to us, and when Tiger Dunlop strides across the stage in his extraordinary regimentals—roomy grey homespun, with a large check, the big Scotch features surmounted by a shock of red hair, and guarded by the broadest of bonnets, one can almost hear his friendly roar.”—London Advertiser.
“No more entertaining book has ever been written about early life in British North America than ‘In the Days of the Canada Company,’ by Robina and Kathleen M. Lizars. No attempt, the authors tell us, has been made at historical writing; their work is certainly not a history book, but it most assuredly is history of a far more rare and precious kind than the chronological record of events which usually goes by that name. There will be many histories, and good histories too, given to the world before another series of such vivid pictures of the very lives of men and women who made history in a formative period of a country is presented.”—Montreal Daily Witness.
WILLIAM BRIGGS, - Publisher, - TORONTO, ONT. Montreal: C. W. Coates. Halifax: S. F. Huestis.
Canadian Historical Literature.
(PUBLISHED IN 1896-97.)
That the impulse of recent years to gather together and publish the historical records of the various localities has borne fruit, is amply attested in the following list of publications, all from our own presses. We commend to Public Libraries and to all intelligent readers the placing on their shelves of as many as possible of these valuable works:—
| Canadian Savage Folk. The Native Tribes of Canada. By John Maclean, Ph.D. Cloth, 641 pages, illustrated | $2 50 |
| The Cabot Calendar of Canadian History, 1497-1897. Compiled by Sara Mickle and Mary Agnes FitzGibbon. Illustrated | 0 50 |
| In the Days of the Canada Company. By Robina and Kathleen M. Lizars. Cloth, 494 pages, illustrated | 2 00 |
| Overland to Cariboo. The narrative of an eventful journey of Canadian pioneers to the gold-fields of British Columbia in 1862. By Margaret McNaughton. Illustrated | 1 00 |
| Legislation and History of Separate Schools in Upper Canada. From 1841 to the close of Dr. Ryerson’s administration in 1876. By J. George Hodgins, LL.D. Paper, $1.00; cloth | 1 25 |
| Manitoba Memories. Leaves from my Life in the Prairie Province. By Rev. George Young, D.D. Illustrated | 1 00 |
| Review of Historical Publications Relating to Canada (1895-96). Edited by Prof. George M. Wrong, M.A. Paper, $1.00; cloth | 1 25 |
| The Forge in the Forest. An historical romance of Acadia. By Chas. G. D. Roberts. Paper, 60c.; cloth, illustrated | 1 25 |
| The Lion and the Lilies. A Tale of the Conquest, in six cantos, and Other Poems. By Charles Edwin Jakeway. Cloth | 1 00 |
| John Saint John and Anna Grey. A Romance of Old New Brunswick, told in verse. By Margaret Gill Currie | 1 00 |
| The History of the Dominion of Canada. For Schools and Colleges. By W. H. P. Clement, B.A., LL.B. With numerous maps, portraits and illustrations | 0 50 |
| History of the County of Annapolis. Including Old Port Royal and Acadia. With biographical and genealogical sketches. By the late W. A. Calnek. Completed and edited by Judge Savary. Cloth, 660 pages, with portraits and illustrations | 3 25 |
| The Story of the Union Jack. How it grew and what it is, particularly in its connection with the History of Canada. With nine colored lithograph plates and numerous engravings | 1 50 |
| The Selkirk Settlers in Real Life. By Rev. R. G. MacBeth, M.A. | 0 75 |
| Humours of ’37: Grave, Gay and Grim. Rebellion Times in the Canadas. By Robina and Kathleen M. Lizars. Cloth, with map | 1 25 |
| History and Historiettes of the United Empire Loyalists. By Edward Harris. Paper | 0 10 |
| Historic Days Of Canada. A Calendar for 1898. Compiled by Sara Mickle and Mary Agnes FitzGibbon. Drawings by J. D. and Percy Kelly. Lithographed in gold and colors. Twelve cards, enclosed in box | 0 75 |
| Pioneer Sketches of Long Point Settlement. Norfolk’s Foundation-Builders and their Family Genealogies. By E. A. Owen. With portraits. Cloth, 500 pages. (In press) | 2 00 |
For sale by all booksellers, or sent postpaid on receipt of price by the publisher.
WILLIAM BRIGGS,
Richmond St. West, Toronto.
Montreal: C. W. COATES. Halifax: S. F. HUESTIS.
