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379. DUSSIEUX (L.) Le Canada sous la Domination Française. Map. 12mo, half calf (name on title).

Paris, 1862 380. EARLY CANADIAN NEWSPAPER. The York (Upper Canada) Gazette, for Oct. 21st, 1815 (containing news from France and England under date July 18th, and Aug. 12th; account of the great fire at Port Royal, W. I., etc.). 2 leaves, folio. (As one piece.)

York was the old name of Toronto.

381. EARLY VOYAGERS. Lahontan, by E. Roy; The Cabots in 1497-8, by S. E. Dawson; The Portuguese in N. America, by G. Patterson; Jacques Cartier, by W. F. Ganong; The Basques in N. America, by J. Reade. (Excerpts from the Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada). 5 vols. 4to, cloth. 1887-94

382. Cartier [by Verreau]; Frontenac [by Legendre]; La Salle [by Sulte]; American Cartography, 1492-1570 [by Dr. Ruge]; Death of Sir Humphrey Gilbert [by D. Brymner]; Vinland Vindicated [by Bishop Howley]; and others of similar character. 14 pamphlets, 8vo, cloth (mainly publications of the Royal Society, about 1895, etc.).

383. EARLY HISTORY OF CANADA. Collection de Memoires et de Relations sur l'Histoire Ancienne du Canada, d'après des Manuscrits Recemment obtenus des Archives et Bureaux Publics en France. (Relation du Siege de Quebec en 1759, Operations Militaires en Canada, en 1759; Histoire de L'Eau de Vie, etc.) 8vo, paper, uncut. Quebec, 1840

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The second volume of the series, containing eight different memoirs, published by the Société Littéraire et Historique de Quebec."

384. EDEN (RICHARD). The First Three English Books on America [1511?-1555], being chiefly Translations, Compilations, etc., by Richard Eden from the writings of Peter Martyr, Sebastian Munster, and Sebastian Cabot, with extracts from the works of other Spanish, Italian, and German writers of the time. Edited by Richard Arber. 4to, cloth. Birmingham (England), 1885

385. EDGAR (HON. J. D.) Canada and its Capital; with Sketches of Political and Social Life at Ottawa. trait and plates. 8vo, cloth.

PorToronto, 1898

Presentation copy with author's autograph inscription. 386. EGGLESTON (EDWARD). The Beginners of a Nation-a History of the Source and Rise of the Earliest English Settlements in America, with special reference to the Life and Character of the People. 8 maps. Svo, cloth.

N. Y. 1896

387. EGYPT EXPLORATION FUND. Tanis, Part I. (an Account of the Monuments at San), by W. M. F. Petrie. Plans and 16 plates. 4to, half cloth. Lond.: Trubner, 1889

The Zoan of the Bible.

388. Beni Hasan; edited (with Translations, Introduction, etc.), by P. E. Newberry. Plans and measurements of the tombs by G. Willoughby Fraser. 88 plates, some colored. 2 vols. 4to, half cloth.

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Lond. Trubner, 1893-94 389. ELGIN'S GOVERNORSHIP GOVERNORSHIP (LORD). Etat et Avenir du Canada en 1854. Tel que retracé dans les Depêches du Comte D'Elgin et Kincardine, GouverneurGeneral du Canada, etc. 8vo, full morocco. Quebec, 1855

390. Letters and Journals of Lord Elgin, edited by T. Walrond; with a Preface by Dean Stanley. 8vo, cloth. Lond. 1873 391. ELGIN COUNTY. Historical Sketches of the County of Elgin. Published by the Elgin Historical and Scientific Institute. Portraits, maps, etc. 8vo, cloth. St. Thomas, Ont., 1896 392. [ELLIOT (T. F.)] The Canadian Controversy; its Origin, Nature, and Merits. 8vo, half roan, pp. 84.

Lond. 1838

The author was Assistant Secretary of State for the Colonies (Eng.), and also Secretary to Lord Gosford, Governor-General of Canada. He inquires into the question of Constitutional grievances, and whether there was any justification for the Rebellion of 1837.

