Esther

An Antarctic Mystery, or The Sphinx of the Ice Fields

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Jules Verne



Edgar Allan Poe's telling of Arthur Pym's narrative is shown to be true as events come together that bring out clues that help Captain Len G…

The Fur Country

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Jules Verne



In 1859, officers of the Hudson's Bay Company travel through the Northwest Territories of Canada on a mission to found a fort at 70 degrees,…

A Little Servant

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Grace Livingston Hill



A Little Servant tells the touching story of a young girl devoted to serving Jesus and the impact of her faith on those around her. Through …

Bible (KJV) 17: Esther

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King James Version



Esther appears in the Bible as a woman of deep piety, faith, courage, patriotism, and caution, combined with resolution; a dutiful daughter …

God's Country—And the Woman

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James Oliver Curwood



James Curwood wrote many adventures of the far north. By 1909 he had saved enough money to travel to the Canadian northwest, a trip that pro…

Colonel Quaritch, V.C.: A Tale of Country Life

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H. Rider Haggard



This is not your typical H. Rider Haggard adventure book yet it is full of mystery and intrigue including a coerced marriage, bigotry, adult…

Fast in the Ice

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R. M. Ballantyne



At the age of 16 Ballantyne went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. His rule in writing, being in every…

The Backwoods of Canada

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Catharine Parr Traill



The writer is as earnest in recommending ladies who belong to the higher class of settlers to cultivate all the mental resources of a superi…

An Englishwoman's Love-Letters

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Laurence Housman



An Englishwoman's Love-Letters offers an intimate glimpse into the heart and mind of a woman whose private correspondence reveals the depth …

Mounted police life in Canada : a record of thirty-one years' service (1916)

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Richard Burton Deane



Learn more about the famous and respected Royal Canadian Mounted Police. This book is the personal recollections of one ‘Mountie'; his life,…

The Copyright Question

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George Morang



The Copyright Question is a thought-provoking exploration of copyright issues in early 20th-century Canada, penned by George Morang. In this…

History of Farming in Ontario

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C. C. James



This is a paper on the history of farming in Ontario. It take the reader through the early settlement from 1783 to the modern period of 1888…

The Mounties in the News

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The New York Times



The Mounties in the News offers a fascinating glimpse into the tumultuous period of the Riel Rebellion and its aftermath in Western Canada. …