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Newfoundland to Manitoba. By W. Fraser Rae. i2mo. pp. 294; with 

 maps and illustrations. G. P. Putnam's Sons, N. Y. For sale by M. H. 

 Dickinson, $1.25. 



This is an account of a trip from Newfoundland, via Halifax, across the 

 Dominion of Canada, into the Province of Manitoba, in the autumn and winter 

 of 1880, by the writer, who was at that time a correspondent of the London 

 Times. 



It is made up of statistical and general information concerning the resources 

 and advantages of Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward 

 Island, the Red River country, Manitoba, New Iceland, the northwest Territories 

 and the Canadian Far West. And to the ordinarily informed reader the facts 

 detailed will be astonishing. Few people realize that even in Newfoundland^ 

 which lies between 45° and 55° north latitude, fair crops of barley, oats, turnips 

 and potatoes are grown, while grass and consequently, cattle and sheep, 

 flourish luxuriantly. Nova Scotia, is better known from Longfellow's Acadian 

 scenes in "Evangeline," than from almost anything else, as an agricultural re- 

 gion, but is not generally credited with being the productive mining country that 

 its statistics prove it to be. Coal and iron are largely produced, while the 

 amount of gold mined in the auriferous area of 3000 square miles, is quite con- 

 siderable. 



As we proceed westwardly with our traveler we are in turn impressed with 

 the extent of the lumbering and cattle trade of New Brunswick, the immense 

 mackerel and lobster preserving industry of Prince Edward Island, also her 

 potato crop, amounting some years to 3,500,000 bushels, the comprehensive sys- 

 tem of railways of the Dominion, the exceedingly valuable copper and silver min- 

 ing regions along Lake Superior, the unequaled mammoth farming in the valley 

 of the Red River of the North, within the borders of the United States, and its 

 lovely scenery outside of the boundary line most of the way to Winnipeg, the 

 capital of Manitoba. 



Winnipeg is described as a well-built city of 15,000 people, with churches, 

 stores, custom house, an university and academies and an Historical and vScien- 

 tific Association. 



Manitoba itself is a vast' dominion, larger than any State of our Union, ex- 

 cept Texas and California, and possessing most of the advantages and excellen- 

 ces of Minnesota. One scourge noticed by Mr. Rae is the locusts or grasshop- 

 pers, which have appeared there thirteen times since 181 2. In short, Manitoba 

 is the " Prairie State" of Canada in all respects. 



Mr. Rae is an interesting writer and his book will be of great service in de- 

 veloping the regions described and of which, comparatively, so little is known. 



