Title continues: "Containing an account of the Cities, Towns, and Villages Along the Route, With A Description of the Country, and of the Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants, &c. &c." Ink inscription on title verso may state: "From Alex Mather to Mr. Joseph Caswell [?] A Specimen of the printing of The Old Shop." Discussion of the colonies' philanthropic institutions, Indians, auction halls, current wages at Quebec, rates for freight and passage, clearances and farming, female industry, prices current in Canada, much more. It is gratifying to see London, Ontario's Old Courthouse (then new) described as "the finest building in the province" (p. 182). Sabin 25322.