393. ENCYCLOPÆDIA BRITANNICA. A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature. Ninth edn. 25 vols. 4to, half morocco, backs full gilt, contents lettered. Edinburgh, 1875-1889

A handsome set of the Best Edition.

394. ENGLISH CITIZEN SERIES (THE). 5 vols. post Svo, cloth. Lond. 1881-83

Central Government, by H. D. Trail; Local Government, by M. D. Chalmers (title damaged); The Electorate and Legislature, by Spencer Walpole; The National Budget, by A. J. Wilson; Colonies and Dependencies, by J. S. Cotton and E. J. Payne.

395. ENTICK (J.) General History of the Late War. 5 vols. 8vo, original calf binding. Fine copy. Lond. 1779 With map of North America, and the St. Lawrence in 1763; plans, and nearly 40 portraits, including Gens Wolfe Monckton, Amherst, Lord Howe, Sir Wm. Johnson, George II., William Pitt, etc.

396. ESCOTT (T. H. S.) England; its People, Polity, and Pursuits. 2 vols. thick 8vo, cloth. Lond., n. d.

397. ESTANCELIN (L) Récherches sur les Voyages et Découvertes des Navigateurs Normands en Afrique, dans les Indes Orientales et en Amerique. 8vo, half russia, gilt back. Paris, 1832

398. FABRE (HECTOR). Chroniques. (Lectures on Canada.) Crown 8vo, half calf. Quebec, 1877 399. [FAILLON (L'ABBÉ).] Histoire de la Colonie Française en Canada. Maps and plans. 3 vols imp. 8vo, half calf. Villemarie [Paris], 1865-66

With all the maps and plans so often wanting. An important history for the period up to 1675. The author wrote many works on the history of Canada, and his clear method and manner of presenting facts make his books invaluable. He is accused of being unjust, however, to the Bishop of Laval. Fine copy.

400. FERLAND (J. B. A.) Cours d'Histoire du Canada, 1534-1759. 2 vols. 8vo, half bright calf (a leaf of the "Table des Matieres," at the end of 2d vol., lacking).

Quebec, 1861-65

401. FERNOW (BERTHOLD). The Middle Colonies. (Extracted from Justin Winsor's Narrative and Critical History.) Reproductions of rare plans, autographs, etc. Royal 8vo, half calf, pp. 189-258.

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402. FÊTES LATINES INTERNATIONALES. Floraux de Provence. Fêtes . . . de Forçalquier et de Gap, Mai 1882. 8vo, morocco, gilt. Gap [1882] Containing many pieces, in Provençal, by Mistral, le R. P. Marie-Xavier-Rieux, Abbé Pascal, etc. Canadian delegates attended and contributed a few pieces.

403. FIDLER (ISAAC). Observations on Professions, Literature, Manners, and Emigration in the United States and Canada in 1832. (Descriptions of Life in New York, N. Y. 1832

Boston, etc.) Post 8vo, original cloth.

404. FIELD OF MARS (THE). An Alphabetical Digestion of the Principal Naval and Military Engagements in Europe, Asia, Africa and America, particularly of Great Britain and her Allies. About 60 full-page plates of battle scenes, maps and plans. 2 vols. 4to, old calf (joints cracked). Lond. 1781

Arranged alphabetically, and including the principal battles of the American Revolution from contemporary accounts.

405. FILLEAU (A.) Memoire sur la Colonie de SaintePierre et Miquelon. 8vo, half calf (80 pp ), name on title and some marginal notes. (Presentation copy.) Paris, 1850

FIRST N. Y. 1885

406. FISKE (JOHN). American Political Ideas. Post 8vo, cloth.

EDN.

407.

1789.

The Critical Period of American History, 1783FIRST EDN. Post 8vo, cloth.

Bost. 1888

408. The Beginnings of New England; or, The Puritan Theocracy in its Relations to Civil and Religious Liberty. FIRST EDN. Map. Post 8vo, cloth. Bost. 1889 Civil Government in the United States. FIRST Post 8vo, cloth. Bost. 1890

409.

EDN.

