CONTENTS

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I.

FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF QUEBEC

Quebec as seen by Tourists—Descriptions—by Francis Parkman—M. Sand—
Eliot Warburton—Thoreau—Mrs. Moodie—Charles Dickens—Marmier—Sir
Charles Dilke—Henry Ward Beecher—Professor Silliman—Charles Lever—
Capt. Butler—Alfred Hawkins—Hon. P. J. O. Chauveau.

CHAPTER II.

FOUNDATION OF QUEBEC.

Samuel de Champlain—L'Abitation—the Dwelling of Champlain—Chief
Donaconna—Jacques Cartier's Landing—Interview between Cartier and
Donaconna.

CHAPTER III.

THE ANCIENT CAPITAL.

Streets and By-ways of the Old City—Names of Famous Men preserved by
Street Names—Dangerous Streets.

THE UPPER TOWN.

Louis Hébert, the First Resident—The First Street—The First Horse—
Marquis de Tracy—St. Louis Street—The Quebec Gazette—William Brown—
Samuel Neilson—Dr. Wilkie—Lawyers—Madame Péan—Montgomery's Assault—
Death of Montcalm—SOCIETY IN EARLY ENGLISH TIMES—Theatre—Early Society
Poets—Literature—United Empire Loyalists,—ST. LOUIS HOTEL—THE
FRÉCHETTE DINNER—Mr. Fréchette's Speech—Mr. Lamier's Speech—Mr.
Stewart's Speech—Mr. LeMay's, Speech—-Mr. LeMoine's Speech—-FORT ST.
LOUIS—CHÂTEAU ST. LOUIS—HALDIMAND CASTLE—The Council—Dress of the
Councillors—A Braggart Mohawk Hanged—The New Château—Fealty and
Homage—Re-building by Frontenac—Quebec Agricultural Society—The Loyal
League—An Antique Stone—Lord Edward Fitzgerald—The Duke of Richmond—
Sir Peregrine Maitland—John Galt—Lord Dorchester—Isaac Weld—Dufferin
Terrace—Laying of Corner Stone—Rev. Dr. Sparks—St. Andrew's Church—
The Lymburners—Hugh McQuarters James Thompson—The Rosses—The Georges—
Parloir Street—Jupiter Street—St. George Street—LAVAL UNIVERSITY—
Palace Street—Statue of General Wolfe—St. Famille Street—St. Stanislas
Street—Trinity Chapel—Theatre Royal—THE LITERARY AND HISTORICAL
SOCIETY—Mr. LeMoine's Lecture on Arnold's Assault—The Centenary Fete—
The Jesuit's Church—The Jesuit's Barracks—The Récollet Convent—The
Palace—Couillard Street—The Union Hotel—The Prisoners of 1812—Bell's
Cavalry—Rue du Trésor—Royal Notaries—St. John Street—Le Club des
Anciens—La Crucifix Outragé—Olden Times in the Ancient Capital—Durham
Terrace.

THE LOWER TOWN.

Le Chien d'Or—The Elevator—Mountain Hill—Landing of the Marquis de
Tracy—Landing of the Earl of Durham—The Inconstants—St. Peter Street—
Jean Taché—The Chronicle Building—The Neptune Inn—Press Gangs at
Quebec—Notre Dame Des Victoires—Notre Dame Street—Dalhousie Street—-
Public Whipping—Sous-le-Fort Street—The Cul-de-Sac—The King's Wharf—A
Fighting Stevedore—M. Marmier—Sault-au-Matelot Street—Dog Lane—St.
Paul Street—Pointe à Carcy—The Duke of Saxe Weimar.

ST. ROCH'S SUBURBS.

La Friponne—The Intendant Bigot—The Intendant's Palace—La Vacherie—
Côte à Coton—St. Valier Street—The Blue House—Horatio Nelson in Quebec
—Dorchester Bridge—Crown Street—The Harbour Docks—The Graving Dock at
Levis.

THE GATES OF QUEBEC.

