Excerpt from History of Canada for the Use of Schools and Families This little work has been composed to meet an. Actual want. When teaching in the western part of the Province, the writer found that there was no History of Canada in the English language at all fit for the School-room; and, having been favoured with theassistance of some gentlemen of literary standing, and the free use of the ample materials contained. In the Library of. The Le gislative Assembly, she has ventured to put forth this little work, pleading as her excuse the ab solute necessity of providing) such a source of information for British American, Youth. Could the work have been confined: to the higher classes of Learners, it would have been of a more intellectual character but ifwas judged necessary to adapt it to the capacity oi the less advanced by dividing and simplifying the Questions, as there is no primary history to introduce it. 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.

Excerpt from History of Canada: For the Use of Schools and Families This little work has been composed to meet an actual want. When teaching in the Western part of the Province, the writer found that there was no history of Canada in the English language at all fit for the School-room; and, having been favoured with the assistance of some gentlemen of literary standing, and the free use of the ample materials contained in the Library of the Legislative Assembly, she has ventured to put forth this little work, pleading, as her excuse, the absolute necessity of providing such a source of information for British American Youth. Could the work have been confined to the higher classes of learners, it would have been of a more intellectual character; but it was judged necessary to adapt it to the capacity of the less advanced by dividing and simplifying the Questions, as there is no primary history to introduce it. The author would take the liberty to suggest that the Geographical part should be used by the pupil as a Reading-Book while pursuing the study of the Historical parts, and that the Map should be constantly referred to in both, as she has ever found that Geography illustrates History as much as History illuminates Geography. 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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