Excerpt from Gleanings From QuébecN Old Quebec and Vicinity it has not been necessary to establish Guilds or Societies for the revival and encouragement of handicrafts. Since the coming of the first French settlers, over two hundred and fifty years ago, handicrafts have continued to ¿ourish down to the pre.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.