Nova Britannia : Or, Our New Canadian Dominion Foreshadowed; Being a Series of Lectures, Speeches and Addresses (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Nova Britannia: Or, Our New Canadian Dominion Foreshadowed; Being a Series of Lectures, Speeches and Addresses

The purpose intended to be served by the republication of the lectures, speeches and addresses which go to make up the present volume are sufficiently indicated in the Author's Preface. The editor's share in the reproduction has been comparatively slight. So far as the two lectures are con cerned, his task has been almost entirely restricted to supply ing a succession Of footnotes, some of which are explanatory of certain passages in the text, while others bring down the history and statistics to recent times. With respect to the speeches and addresses, it has not been deemed advisable to incumber them with prolific notes, as, from their nature, and from the variety of subjects dealt with, a more Obvious me thod of elucidation suggested itself. Wherever it seemed that a note would answer the purpose - that of making the facts clear and intelligible to readers of the present day, or of showing by statistics the great advance made by the country in the interval which has elapsed - that mode has been adopted; but where something more than mere anno tation appeared to be called for, a running commentary, explanatory Of the attendant circumstances, has been inter woven with the text. It is believed that no matter Of importance has been left to conjecture, and that no intell igent reader, with the combined aid of notes and oommen tary, will encounter any difficulty in grasping the full significance Of the argument.

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