“Mr. Conant has not only written a book that those interested in Canadian history will want to read, but he has set a good example to those who have the material for a family history.”
...Some Personal Commendations ...
The Right Hon. Sir Wilfrid Laurier, G.C.M.G., writes the author: “I have received your book, ‘Upper Canada Sketches,’ and I can assure you with perfect sincerity that I enjoyed it very much.”
“A friend called my attention to your ‘Upper Canada Sketches, and, though I was only able to skim through it, yet I want to write and tell you how much I enjoyed it.... It seems to be the most readable book in that line that I have come across.”—Miss Minnie Jean Nesbit, Hamilton.
“I have read, ‘Sketches’ with great pleasure. It is very good and does you credit.”—Dr. H. Wheeler, Windsor, Eng.
“I have read it [‘Upper Canada Sketches’] with great pleasure and interest. It is, in paper, print, engravings, and margin, a pleasure to look at, and you have brought together very valuable sketches of life.”—Miss Janet Carnochan, Secretary Historical Society, Niagara.
“I got for my own library, as soon as it appeared, a copy of your book, and read it through with a great deal of interest and enjoyment.”—C. C. James, Deputy Minister of Agriculture for Ontario.
“I have greatly enjoyed Mr. Conant’s charming book, having read it from cover to cover. While I don’t suppose it appeals to a down-east Yankee like myself, as it must to a Canadian ‘to the manor born,’ I fully appreciate its fine literary finish, stirring incident, and flavor of ‘ye olden time.’”—Ada Chadwick Williams, Chicago.
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“Your ‘Upper Canada Sketches’ are unique, and more references are made to this book than to any other we have on Colonial history.”—David Boyle, Esq., Secretary Canadian Historical Society.