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It is no
exaggeration to say that the' want of a work of the scope and
character of The Dominion Annual Register and Review has been long
felt in Canada. The politician, the journalist, the man of business
and the student of history have each felt the need of a work where
information of an accurate and reliable character touching the
present Political and Domestic concerns of the Dominion and of its
several Provinces could be obtained without the labour of long and
tedious research. Only those whose business it is to look up at
short notice facts and data scattered through newspaper fylcs,
blue-books, pamphlets and other publications of a similar character
can estimate properly the value of a work comprising, under one
cover, a record of all the material and important matters in a young
nation’s history for the preceding twelve months. Such a work, urged
thereto by many leading public men throughout the Dominion, it has
been the aim and design of the Editor to produce. The first volume
will speak for itself; and while claiming the indulgence of the
reader for unavoidable deficiencies, the Editor must not omit to
state that he has laboured very earnestly to make the book all that
it ought to be. The Record of Political Events since 1867 is,
perhaps, not so full as it might be, but, taken as it stands, it
embodies many facts and contains many documents of great value and
interest to all classes of readers. As an event of more than
ordinary interest, special prominence has been given to the
Vice-regal Reception last fall and to a description of the Progress
of his Excellency the Governor-General and his Royal Consort from
Halifax to Ottawa. This, it is hoped, will compensate for some
omissions. A Record of the Progress of Literature and Art—which we
have been compelled to omit—will find a place in each succeeding
volume. In conclusion, the Editor assures his readers that no
trouble or pains will be spared to make The Annual Register and
Review a work of permanent historical importance, replete with
information on subjects of general interest, thoroughly impartial in
its narration of events, and perfectly reliable in its data and its
statements of fact.
1st Volume 1878
Other volumes can
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