IV. The General Description

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface IX
3. Contents XIII
4. I . Ancestry 1
5. II. Windsor and King's College 17
6. III. Annapolis Royal 41
7. IV. The General Description 56
8. V. In The House of Assembly 72
9. VI. An Historical and Statistical Account of Nova Scotia 119
10. VII. Judge of Common Pleas 146
11. VIII. Provincial Politics 161
12. IX. The Clockmaker, First Series 179
13. X. The Clockmaker, Second Series 213
14. XI. The Bubbles of Canada and the Reply to Durham 236
15. XII. The Letter-Bag and the Clockmaker, Third Series 287
16. XIII. The Gen-U-Ine Yankee 326
17. XIV. "The Father of American Humor" 358
18. XV. Haliburton and Howe 385
19. XVI. On the Supreme Court Bench 414
20. XVII. Sam Slick Abroad 436
21. XVIII. The Old Judge 481
22. XIX. The English in America 506
23. XX. Tall Tales of American Life 533
24. XXI. The Last of the Clockmaking 544
25. XXII. Home to England 565
26. XXIII. Member of Parliament 603
27. XXIV. Conclusion 645
28. Bibliography 655
29. Index 687