SIDE LIGHTS OF SOCIAL PROGRESS
1776-1825
THE “GAZETTE DU COMMERCE ET LITTERAIRE”--A RUNAWAY SLAVE--GUY
CARLETON’S DEPARTURE--GENERAL HALDIMAND IN MONTREAL--MESPLET’S
PAPER SUSPENDED--POET’S CORNER--THE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY
DISCUSSED--FIRST THEATRICAL COMPANY: THE “BUSY BODY”--LORD
NELSON’S MONUMENT--A RUNAWAY RED CURLY HAIRED AND BANDY
LEGGED APPRENTICE--LAMBERT’S PICTURE OF THE PERIOD--MINE HOST
OF THE “MONTREAL HOTEL”--THE “CANADIAN COURANT”--AMERICAN
INFLUENCE--THE “HERALD”--WILLIAM GRAY AND ALEXANDER
SKAKEL--BEGINNINGS OF COMMERCIAL LIFE--DOIGE’S DIRECTORY--MUNGO
KAY--LITERARY CELEBRITIES--HERALD “EXTRAS”--WATERLOO--POLITICAL
PSEUDONYMS--NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION--THE ABORTIVE “SUN”--A
PICTURE OF THE CITY IN 1818--THE BLACK RAIN OF 1819--OFFICIAL,
MILITARY AND ECCLESIASTICAL LIFE--ORIGIN OF ART, MUSIC, ETC. 123