Excerpt from Conteurs Canadiens-Français du Xixe Siècle: Avec Notices Biographiques
Le conte de cet auteur est extrait de son petit roman de moeurs canadiennes le Chercheur de trésor, ou 1' In fluence d' un lwre, paru en 1837.
M. P. -a. De Gaspé était fils de M. P.-a. De Gaspé, dont nous reproduisons aussi quelques récits dans ce volume. C'est le seul ouvrage que cet écrivain a laissé, croyons-nous. A l'époque de sa mort, en 1841, M. De Gaspé fils était employé àla législature de la N ou velle cosse.
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