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 Hebert, 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 Pean - Montgomery's Assault -
Death of Montcalm - SOCIETY IN EARLY ENGLISH TIMES - Theatre - Early Society
Poets - Literature - United Empire Loyalists, - ST. LOUIS HOTEL - THE
FRECHETTE DINNER - Mr. Frechette's Speech - Mr. Lamier's Speech - Mr.
Stewart's Speech - Mr. LeMay's, Speech - -Mr. LeMoine's Speech - -FORT ST.
LOUIS - CHATEAU ST. LOUIS - HALDIMAND CASTLE - The Council - Dress of the
Councillors - A Braggart Mohawk Hanged - The New Chateau - 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 Recollet Convent - The
Palace - Couillard Street - The Union Hotel - The Prisoners of 1812 - Bell's
Cavalry - Rue du Tresor - Royal Notaries - St. John Street - Le Club des
Anciens - La Crucifix Outrage - 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 Tache - 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 a Carcy - The Duke of Saxe Weimar.
ST. ROCH'S SUBURBS.
La Friponne - The Intendant Bigot - The Intendant's Palace - La Vacherie -
Cote a 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.
