Source:Traill, 1855

Bibliographic Citation

Traill, Catherine Parr. 1855. The Canadian Settler's Guide.

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Publisher'sPrefaced to the 7th Edition

The value attached to this little work may be estimated in some degree by its having already reached a Seventh Edition. The Appendix has been added by the Publisher, who has collated his information from the most authentic and reliable sources. The growing interest felt in Canadian matters at home, and the prospect of an extensive Emigration to this Province in the approaching year, have caused a large demand for the work from Great Britain and other parts of and Europe; with a view therefore to make it more

useful and acceptable, a very large and valuable addition has been made to it, selected from the works and " endorsed" by the opinions of some of the most eminent authorities in Canada. The matter in the other portion of the book is written by Mrs. Traill, after a residence of twenty-five years in the Colony, a considerable portion of which has been in those " Backwoods of Canada," so vivid and interesting a description of which she gave to the public…