Tecumseh : A Drama, and Canadian Poems. Dreamland.[In Memory of Wm. A. Foster; Thomas D'Arcy; Bardolph Redivivus; To Mount St. Patrick; Ponemah; The Iroquois at the Stake;Cabot; Kanata; Missipowistic; Legend of Chileeli; Germs; etc]

Mair, Charles, 1838-1927. [illustration, J. E. Laughlin]

Published by Toronto : William Briggs, 1901., 1901

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2nd edition ; 276 pp. ; OCLC: 41789200 ; blue cloth with designs and lettering in gold ; UN-SIGNED PRESENTATION on front ep from the author: "To L. H. Kirkby, with the compliments of the author" ; Kirkby was an native of England and the rector of St. John the Baptist Anglican Church in Ontario and of All Saint's in Collingwood, as well as Christ's Church in Batteaux. He was ordained in 1876 in Toronto. All Saint's turned against him in 1898 after 21 years of service, and greatly reduced his stipend from $900 per annum to $1; he sued and won. ; Mair, the member of the Canada First Movement, opposed the Provincial Government of Louis Riel's Red River Rebellion of 1869-70, and the North-West Rebellion of 1885, he was taken prisoner, escaped, and subsequently raised the force that eventually took Riel down ; "The first edition of 'Tecumseh', published in Toronto in 1886, had a quick sale, but, not being stereotyped, ran out of print, and a reissue is now called for. The author has often been asked to republish his youthful venture, entitled 'Dreamland and other poems', only a limited number of copies of which saw the light. Whilst the edition was passing through the binder's hands in Ottawa, and the author himself in the then wilderness of Prince Rupert's Land, the greater part of it was burnt in the Desbrats fire of 1869. In the following pages (Part II) the major portion of that unfortunate volume is included, with such revision as seemed desirable." --preface ; an important work of Canadian literature ; only 5 copies held: at Princeton, University of British Columbia, Vancouver Public, University of Western Ontario and the University of New Brunswick St. John ; rare ; near FINE.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Tecumseh : A Drama, and Canadian Poems. Dreamland.[In Memory of Wm. A. Foster; Thomas D'Arcy; Bardolph Redivivus; To Mount St. Patrick; Ponemah; The Iroquois at the Stake;Cabot; Kanata; Missipowistic; Legend of Chileeli; Germs; etc]
• Publisher: Toronto : William Briggs, 1901.
• Publication Date: 1901
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)
• Book Type: Book
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  • Catalog 65 - History