“Is manifestly genuine and written with an earnest desire to help others.”
– R. of Rs. 34: 127. Jl. ’06. 90w.
Whates, H. R. Canada, the new nation. **$1.50. Dutton.
“Mr. Whates ... went to Canada as a steerage passenger, posed as an emigrant, and made actual trial of the difficulties which confront an actual settler. In this way he met Canadians of every type and class and had every chance of learning their real views. He travelled over much of the continent, selected a homestead area in the wheatlands of the North-west, and returned after five well-spent months with a knowledge of the land which few could acquire in as many years. The result is a book which is partly a record of travel, partly a most practical guide to the intending settler, and partly a careful and sympathetic study of Canadian political thought.”—Spec.
“Mr. Whates is a little wild in his emigration scheme, and appears in some passages to upset himself.”
+ – Ath. 1906. 1: 699. Je. 9. 740w.
Reviewed by Lawrence J. Burpee.
+ + Dial. 41: 278. N. 1, ’06. 690w.
“The French element in Canadian life receives somewhat less attention than it deserves.”