قراءة كتاب Homes and Careers in Canada
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HOMES AND CAREERS
IN CANADA
PUBLISHER’S NOTE
After the sheets of this book were printed off, it was found that the title chosen, Making Good in Canada, had been used for another book that just secured priority of publication. It was necessary to change the title, but the original title had to remain at the heads of the pages.
PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS AT OTTAWA.
HOMES AND CAREERS
IN CANADA
BY
H. JEFFS
WITH SIXTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS
LONDON
JAMES CLARKE & CO., 13 & 14 FLEET STREET
1914
THE AUTHOR’S THANKS
TO
THE HON. DR. W. J. ROCHE
DOMINION MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR
FOR KINDNESS SHOWN
| CHAPTER | PAGE | ||
| FOREWORD | vii | ||
| I. | WHY PEOPLE GO TO CANADA | 9 | |
| II. | THE HOME OF A NATION | 25 | |
| III. | THE MAKING OF MODERN CANADA | 31 | |
| IV. | THE ROMANCE OF RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION | 50 | |
| V. | SETTLING ON THE LAND | 70 | |
| VI. | CANADIAN INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT | 104 | |
| VII. | “REAL ESTATE” | 146 | |
| VIII. | THE HOMES OF CANADA | 164 | |
| IX. | LEAVING THE OLD COUNTRY | 183 |
| PAGE | ||
| PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS AT OTTAWA | Frontispiece | |
| THE “EMPRESS OF BRITAIN” WITH EMIGRANTS AT RIMOUSKI | 18 | |