The New Gates—The Kent Gate—The Citadel Gates—Theller and Dodge's
Escape from the Citadel—The Men of '37.

CHAPTER IV.

SUBURBS OF QUEBEC.

St. Louis Road—Parliament Buildings—Bleak House—Martello Towers—
Buttes-à-Nepveu—Wolfe's Landing Place—Ste. Foye Road—Association Hall.

CHAPTER V.

MODERN QUEBEC.

City Government—Boundaries of the Wards—War Department Property.

PART II.

THE ENVIRONS OF QUEBEC.
  SILLERY
  OUR COUNTRY SEATS
  THE PLAINS OF ABRAHAM
  THE BATTLE-FIELD
  BATTLE-FIELD PARK
  THE DUKE OF KENT'S LODGE—MONTMORENCI
  L'ASYLE CHAMPÊTRE
  MARCHMONT—Anecdote of Wolfe's Army
  WOLFESFIELD—Carlyle's Account of the Capture of Quebec
  ELM GROVE
  THORNHILL
  SPENCER WOOD—The Perceval Family—A Fête Champêtre in 1809
  SPENCER GRANGE—Audubon at Quebec
  BAGATELLE COTTAGE
  WOODFIELD
  SOUS LES BOIS
  SILLERY HOUSE
  ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH—SILLERY
  MOUNT HERMON
  BARDFIELD—The Mountain Family
  BENMORE—The Sparrows and Quails
  CLERMONT
  THE WILD FLOWERS OF SILLERY
  BEAUVOIR
  MONTAGUE COTTAGE—The History of Emily Montague
  KIRK ELLA
  CATARACOUI
  ROSEWOOD
  RAVENSWOOD
  THE WOODS OF SILLERY
  LONGWOOD
  MEADOWBANKS—A Raid in 1775
  THE HIGHLANDS
  WINTER FOX HUNTING IN CANADA
  CAP ROUGE COTTAGE
  BEAUSÉJOUR
  BELMONT—Irish Education in the Olden Time
  HOLLAND FARM
  THE HOLLAND TREE—A Scandal of the last Century
  HAMWOOD
  BIJOU—Anecdote of Wolfe's Army
  MORTON LODGE
  WESTFIELD
  COUCY-LE-CASTEL
  RINGFIELD—Journal of Chevalier Johnstone
  CASTOR VILLE
  THE JOYS OF WINTER
  THE MANOR HOUSE—BEAUPORT—The Inscription
  MOUNT LILAC—Beauport
  A VISIT TO INDIAN LORETTE
  TAHOURENCHE AND THE HURONS OF LORETTE
  INDIAN CUSTOMS
  CHÂTEAU BIGOT—The Algonquin Maid—Marmette's Romance
  THE FALLS OF THE CHAUDIÈRE

APPENDIX.
  Jacques Cartier's Officers and Crew
  Jacques Quartier, the Pilot
  Discovery of the Remains of Jacques Cartier's Vessel
  The Bronze Cannon
  The French who remained after the Capitulation of 1629
  The Arms of the Dominion
  Militia Uniforms
  Horses
  Ship-building at Quebec under French Domination
  The Conquest of New York
  The French Refugees of Oxford, Mass.
  The Venerable Mother of the Incarnation
  Variation of the Needle at Quebec
  Our City Bells
  General Wolfe's Statue
  Vente d'une Négresse à Quebec
  The Ice-Shove—April 1874
  The Pistols and Sash of General Wolfe
  The Post Office
  Monument to the Victims of 1837-8
  Fines for Duelling
  Memorabilia
  Executions at Quebec Gaol
  Quebec Golf Club
  Quebec Snowshoe Club
  French Governors of Canada
  English Governors

MAPS.
  Plan of Quebec in 1759
  Map to Illustrate the Siege of Quebec in 1759
  Map to Illustrate Operations of Generals de Levis and Murray, 1759-60
  Plan of the Links—Quebec Golf Club

The description of ASYLE CHAMPÊTRE was written by Dr. P. Bender, the biographer of Joseph Perrault, the founder of ASYLE CHAMPÊTRE.