Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present
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- PICTURESQUE QUEBEC
- TO THE CITIZENS OF QUEBEC
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- CHAPTER I.
- CHAPTER II.
- CHAPTER III.
- CHAPTER IV.
- CHAPTER V.
- PART II.
- PICTURESQUE QUEBEC
- CHAPTER 1.
- CHAPTER II.
- THE DWELLING OF CHAMPLAIN.
- CHIEF DONNACONA.
- CHAPTER III.
- THE "ANCIENT CAPITAL." QUEBEC—ITS HIGHWAYS AND BY-WAYS, EDIFICES, MONUMENTS, CITIZENS, LEGENDS, CHRONICLES, AND ANTIQUITIES.
- THE UPPER TOWN.
- SOCIETY UNDER EARLY ENGLISH RULE.
- THE ST. LOUIS HOTEL
- FORT ST. LOUIS, CHÂTEAU ST. LOUIS, HALDIMAND CASTLE.
- FORT ST. LOUIS
- NEW CHÂTEAU ST. LOUIS.
- HALDIMAND CASTLE
- THE QUEBEC AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
- THE LOYAL LEAGUE.
- AN ANTIQUE STONE.
- LAYING OF CORNER STONE OF DUFFERIN TERRACE
- THE LAVAL UNIVERSITY.
- STAFF OF THE LAVAL UNIVERSITY IN 1881.
- TRINITY CHURCH.
- ARNOLD'S ASSAULT ON SAULT-AU-MATELOT BARRIERS.
- THE LITERARY AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S CENTENARY FÊTE.
- THE JESUITS' CHURCH.
- THE JESUITS' BARRACKS.
- THE RÉCOLLET CONVENT.
- THE UNION HOTEL.
- THE AMERICAN PRISONERS.
- THE LAST SURVIVORS OF BELL'S CAVALRY IN 1812.
- QUEBEC TROOP OF LIGHT CAVALRY.
- MUSTER ROLL.
- LE CRUCIFIX OUTRAGÉ.
- OLDEN TIMES IN THE ANCIENT CAPITAL.
- THE LOWER TOWN.
- THE ELEVATOR.
- RUINS OF THE INTENDANT'S PALACE.
- THE HARBOUR DOCKS
- HARBOUR AND DOCK WORKS.
- GRAVING DOCK, LEVIS.
- THE GATES OF QUEBEC.
- KENT GATE.
- THE CITADEL GATES.
- THELLER AND DODGE'S ESCAPE FROM THE CITADEL.
- CHAPTER IV
- ST. LOUIS ROAD—CAP ROUGE—STE. FOYE ROAD—THE ROUND DRIVE.
- THE PARLIAMENTARY AND DEPARTMENTAL BUILDINGS.
- ASSOCIATION HALL.
- CHAPTER V.
- BOUNDARIES OF THE WARDS.
- WAR DEPARTMENT PROPERTY IN QUEBEC CITY AND DISTRICT.
- SEIGNIORY OF NEUVILLE COUNTY OF PORTNEUF.
- THE ENVIRONS OF QUEBEC.
- SILLERY.
- OUR COUNTRY SEATS.
- THE PLAINS OF ABRAHAM.
- THE BATTLE FIELD.
- BATTLEFIELD PARK.
- THE DUKE OF KENT'S LODGE,—MONTMORENCI.
- THE DUKE OF KENT, THE QUEEN'S FATHER, AT QUEBEC, 1791-4.
- L'ASYLE CHAMPÊTRE.
- MARCHMONT.
- WOLFESFIELD
- MONUMENT TO THE LATE WILLIAM PRICE, ESQ.
- THE CAPTURE OF QUEBEC.
- ELM GROVE.
- THORNHILL.
- SPENCER WOOD.
- THE LATE HONORABLE MRS. M. H. PERCEVAL. FORMERLY OF SPENCER WOOD, QUEBEC.
- SIR JAMES CRAIG TO MR. RYLAND.
