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notes and advice have been so freely
placed at my disposal, I return my grateful thanks.
J. M. LEMOINE. SPENCER GRANGE, December, 1881.

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.

PICTURESQUE QUEBEC
CHAPTER 1.
FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF QUEBEC.
Quebec, founded by Samuel de Champlain, in 1608, has certainly much
to recommend her, by her monuments, her historical memories and her
scenery, to the traveller--the scholar--the historian. The wintering of the
venturesome Jacques Cartier on the banks of the St. Charles in 1535-6,
by its remoteness, is an incident of interest, not only to Canadians, but
also to every denizen of America. It takes one