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FOREWORD
The author of the
following sketches has asked me to write a brief
foreword regarding them. It is a pleasure to me to
accede to his request, not only as an old friend,
but as one who has watched with interest his
development in the realms of literature. Mr. Edmonds
has spent many years in different parts of North
W7est Canada; he has come into touch with what he
describes, and therefore knows whereof he writes.
His descriptive sketches afford particular evidence
of this fact, for they have in them the genius loci
which lends to them not only local colouring, but
the vividness of an eye-witness. I heartily commend
this book to the Canadian public, and trust that it
may have as wide a range of readers as its title
suggests.
S. P. Rupert’s Land.
Bishop's Court,
Winnipeg.
CONTENTS
Chapter I. The Dawn of
Dominion
The Story of Confederation
Chapter II. The New Era
Canadian Problems of To-day
Chapter III. The City Beautiful
The Need of Town Planning
Chapter IV. The Canadian Club Movement
An Aid to Patriotism
Chapter V. A Real Nationalism
The Value of a National Spirit
Chapter VI. Educational Progress in Alberta
Recent Progressive Legislation
Chapter VII. “Manners Makyth Man”
Courtesy, a National Asset
Chapter VIII. The Khaki University
Canada's War-Time Child
Chapter IX. On English Epitaphs
A Mirror of British History
Chapter X. The Rose in Song
A Fragrant Memory from World History
Chapter XI. The Nightingale in Song
A Brief History of English Poetry
Chapter XII. The Sockeye’s Swan-Song
A Plea for Conservation
XIII. Indian Customs and Legends
In Western Canada
Chapter XIV. The Hudson’s Bay Company
Historical Sketch
Chapter XV. Lord Selkirk and His Red River Colony
Historical Sketch
Chapter XVI. A Red River Buffalo Hunt
Historical Sketch
Chapter XVII. The Beginnings of Church Life on the
Prairies
Historical Sketch
Chapter XVIII The Royal North-West Mounted Police
Historical Sketch
Chapter XIX. Place Names in Southern Alherta
Historical Sketch
Chapter XX. The Early Ranchers and Cowboys
Historical Sketch
Chapter XXI. The Passing of the Trails
Historical Sketch
Chapter XXII. Early Navigation on the Saskatchewan
Historical Sketch
Chapter XXIII. lcebreak on the Saskatchewan
An Incident of 1904
Chapter XXIV. Nightfall on the Prairie
Descriptive Sketch
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