410. The Discovery of America, with some Account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest. Portrait, folding map, and numerous facsimiles of early maps. FIRST EDN. 2 vols. post 8vo, cloth.

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412.

Bost. 1892

Portrait of Wash-
Bost. 1892

Inserted is an A. L. S., 1 p. 8vo, 1899, of John Fiske to Sir John Bourinot.

EDN. Illust.

413.

History of the United States for Schools. FIRST
Post 8vo, half roan.

Bost. 1894

Myths and Myth Makers. Old Tales and Superstitions interpreted by Comparative Mythology. Post 8vo, cloth.

414. 8vo, cloth.

415. FIRST EDN. cloth.

Bost. 1895

Old Virginia and her Neighbors. 2 vols. post
Bost. 1898

The Dutch and Quaker Colonies in America.
Facsimile maps and plans. 2 vols. post 8vo,
Bost. 1899

416. FLAGS. The Story of the Union Jack. How it Grew, and What it Is, etc. By B. Cumberland. Full-page colored plates showing the Union Jacks of America in the Colonial period, the growth of the present flag, and illusts. in the text. Crown 8vo, cloth. A. L. S. of author inserted. Toronto, 1897

417. [FLEMING (JOHN).] Political Annals of Lower Canada: being a Review of the Political and Legislative History of that Province, etc. By a British Settler. 8vo, half calf. Montreal, 1828

Very scarce. Only a limited number was printed for the author's friends and the Colonial Office. The author shows great hostility to the Catholics and the French throughout. The great earthquake of 1663 he declares was a pious fraud of the Jesuit priests to excite sympathy and contributions to their

cause.

418. FLEMING (SANDFORD). The Intercolonial: A Historical Sketch of the location, construction, etc., of the Railway uniting the Inland and Atlantic Provinces of the Dominion. Map and illusts. 8vo, cloth. Montreal, 1876

419. An Appeal to the Canadian Institute on the Rectification of Parliament. Imp. 8vo, cloth. Toronto, 1892

420. FOLK-LORE, ETC. A Volume of Pamphlets containing: L'Orphée Americain, par le Comte de Chareney, Caen, 1892; Les Naissances Miraculeuses d'après la Tradition Americaine, by the Same, 1892; Hale's The Fall of Hochelaga, a study of Popular Tradition, 1894; Parry's The Sacred Symbols of Aboriginal America; and various other excerpts from the Geographical Society's Journals, etc. 8vo, cloth.

421. FORD (PAUL LEICESTER). Pamphlets on the Constitution of the United States, 1787-88; edited, with Notes and a Bibliography. Royal 8vo, cloth.

Only 500 printed, this being No. 412. Brooklyn, 1888

422. Check List of Bibliographies, Catalogues, Reference Lists, and Lists of Authorities of American Books and Subjects. 4to, half morocco, a very limited issue, printed on one side of the leaf in half columns, pp. 64 (last leaf crudely repaired). Brooklyn: Privately printed, 1889 Essays on the Constitution of the United States, published during its discussion by the People, 1787-88; edited (with Bibliography, Index, etc.). Royal 8vo, half morocco, gilt top, uncut. Limited issue.

423.

Brooklyn, 1892

424. FORESTRY. United States Geological Survey, 1897-99. Chas. D. Walcott, Director. Forest Reserves. Illust. 2 vols, with 2 extra portfolios of maps. 4 vols. imp. 8vo, cloth. Wash. 1899-1900

425. FORSTER (J. R.) History of the Voyages and Discoveries made in the North (from the earliest times to 1777). Maps. 4to, half calf. Lond. 1786

426. FRANKLIN (BENJAMIN). Political, Miscellaneous and Philosophical Pieces. Portrait and plates. Post 8vo, original calf (back shaken and stamp on back of portrait). Lond. 1779

Edited by Benj. Vaughan, intimate friend of Franklin, and contains many pieces for the first time printed as Franklin's, with valuable notes. Its special value and interest lies in the fact that it is the only edition of Franklin's writings (other than scientific) printed during his lifetime, and contains an "errata" made by Franklin for it.

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