Entered according to an Act of the Provincial Parliament in the year ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND FORTY-FOUR by WILLIAM COWAN AND SON, in the Office of the Registrar of the Province of Canada. THE QUEBEC GUIDE. THE interest with which Quebec is invested must be of an enduring character, whether we regard its position as the Fortress and Ancient Capital of Canada, its historical associations, or the beauty and grandeur of the adjacent scenery. To meet the wants of the numerous visitors who are attracted here the following pages are published. They embrace within the compass of a pocket volume ample information, both historical and descriptive, relative to the City and a minute account of the Environs so as to form a complete GUIDE BOOK for the stranger and a useful manual for residents. iv The copper-plate engravings appeared originally in the Picture of Quebec published in 1831. They were subsequently purchased by the publishers of the present work, and though some alterations have since taken place in one or two of the buildings it was deemed advisable to insert them with this explanation. The Lithograph drawings have been sketched expressly for this work, and the Plan of the City is the most recent and comprehensive that has appeared. QUEBEC, September 1844. |