Excerpt from The Canadian Liberal Monthly, Vol. 2: March, 1915 AT montreal, January 7, 1915, a Court of Enquiry at No.'6 Barracks, consisting of Capt. W. B. Howell, Lieut. R. H. M. Hardisty and Lieut. A.' B. Walter, enquired into 29 pairs of boots and reported The court having found the boots defective in workmanship and material, recommend that they be replaced at the expense of the Government. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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This book is based on the public career of a highly controversial Canadian, Sam Hughes 1885–1916. He is one of the most colourful, even bizarre, figures in Canadian history. Though he died in 1921, his name can still conjure up controversy and not a little misunderstanding. His long career—in so many respects the quintessential story of a poor backwoods Ontario farm boy who made good by his own efforts—continues to exert a fascination that few other Canadian political figures could duplicate. Even though there has never been a major scholarly study of Sam Hughes, historians and other writers have developed definite opinions about him, and they are held nearly as vigorously as those of his contemporaries. These vary from insisting that Hughes was mentally unbalanced to proclaiming him a genius. Hughes’ defenders have rarely been professional historians. Neither side have not produced an extensive or definitive literature on Hughes in proportion to other figures of a similar public stature. Whatever side the studies have taken, the assessments are still incomplete because they have not examined the entirety of Sam Hughes’ public life. To a large extent these limitations have allowed the folk image of him to persist. But Hughes had fibre and substance beyond this. Since historical figures must be explained in terms of their environment, this study tries to redress the previous imbalances by examining Hughes’ public career. It is the only way his historical significance can be explained and reasonable judgments made.

Excerpt from Musical Canada, Vol. 2: A Monthly Review and Magazine; May, 1907, to April, 1908 There can be no denying of the fact that many large, recently constructed organs have been so whittled down in their voicing, in a scramble for refined effects, that the grandeur of tone and nobility and dignity of the King of Instru ments appear to be departing. Guil mant summed up his impressions of most new American organs as instruments which lacked in depth, power and virility of tone. Too much attention, he felt, was being paid to the purely mechanical side of the art and to the acquirement of delicacy of tone in the too liberal number of fancy stops, with which most American organs were equipped. The splendid tones heard in the best English, German and French organs, particularly in the diapasons and foundation stops generally, were being sacrificed for the many ear-tickling play things which seemed so popular on this side of the Atlantic. As things now stand many excellent specifications, on paper, were being turned out by some of our manufacturers which, in effect, were little better than glorified reed organs. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.