Excerpt: ...Salvation Army. I arrived at a station situated on a level with the St. Lawrence River. From it, we mounted in an omnibus up, up, up, through narrow streets full of shops with Breton or Norman names over them, as in Quebec; on through broader ones, where the shops grew larger and the names became more frequently English; on, on, till I thought Montreal had no end, and, at last alighted on a great square, and found myself at the door of the Windsor Hotel, an enormous and fine construction, which has proved the ...
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Excerpt: ...Salvation Army. I arrived at a station situated on a level with the St. Lawrence River. From it, we mounted in an omnibus up, up, up, through narrow streets full of shops with Breton or Norman names over them, as in Quebec; on through broader ones, where the shops grew larger and the names became more frequently English; on, on, till I thought Montreal had no end, and, at last alighted on a great square, and found myself at the door of the Windsor Hotel, an enormous and fine construction, which has proved the most comfortable, and, in every respect the best hotel I have yet stopped at on the great American continent. It is about a quarter of a mile from my bedroom to the dining-hall, which could, I believe, accommodate nearly a thousand guests. THE OLD GENTLEMAN AND THE TOBOGGAN SLIDE. My first visit was to an afternoon
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Good. New York: Cassell Publishing Company, 1891. Sm 8vo. x, 365pp. Illus. by E. W. Kemble. Good book. Spine ends worn. Some insect damage to top page edges. Front hinge started. (United States, Canada, manners and customs) Inquire if you need further information.