- A FÊTE CHAMPÊTRE AT POWELL PLACE.
- SPENCER GRANGE.
- SPENCER OR BAGATELLE COTTAGE.
- THE WOODFIELD OF THE PAST.
- SOUS LES BOIS.
- SILLERY HOUSE.
- ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH, SILLERY
- MOUNT HERMON
- A VOICE FROM MOUNT HERMON
- BARDFIELD
- THE FAMILY OF MOUNTAIN
- BENMORE.
- IMPORTATION OF BIRDS.
- CLAREMONT.
- THE WILD FLOWERS OF SILLERY.
- BEAUVOIR.
- MONTAGUE COTTAGE.
- THE HISTORY OF EMILY MONTAGUE.
- KIRK ELLA
- CATARACOUI.
- ROSEWOOD.
- RAVENSWOOD.
- THE WOODS OF SILLERY.
- LONGWOOD.
- MEADOWBANK.
- A RAID ON MEADOWBANK IN 1775, AND HOW KING GEORGE'S FRIENDS, THE "QUEBEC TORIES" WERE THEN PLUNDERED.
- THE HIGHLANDS.
- WINTER FOX HUNTING IN CANADA.
- CAPE ROUGE COTTAGE.
- BEAUSÉJOUR.
- BELMONT.
- AN IRISH EDUCATION IN THE OLDEN TIMES.
- HOLLAND FARM.
- THE HOLLAND TREE.
- A SCANDAL OF THE LAST CENTURY.
- HAMWOOD.
- BIJOU.
- ANECDOTE OF WOLFE'S ARMY (1760).—QUEBEC.
- MORTON LODGE.
- WESTFIELD.
- COUCY-LE-CASTEL.
- RINGFIELD.
- CASTOR VILLE
- THE JOYS OF WINTER.
- THE MANOR HOUSE, BEAUPORT.
- THE SEIGNIORIAL MANOR OF THE FIRST SEIGNEUR OF BEAUPORT, 1614.
- THE BEAUPORT MANOR INSCRIPTION.
- COUNT D'ORSONNENS LETTER
- L'INSCRIPTION DU MANOIR DE BEAUPORT.
- H. V'S LETTER.
- MOUNT LILAC, BEAUPORT.
- A VISIT TO THE INDIAN LORETTE.
- TAHOURENCHE.
- INDIAN DRESS—LOVE MAKING-FEASTSBURIALS.
- CHÂTEAU BIGOT.
- CAROLINE, OR THE ALGONQUIN MAID.
- L'INTENDANT BIGOT—ROMANCE CANADIENNE. PAR JOS. MARMETTE.
- THE FALLS OF THE CHAUDIÈRE.
- APPENDIX
- JACQUES CARTIER'S OFFICERS AND CREW.
- "JACQUES QUARTIER, THE PILOT."
- DISCOVERY OF THE REMAINS OF JACQUES CARTIER'S VESSEL, THE "PETITE HERMINE."
- "LE CANON DE BRONZE."—THE BRONZE CANNON.
- THE ARMS OF THE DOMINION.
- VICTORIA R.
- MILITIA UNIFORMS.
- EXPORTATION OF CANADIAN CATTLE TO EUROPE.
- THE FRENCH REFUGEES OF OXFORD, MASS.
- OUR CITY BELLS—THEIR NAMES.
- STATE OF VERMONT,
- _THE POST OFFICE.
- FINE FOR DUELLING GIVEN TO BUREAU DES PAUVRES.
- _MEMORABILIA.
- QUEBEC GOLF CLUB.
- LIST OF MEMBERS—QUEBEC GOLF CLUB.
- QUEBEC SNOW-SHOE CLUB.
- FRENCH GOVERNORS OF CANADA.
- ENGLISH GOVERNORS.
- INDEX.
- FOOTNOTES
- CHAPTER I.
- CHAPTER II.
- CHAPTER III.
- CHAPTER IV.
- PART II—ENVIRONS OF QUEBEC
- APPENDIX
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