CHAMPLAIN SOCIETY 1937 TRAVELS THE INTERIOR OF NORTH AMERICA 1791-1792 HC BOOK

Description: Additional photographs and information in Ad below: Offered for auction is Volume XXIII of “THE PUBLICATIONS OF THE CHAMPLAIN SOCIETY in 1937. From research the original issue was 1793 and printed for the Author and sold by John Guthrie No. 2. Nicholson Street Edinburgh. This edition in the sets was NO. XXIII (23). The book was numbered NO. 117 in a set of Five Hundred and Fifty Copies of this Volume which have been printed. Fifty are reserved for Editorial purposes. The remaining Five Hundred were supplied only to Members of the Society and to Subscribing Libraries. As noted above this copy is No. 117. What is interesting is on the inside of the front hardcover is Book Plate of John Watts de Peyster:From Information on the Internet I have provided the Description which States, 'John Watts de Peyster' with motto 'Forti non deficit telum;' features two stacked shields and a helmet supported by two eagles with one wing displayed. The bottom shield has an oak tree, two molets, and a crescent. The top shield has a single oak tree. Also features a crest with a hand holding an olive branch and a crest with an arm embowed in armor holding a sword. Unsigned. Pratt Institute Libraries, N.Y. This Volume XXIII was published in 1937 in Toronto for THE CHAMPLAIN SOCIETY TOTONTO: Founded in 1905, the Champlain Society is an independent non-profit organization and registered charity. (The University of Toronto Press Journals Division ensures its secretariat but most of its operations are ensured by volunteers.) It receives no guaranteed funding from any government. Additional information on the Champlain Society below. 1937 1st re-printing of the original 1793 book as noted above. It is Numbered 117 of 550 Volumes issued of this edition. The HARDCOVER BOOK is TITLED TRAVELS IN THE INTERIOR INHABITED PARTS OF NORTH AMERICIA IN THE YEARS 1791 AND 1792 by P. CAMPBELL and EDITED, WITH AN INTRODUCTION, BY H. H. LANGTON AND WITH NOTES BY H. H. LANGTON AND W.F. GANONG. With As noted above Published in 1937 by the Champlain Society, Toronto, Canada. The book has a few illustrations one which shows the author in his travelling dress. The Hardcover book contains 326 Numbered clean pages. Dustjacket was not issued with the book set as presented. The hardcover is a Red cloth with gilt imprinting on Spine as photos will show. Very Good condition as photos will show. The front ends of the pages are slightly ruff or not smooth from usage of original manufacturing paper for the pages. The hinges are tight. A quick summary of the book reference information below from Book: TRAVELS: in the interior inhabited parts of North America : in the years 1791 and 1792 ; in which is given an account of the manners and customs of the Indians, and the present war between them and the Federal States, the mode of life and system of farming among the new settlers of both Canadas, New York, New England, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia ; interspersed with anecdotes of people, observations on the soil, natural productions, and political situation of these countries ; illustrated with copper-plates by Campbell, P. (Patrick) I have added over 20 photos of this wonderful History Reference book relative to Travels by P. Campbell. Please view photos for condition. The book measurement are as follows, 9 ¾ x 7 x 1 3/8th inches. . Please view photos for condition. The book in the picture is the one you will receive. I will accept PAYPAL for payment. Items will be shipped US Media Mail usually next day after payment of Paypal, packaging and mail $5.95. I will provide shipping cost for international shipment if requested. Below I have typed a portion of the EDITORIAL INTRODUCTION AND PREFACE and included photographs of book (TRAVELS):EDITORAL INTRODUCTION:The TRAVELS IN North America OF Patrick Campbell is a book that speaks for itself. The author explains at the outset the purpose of his journey, to ascertain whether Canada afforded opportunity for successful settlement by Highland immigrants. He relates everything that happened to him as he proceeded, note-book in hand; he enumerates by name the people he met, even those he enumerates by name the people he met, even those accidentally encountered, and he describes in detail the country through which he passed. Much of the narrative is evidently a transcription from his journal. Unlike the many travelers who visited Canada and the United States a generation or two later and recorded their impressions, he has few descriptions of scenery, and is restrained in his enthusiasm over wild nature. When he comes upon a river valley with rich bottom lands it is the quantity hay cut or of corn grown there that excites his interest. The fine forest trees represent to him the masts of the trading-ships to be built. The tidal rivers mean great catches of salmon. His inquiries among the settlers are almost entirely limited to the practical questions of how many bushels to the acre they harvest, for how many years in succession crops may be reaped without fertilizers, what are the marketing facilities of the district. This concentration upon the bread-winning value of the soil is what gives the book its special importance as evidence of the economic condition of the country at the time. The author’s veracity is unquestionable, at least in so far as he relates what he saw with his own eyes. Editorial Introduction continues in book. PREFACE:It may not here be improper to premise, that the following journal was not originally intended for the public eye, but merely for the author’s own gratification and amusement; but on its being shown to several of his friends and acquaintance on his return home, they requested he should publish it, and thereby give to such of his countrymen as had any thoughts of emigration to America, room to judge for themselves. If he has so far succeeded as to induce the wavering to continue at home, and direct those bent on leaving their country to the proper object, all his troubles and risks will be amply compensated, and his views in this expedition fully obtained. The author set out from the Highlands of Scotland, with an intention to explore the interior inhabited parts of North America, attended with an old faithful servant, a Dog, and gun, only.1 As he travelled much in wildernesses, and in birch bark canoes, through lakes and rapid streams, where the mind could not at all times be inattentive to safety, and wrote in these canoes, and on the stumps of trees occasionally, as he went along, it is not to be supposed under these circumstances that arrangement of composition, the polish of language, and elegance of style could be attend to; as these were, Preface continues in Book. The No. 1 above references (Of the author, with his gun and dog, we have a pleasing portrait in the frontispiece, as also, in a different setting, on the plated at p.80. The faithful servant, named Duncan (p. 103, re-appears here and there in narrative. (W.F. G.) CHAMPLAIN SOCIETY TOTONTO Founded in 1905, the Champlain Society is an independent non-profit organization and registered charity. (The University of Toronto Press Journals Division ensures its secretariat but most of its operations are ensured by volunteers.) It receives no guaranteed funding from any government. It works to echo the voices of some of Canada’s most eloquent citizens. Since the early 1600s, explorers, merchants, public servants, scientists, ordinary people, and extraordinary men and women have left riveting accounts of their actions and thoughts. Through its books and Digital Collection, its blog and its podcasts, the Champlain Society makes the adventures, explorations, discoveries, and opinions that have shaped Canada available to all who have an interest in its past. The Champlain Society is accessible, but it is uncompromisingly scholarly: its works are the object of meticulous treatment by specialists whose role has been to highlight the significance of the eyewitness accounts and to inform readers of the context in which these documents were drafted. The mission of The Champlain Society is to increase public awareness of, and accessibility to, Canada’s rich store of historical records.

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