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matters which made for expansion and growth in their broadest sense. 

 This is, perhaps, the reason for his popularity being greater outside of 

 ]iis own province than within it, for people do not often care to hear the 

 unvarnished truth, even if pleasantly conveyed. He told his fellow 

 countrymen they needed more zeal and concentration in their work, to pay 

 less attention to politics, and have more confidence in domestic enterprise. 

 He said that they had " everything but enterprise, and that, I do 

 believe in my soul, they expect to find a mine of, and dig out of the 

 earth as they do coal." His intentions can be best summed up in his 

 own words in the preface to ^' Wise Saws " : — " The original design in 

 writing the sketches known as ' The Sayings and Doings of the Clock- 

 maker ' was to awaken ISTova Scotians to the vast resources and capa- 

 bilities of their native land. To stimulate their energy and enterprise, 

 to strengthen the bond of union between the colonies and parent state, 

 and by occasional reference to the institutions and governments of 

 other countries to induce them to form a just estimate, and place a 

 proper value on their own. That I have succeeded in effecting much 

 good for those for whom these were designed I have had the most 

 gratifying proofs. To effect my object it was necessary to appeal to the 

 mass of the people." 



Chronological Order of Works. 



Titles and dates of first editions. 



Historical and Statistical Account of Nova Scotia 1829 



The Clockmaker, 1st Series, 1836; 3nd Series, 1838; 3id Scries, 1840 



The Bubbles of Canada 1839 



Eeply to the Eeport of the Earl of Durham 1839 



The Letter Bag of the Great Western 1840 



The Attache; or, Sam Slick in England, 1st Série?, 1843; 2nd 



Series 1844 



The Old Judge ; or, Life in a Colony 1849 



The English in America 1851 



Traits of American Humour 1852 



Sam Slick's Wise Saws and Modern Instances 1853 



The Americans at Home 1854 



Nature and Human Nature 1855 



Address on the Condition, Resources and Prospects of British 



North America 1857 



Speech on the Repeal of Duties on Foreign and Colonial Wood. . 1860 

 The Season-Ticket I860 



