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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

By the treaty of Utrecht in 1713 Acadia was ceded to the English, but the French colonists, in taking the oath of allegiance to their new rulers (1727-28), were promised that they should not be required at any time to take up arms against France. They were now in the position of Neutrals, and by that name were known, but this placed them in an awkward predicament, as they were suspected by both contending powers. The English hated them, believ...

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Excerpt from In Quest of the QuaintIn the mellow light of sunset Chateau Carton, the great unfinished barrack, put on an air Of state, and one might say even wore an aspect of comfort and repose such was the glamor of that softened light when the weary travelers set foot within the bare walls Of that hostelry on the uppermost rim Of New Brunswick, nearly three hundred miles north Of St. John, their immediate decision being that nothing short O...

Excerpt from Over the Border: Acadia, the Home of EvangelineYet this is lieutenant-colonel John Winslow, great grandson of 'one of the founders of the Plymouth Settlement. Could he forget that his ancestors ¿ed from persecution, and came to this country to find peaceful homes?It was not his place to make reply, or reason why when receiving orders, however, and it seems that the task imposed was a distasteful one, as, at the time of the banishm...

Over the Border - Acadia is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1884.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes ...

This book (hardcover) is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It contains classical literature works from over two thousand years. Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the cultural legacy and to promote the timeless works of classical literature. Readers of a TREDITION CLASSICS book support the mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from...

This book is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It contains classical literature works from over two thousand years. Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the cultural legacy and to promote the timeless works of classical literature. Readers of a TREDITION CLASSICS book support the mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from oblivion. W...

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Excerpt from Over the Border: Acadia, the Home of Evangeline He said also of the unhappy people at that time, It hurts me to hear their weeping and wailing. So we conclude that the pleasant face did not belie the heart which it mirrored. It is a singular coincidence that, for being hostile to their country at the time of the Revolution, his own family were driven into exile twenty years after the deportation of the unhappy French people. Ab...

Excerpt from In Quest of the Quaint At 4 a.m., August -, 189 -, Mrs. Ellersley felt decidedly ruffled as she stood on a pier at the mouth of the Restigouche River, surrounded by a group of young people, - her five nieces and a nephew of nineteen, - whom she had rashly undertaken to chaperon in their summer vacation, in which the present long-talked-of excursion to Gaspe was to be the principal feature. These young people, when planning their ...

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