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Picturesque Quebec

by J. M. Le Moine

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2Chapter I — First Impressions of Quebec
  3. 3Chapter II — Foundation of Quebec — Chapter III — The Ancient Capital
  4. 4Part II
  5. 5Picturesque Quebec
  6. 6Chapter II — Quebec Founded, July 3, 1608
  7. 7Chapter III — The “Ancient Capital”
  8. 8Society Under Early English Rule
  9. 9The St. Louis Hotel
  10. 10Fort St. Louis, Château St. Louis, Haldimand Castle
  11. 11Fort St. Louis
  12. 12New Château St. Louis
  13. 13Haldimand Castle
  14. 14The Quebec Agricultural Society
  15. 15The Loyal League
  16. 16An Antique Stone
  17. 17Laying of Corner Stone of Dufferin Terrace
  18. 18The Laval University
  19. 19Staff of the Laval University in 1881
  20. 20Trinity Church
  21. 21Arnold’s Assault on Sault-au-Matelot Barriers
  22. 22The Literary and Historical Society’s Centenary Fête
  23. 23The Jesuits’ Barracks
  24. 24The Récollet Convent
  25. 25The Union Hotel
  26. 26The American Prisoners
  27. 27The Last Survivors of Bell’s Cavalry in 1812
  28. 28Quebec Troop of Light Cavalry
  29. 29Muster Roll
  30. 30Le Crucifix Outragé
  31. 31Olden Times in the Ancient Capital
  32. 32The Lower Town
  33. 33The Elevator
  34. 34Ruins of the Intendant’s Palace
  35. 35The Harbour Docks
  36. 36Harbour and Dock Works
  37. 37Graving Dock, Levis
  38. 38The Gates of Quebec
  39. 39Kent Gate
  40. 40The Citadel Gates
  41. 41Theller and Dodge’s Escape From the Citadel
  42. 42Chapter IV — Suburbs of Quebec
  43. 43The Parliamentary and Departmental Buildings
  44. 44Association Hall
  45. 45Chapter V — Modern Quebec
  46. 46The Environs of Quebec
  47. 47Sillery
  48. 48Our Country Seats
  49. 49The Plains of Abraham
  50. 50The Battle Field
  51. 51Battlefield Park
  52. 52The Duke of Kent’s Lodge — Montmorenci
  53. 53The Duke of Kent, the Queen’s Father, at Quebec, 1791-4
  54. 54L’Asyle Champêtre
  55. 55Marchmont
  56. 56Wolfesfield
  57. 57Monument to the Late William Price, Esq
  58. 58The Capture of Quebec
  59. 59Elm Grove
  60. 60Thornhill
  61. 61Spencer Wood
  62. 62The Late Honorable Mrs. M. H. Perceval. Formerly of Spencer Wood, Q…
  63. 63Sir James Craig to Mr. Ryland
  64. 64A Fête Champêtre at Powell Place
  65. 65Spencer Grange
  66. 66Spencer or Bagatelle Cottage
  67. 67The Woodfield of the Past
  68. 68Sous les Bois
  69. 69Sillery House
  70. 70St. Michael’s Church, Sillery
  71. 71Mount Hermon
  72. 72A Voice From Mount Hermon
  73. 73Bardfield
  74. 74The Family of Mountain
  75. 75Importation of Birds
  76. 76Claremont
  77. 77The Wild Flowers of Sillery
  78. 78Beauvoir
  79. 79Montague Cottage
  80. 80The History of Emily Montague
  81. 81Kirk Ella
  82. 82Cataracoui
  83. 83Rosewood
  84. 84Ravenswood
  85. 85The Woods of Sillery
  86. 86Longwood
  87. 87Meadowbank
  88. 88A Raid on Meadowbank in 1775, and How King George’s Friends, the “Q…
  89. 89The Highlands
  90. 90Winter Fox Hunting in Canada
  91. 91Cape Rouge Cottage
  92. 92Beauséjour
  93. 93Belmont
  94. 94An Irish Education in the Olden Times
  95. 95Holland Farm
  96. 96The Holland Tree
  97. 97A Scandal of the Last Century
  98. 98Hamwood
  99. 99Bijou
  100. 100Anecdote of Wolfe’s Army (1760) — Quebec
  101. 101Morton Lodge
  102. 102Westfield
  103. 103Coucy-le-Castel
  104. 104Ringfield
  105. 105Castor Ville
  106. 106The Joys of Winter
  107. 107The Manor House, Beauport
  108. 108The Seigniorial Manor of the First Seigneur of Beauport, 1614
  109. 109The Beauport Manor Inscription
  110. 110Count D’Orsonnens Letter
  111. 111L’Inscription du Manoir de Beauport
  112. 112H. V’s Letter
  113. 113Mount Lilac, Beauport
  114. 114A Visit to the Indian Lorette
  115. 115Tahourenche
  116. 116Indian Dress — Love Making-Feastsburials
  117. 117Château Bigot
  118. 118Caroline, or the Algonquin Maid
  119. 119L’Intendant Bigot — Romance Canadienne. Par Jos. Marmette
  120. 120The Falls of the Chaudière
  121. 121Appendix — Jacques Cartier’s Officers and Crew
  122. 122“Jacques Quartier, the Pilot”
  123. 123Discovery of the Remains of Jacques Cartier’s Vessel, the “Petite H…
  124. 124“le Canon de Bronze.” — The Bronze Cannon
  125. 125The Arms of the Dominion
  126. 126Victoria R.
  127. 127Militia Uniforms
  128. 128Exportation of Canadian Cattle to Europe
  129. 129The French Refugees of Oxford, Mass
  130. 130Our City Bells — Their Names
  131. 131State of Vermont
  132. 132_the Post Office
  133. 133Fine for Duelling Given to Bureau des Pauvres
  134. 134_memorabilia
  135. 135Quebec Golf Club
  136. 136List of Members — Quebec Golf Club
  137. 137Quebec Snow-Shoe Club
  138. 138French Governors of Canada
  139. 139English Governors
  140. 140Chapter II
  141. 141Chapter III
  142. 142Chapter IV
  143. 143Part II — Environs of Quebec
  144. 144Appendix

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