REMINISCENCES OF A Canadian Pioneer.
REMINISCENCES OF A CANADIAN PIONEER FOR
THE LAST FIFTY YEARS.
SAMUEL THOMPSON, Formerly Editor of the "Toronto Daily
HUNTER, ROSE and COMPANY. MDCCCLXXXIV.
PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
REMINISCENCES OF A CANADIAN PIONEER. (2)
CHAPTER I. THE AUTHOR'S ANTECEDENTS AND FORBEARS.
CHAPTER II. HISTORY OF A MAN OF GENIUS.
CHAPTER III. SOME REMINISCENCES OF A LONDON APPRENTICE.
CHAPTER IV. WESTWARD, HO!
CHAPTER V. CONNEMARA AND GALWAY FIFTY YEARS AGO.
CHAPTER VI. MORE SEA EXPERIENCES.
CHAPTER VII. UP THE ST. LAWRENCE.
CHAPTER VIII. MUDDY LITTLE YORK.
CHAPTER IX. A PIONEER TAVERN.
CHAPTER X. A FIRST DAY IN THE BUSH.
CHAPTER XI. A CHAPTER ON CHOPPING.
CHAPTER XII. LIFE IN THE BACKWOODS.
CHAPTER XIII. SOME GATHERINGS FROM NATURAL HISTORY.
CHAPTER XIV. OUR REMOVAL TO NOTTAWASAGA.
CHAPTER XV. SOCIETY IN THE BACKWOODS.
CHAPTER XVI. MORE ABOUT NOTTAWASAGA AND ITS PEOPLE.
CHAPTER XVII. A RUDE WINTER EXPERIENCE.
CHAPTER XVIII. THE FOREST WEALTH OF CANADA.
CHAPTER XIX. A MELANCHOLY TALE.
CHAPTER XX. FROM BARRIE TO NOTTAWASAGA.
CHAPTER XXI. FAREWELL TO THE BACKWOODS.
CHAPTER XXII. A JOURNEY TO TORONTO.
CHAPTER XXIII. SOME GLIMPSES OF UPPER CANADIAN POLITICS.
CHAPTER XXIV. TORONTO DURING THE REBELLION.
CHAPTER XXV. THE VICTOR AND THE VANQUISHED.
CHAPTER XXVI. RESULTS IN THE FUTURE.
CHAPTER XXVII. A CONFIRMED TORY.
CHAPTER XXVIII. NEWSPAPER EXPERIENCES.
CHAPTER XXIX.
CHAPTER XXX. LORD SYDENHAM'S MISSION.
CHAPTER XXXI. TORIES OF THE REBELLION TIMES.
CHAPTER XXXII. MORE TORIES OF REBELLION TIMES. EDWARD G. O'BRIEN.
CHAPTER XXXIII. A CHOICE OF A CHURCH.
HYMN FOR EASTER. "CHRIST IS RISEN." [14]
THE SINNER'S COMPLAINT AND CONSOLATION.
CHAPTER XXXIV. THE CLERGY RESERVES.
CHAPTER XXXV. A POLITICAL SEED-TIME.
CHAPTER XXXVI. "THE MAPLE LEAF."
CHANGES OF AN HOUR ON LAKE ERIE. Smiles the sunbeam on the
THE TWO FOSCARI. [16]
CHAPTER XXXVII. ST. GEORGE'S SOCIETY.
CHAPTER XXXVIII. A GREAT CONFLAGRATION.
CHAPTER XXXIX. THE REBELLION LOSSES BILL.
CHAPTER XL. THE BRITISH AMERICAN LEAGUE.
CHAPTER XLI. RESULTS OF THE B. A. LEAGUE.
CHAPTER XLII. TORONTO CIVIC AFFAIRS.
CHAPTER XLIII. LORD ELGIN IN TORONTO.
CHAPTER XLIV. TORONTO HARBOUR AND ESPLANADE.
CHAPTER XLV. MAYOR BOWES CITY DEBENTURES.
CHAPTER XLVI. CARLTON OCEAN BEACH.
CHAPTER XLVII. CANADIAN POLITICS FROM 1853 to 1860.
CHAPTER XLVIII. BUSINESS TROUBLES.
CHAPTER XLIX. BUSINESS EXPERIENCES IN QUEBEC.
CHAPTER L. QUEBEC IN 1859-60.
CHAPTER LI. DEPARTURE FROM QUEBEC.
CHAPTER LII. JOHN A. MACDONALD AND GEORGE BROWN.
CHAPTER LIII. JOHN SHERIDAN HOGAN.
CHAPTER LIV. DOMESTIC NOTES.
CHAPTER LV. THE BEAVER INSURANCE COMPANY.
CHAPTER LVI. THE OTTAWA FIRES.
CHAPTER LVII. SOME INSURANCE EXPERIENCES.
CHAPTER LVIII. A HEAVY CALAMITY.
CHAPTER LIX. THE HON. JOHN HILLYARD CAMERON.
CHAPTER LX. TORONTO ATHENAEUM.
CHAPTER LXI. THE BUFFALO FETE.
CHAPTER LXII. THE BOSTON JUBILEE.
CHAPTER LXIII. VESTIGES OF THE MOSAIC DELUGE.
CHAPTER LXIV. THE FRANCHISE.
CHAPTER LXV. FREE TRADE AND PROTECTION.
CHAPTER LXVI. THE FUTURE OF CANADA.
CHAPTER LXVII. THE TORONTO MECHANICS' INSTITUTE.
CHAPTER LXVIII. THE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
CHAPTER LXIX. Postscript.
