Canada; its Defences, Condition, and Resources / Being a third and concluding volume of "My Diary, North and South"

Chapter 1: CANADA; ITS DEFENCES, CONDITION, AND RESOURCES.

Open in WeRead

Explore more books like this:

About This Book

The writer combines travel observation, military assessment, and policy argument to survey the provinces’ geography, infrastructure, economy, and social life, reporting on towns, waterways, transport, and climate while identifying strategic vulnerabilities and defence requirements. He contrasts local forces with those of the neighbouring republic, recounts visits to garrisons, docks, and industrial sites, and advocates for a federative union and stronger imperial policy to secure political autonomy and future development.

CANADA;

ITS DEFENCES, CONDITION, AND
RESOURCES.

BY THE SAME AUTHOR.

In Two Vols., post 8vo, price 21s.,

MY DIARY NORTH AND SOUTH.

OR, PERSONAL EXPERIENCES OF THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA.

“The latter part of Mr. Russell’s Diary is probably droller than anything which our theatrical wits will produce this Christmas. We regret especially that we have no space for the story respecting the President, on page 372 of the second volume. The United States have been a vast burlesque on the functions of national existence, and it was Mr. Russell’s fate to behold their transformation scene, and to see the first tumbles of their clowns and pantaloons. It was time for him to come away, though the shame of his retirement was theirs. He did his duty while he was with them, and he has left them a legacy in this ‘Diary.’”—Times.