Toronto of Old

Scadding, Henry & Armstrong, Frederick H. (Ed. )

ISBN 10: 1550020277 / ISBN 13: 9781550020274

Published by Dundurn Press, Toronto, 1987

About this Item

403 pp. Index. Endpaper maps. Light edgewear. Second, abridged version of Scaddings 1873 portrait of the streets, customs, and luminaries of early Toronto. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Seller Inventory # HIS1863

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Toronto of Old
• Publisher: Dundurn Press, Toronto
• Publication Date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 1550020277
• ISBN 13: 9781550020274
• Binding: Softcover
• Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

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Synopsis

In 1873, Henry Scadding, former rector of Toronto’s Church of the Holy Trinity, wrote the definitive history of early Toronto. His detailed portrait of the streets, customs and prominent citizens is a goldmine of sights and insights into a Toronto long-since disappeared.

Toronto of Old was first reprinted in 1966 and has been out of print since 1973. The later version, edited by Frederick H. Armstrong is shorter than the original, with Scadding’s references to outside cities and characters shortened or omitted to give the book a sharper focus on Toronto. This second edition is an updated and corected version of the 1966 edition.

The best history of Toronto ever written, "Toronto of Old" by Henry Scadding, has just been edited by Professor F.H. Armstrong of the University of Western Ontario … Armstrong’s editing, with his written reasons for a series of cuts, has made it a tighter and more informative book than the original.

- Gordon Sinclair in Let’s Be Personal

About the Authors

Henry Scadding wrote the definitive history of early Toronto in 1873. His detailed portrait of the city is a goldmine of sights and insights into a Toronto long-since disappeared. The later version Toronto of Old , edited by Frederick H. Armstrong, is shorter than the original, with Scadding's references to outside cities and characters shortened or omitted to give the book a sharper focus on Toronto. This second edition is an updated and corected version of the 1966 edition.

Frederick H. Armstrong, a graduate of the University of Toronto, is a Professor of History at the University of Western Ontario, and Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He is the author or editor of numerous books and studies on Upper Canada including a new edition of Henry Scaddings Toronto of Old; Aspects of Nineteenth Century Ontario; and Toronto: The Place of Meeting.