Readnara

The Canadian Portrait Gallery - Volume 3 (of 4)

John Charles Dent

  • History
  • Book language: English
  • 366 pages

The Canadian Portrait Gallery, Volume 3 of 4, is a collection of biographical sketches of notable figures connected with Canada, compiled by John Charles Dent and contributors and published in 1881. It profiles politicians, clergy, and public servants, offering a varied view of nineteenth-century Canadian life. It is worth reading for its historical detail and glimpses of the people who shaped the era.

Listen to the opening

Listen to the first 5 pages without signing up Listen to the whole book free

Already have an account? Sign in and listen

Free with a free account. The book is read by an AI-generated voice; the text follows along.

Embed on your site

For teachers and schools: paste the code into your site or blog.

Cover illustration generated by AI.

Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.

Opening of the book

THE CANADIAN

PORTRAIT GALLERY.

BY

JOHN CHARLES DENT,

ASSISTED BY A STAFF OF CONTRIBUTORS.

VOL III.

TORONTO:

PUBLISHED BY JOHN B. MAGURN.

1881.

C. B. ROBINSON, PRINTER,

5 Jordan Street, Toronto.

[Entered according to Act of Parliament of Canada, in the year

Eighteen Hundred and Eighty-one,

by John B. Magurn, in the office of the Minister of Agriculture.]

Transcriber's Note: Footnotes and

Errata are placed at the end of this

file.

CONTENTS OF VOLUME III.

[A Preface and an Alphabetical Index will be given at the close of the last volume.]

PAGE

The Earl of Dufferin

1

The Rev. Robert Ferrier Burns

13

The Hon. Albert Norton Richards

15

The Right Rev. John Travers

Lewis, LL.D.

17

Charles, Lord Metcalfe

19

The Hon. Alexander Morris

23

The Hon. Thomas Talbot

27

The Hon. David Laird

41

The Hon. Charles E. B. de

Boucherville

44

The Rev. Samuel S. Nelles, D.D.,

LL.D.

45

The Hon. William Hume Blake

48

The Rev. Alexander Topp, D.D.

54

The Hon. Henri Gustave Joly

56

The Hon. Mackenzie Bowell

58

The Rev. James Richardson, D.D.

60

Lord Seaton
66
The Hon. Sir Dominick Daly
69
The Hon. William McMaster
72
The Hon. Wilfrid Laurier
75
The Right Hon. Sir Charles Bagot
77
La Salle
79
The Right Rev. James W.
Williams, D.D.
90
Lieut.-Col. Casimir Stanislaus
Gzowski
91
Theodore Harding Rand, A.M.,
D.C.L.
98
The Hon. Matthew Crooks Cameron
100
The Hon. Sir Louis H.
Lafontaine, Bart.
104
John Christian Schultz, M.D.
109
The Hon. George William Burton
114
Lord Dorchester
116
The Hon. William Pearce Howland,
C.B., K.C.M.G.
124
The Most Rev. Michael Hannan,
D.D.
128
George Paxton Young, M.A.
129
The Hon. Telesphore Fournier
132
The Hon. William Osgoode
133
The Hon. William Morris
135
The Hon. Thomas D'arcy McGee
138
David Allison, M.A., LL.D.
149
The Hon. Thomas Galt
152
The Right Rev. William Bennett
Bond, M.A., LL.D.
154
The Hon. Lemuel Allan Wilmot,
D.C.L.
156
The Hon. Henry Elzear Taschereau
165
The Hon. Alfred Gilpin Jones
167

Keep listening free

Contents

  1. THE CANADIAN PORTRAIT GALLERY.
  2. JOHN CHARLES DENT,
  3. CONTENTS OF VOLUME III.
  4. THE EARL OF DUFFERIN.
  5. THE REV. ROBERT FERRIER BURNS.
  6. THE HON. ALBERT NORTON RICHARDS,
  7. THE RIGHT REV. JOHN TRAVERS LEWIS, LL.D.,
  8. CHARLES, LORD METCALFE.
  9. THE HON. ALEXANDER MORRIS.
  10. THE HON. THOMAS TALBOT.
  11. THE HON. DAVID LAIRD,
  12. THE HON. CHARLES E. B. DE BOUCHERVILLE.
  13. THE REV. SAMUEL NELLES, D.D., LL.D.,
  14. THE HON. WILLIAM HUME BLAKE.
  15. THE REV. ALEXANDER TOPP, D.D.
  16. THE HON. HENRI GUSTAVE JOLY.
  17. THE HON. MACKENZIE BOWELL,
  18. THE REV. JAMES RICHARDSON, D.D.,
  19. LORD SEATON.
  20. THE HON. SIR DOMINICK DALY.
  21. THE HON. WILLIAM McMASTER.
  22. THE HON. WILFRID LAURIER.
  23. THE RIGHT HON. SIR CHARLES BAGOT.
  24. LA SALLE.
  25. THE RIGHT REV. JAMES W. WILLIAMS, D.D.,
  26. LIEUT.-COL. CASIMIR STANISLAUS GZOWSKI,
  27. THEODORE HARDING RAND, A.M., D.C.L.
  28. THE HON. MATTHEW CROOKS CAMERON.
  29. THE HON. SIR LOUIS H. LAFONTAINE, BART.
  30. JOHN CHRISTIAN SCHULTZ, M.D.

and 41 more chapters

You may also like