Excerpt from Geography of Canada: For the Use of Schools and Families IN preparing for the press this manual on the Geogra phy of Canada it has been the writer's aim to supply, in an acceptable manner a desideratum in Canadian class-books, which has been very generally felt and regretted. Its compilation has engaged no small portion of his unprofes sional hours during several months. He trusts that such a pioneer may receive at the hands of his Educational Brethren the indulgence to which it seems entitled in view of the variety of sources from which its materials required to be selected, and of the very transitional (so to speak) character of things in a nascent community. Conscious of its imperfections, and desirous that these may be removed in a subsequent edition, he Will be happy to receive in the interval communications from professional brethren or others With amendments or suggestions of improvements. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.