. Illustrated Quebec, (The Gibraltar and tourists' Mecca of America) Under French and English occupancy : the story of its famous annals; with pen pictures descriptive of te matchless beauty and quaint mediaeval characteristics of the Canadian Gibraltar. of departed centuries tospeak to him of days for ever past—of days when alternate hopeand despair filled the breasts of thy brave pioneers as they heroi-cally struggled against hostile fleets and savage foes without, andbiting famine and wasting distress within, trusting mainly to thymagnificent strength for victory and the empire
. Illustrated Quebec, (The Gibraltar and tourists' Mecca of America) Under French and English occupancy : the story of its famous annals; with pen pictures descriptive of te matchless beauty and quaint mediaeval characteristics of the Canadian Gibraltar. of departed centuries tospeak to him of days for ever past—of days when alternate hopeand despair filled the breasts of thy brave pioneers as they heroi-cally struggled against hostile fleets and savage foes without, andbiting famine and wasting distress within, trusting mainly to thymagnificent strength for victory and the empire of a great continent; of days which crowned thy clergyand sisterhoods with the aureole of martyrdom, the guerdon of whose labors is the consummation oflegislative and scholastic influence which has rolled onward over vast prairies and inland seas to the greatsunset ocean ; of days which nurtured thy offspring for the proud position awaiting them in the Olympusof Nations—of days, the glory of which based upon the principles of eternal truth, will survive longafter thy foundations lie crumbling in the dust. Ouaint old town of toil and traffic, Quaint old town of art and song, Memories haunt thy pointed gables,— Noble deeds around thee MARTELLO TOWER. ILLUSTRATED QUEBEC. 3! GKXEKAL ASPECTS OF THE CITY. OWHERE on the continent of the Xew World has Xature done more for anj^ city than she has donefor Ouebec. Its majestic situation and marvellous scenic environment commands universal ma3^ Jacques Cartiers pilot have exclaimed Quel bee ! (what a beak) as he first looked upon its frown-ing forest-covered height,though we must be carefulnot to receive the Normansailors phrase as the ac-credited explanation of theorigin of the term Que-bec. Oul} Heidelbergin Germany, Sterling and - i^Edinburgh in Scotland,and Ehrenbreitsein on theRhine, observes a waiter,can contend with Quebecfor grandeur of situation and noble beautj-. Even these grand historic sites can h
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