84 ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 



An Historical and StatiMical Account of Nova Scotia. 



1. [1st éd.] Halifax : Printed and published by Joseph Howe, 1829, 2 vols. 8vo. 



Vol. I, pp. viii, 340, viii ; vol. II, pp. (2), 453, iii. 



In this, and in the following edition, the author is described 

 on the title page as " Thomas C. Haliburton. Esq., Barrister At 

 Law, and Member of the House of Assembly of Nova-Scotia." 



2. An. ed. Halifax: Published for Joseph Howe; and sold by C. H. Belcher; 



Robert Scholey, London, and Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh, 1820. 

 2 vols. Svo. Vol. L pp. (1), viii, 340, viii; vol. IL PP- (4), 

 456, (1). 



Thig edition is printed from the same type as no. 1, with a 

 new title page and the half title " Haliburton's Nova-Scotia '' 

 added. It is probable that some sheets of the original edition 

 were sent over to London in order that the names of the British 

 booksellers might appear on the title page. 



3. " " London : John Snow. 1839. 2 vols. 8vo. 



In this and in the following edition the author is described as 

 " Chief Justice of the inferior court of Common Pleas, and President 

 of the courts of session for the middle division ; Author of ' The 

 Clockmaker, or the Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick of Slick- 

 ville,' ' Bubbles from Canada ' and ' Sam Slick in England.' " 



4. " " Halifax, Nova Scotia : Published for Joseph Howe and sold by C. 



H. Belcher, Halifax. John Snow, London, and Oliver & Boyd, 

 Edinburgh, n.d. 2 vols. 8vo. Vol. I, pp. (1), viii, 340, viii; vol. 

 II, pp. (4), 456, (1). 



This edition is not dated but it could not have been issued 

 before 1844, as it refers to " Sam Slick in England," which only 

 appeared in 1843-4. 



On the title page the author is still described as " Chief Justice 

 of the inferior Court of Common Pleas," while as a matter of fact 

 this court was abolished in 1841, and the Chief Justice was 

 transferred to the Supreme Court of the Province. 



This is the author's first work. It is dedicated to Lieut.-General 

 Sir James Kempt, K.G., C.B., then Governor-General of British North 

 America, etc. 



The first volume contains: — (a) a folding map (15%" x 30") of 

 Nova Scotia, " compiled from the latest surveys expressly for the His- 

 torical and Statistical Account of Nova Scotia, 1829." The map indi- 

 cates the ancient French and Indian names referred to in the work, and 

 gives the limits of parishes, canal elevations, depths and routes, tide 

 levels, roads and contours; (b) plan of the town of Louisburg, (p. 100) ; 

 (c) plan of the harbour and fortifications of Louisburg, (p. 207). This 

 volume also contains, in addition to the general history: — (i) list of the 

 Governors of Nova Scotia; (ii) the commission of John Cabot and sons; 



