Chinook Days by Tom McInnes (review)

168 THE CANADIAN HISTORICAL REVIEW the proclamations and of someof the correspondence serveto bring the nature of the material more vividly beforethe reader. Extensiveas thesedocumentsare, they are not yet complete. To take one example only,--tradition has it that five warrants in all were issuedfor the arrest of Pgpineau,including Lord Gosford'sproclamation of December 1, 1837, offering a reward of œ1,000. Of these, two only are calendared:the proclamationunder Lord Gosford'ssignature, and a warrant issued previouslyby JudgeSamuelGale on September28, 1837. Qf the othersoutstanding,one,a warrant issuedfor the District of Montreal, and dated November23, 1837,is now in the possession of W. Johnston, Esq., K.C., of the Montreal Bar. The rest could be traced, probably, by enquiries through the Bureau des Archives; and photostatcopiesof eachcouldbe procured. The Abb6 Caron'slabourshave at last clearedthe way for a more thoroughknowledge of the crisisthat preceded the Union. A dispassionate and comprehensive study of the Papineautistes and of the Patriotes is thus broughtwithin the range of our historicalscholarship. C. E. FRYER ChinookDays. By TOM MCINNES. Vancouver: The Sun Publishing Company. 1926. Pp. 206. Tu•s book falls into three divisions: historical, legendary, and reminiscent . The historical portion, coveringthe first thirty-five pages,is of little value. It is filled with errors. It is imagination rather than history. The four legends are interestingand well told. They centre around Vancouver'sbeauty spots: the Capilano Creek and Grouse Mountain. The reminiscent section,whichincludesabout one:halfof the volume, is a real contribution. Here the author is at home. He has lived in British Columbia from boyhood, and he writes from an exact and full memory, enrichedwith personalcontacts. He tells of the early days of Skagwayand SoapySmith; givesa view of life on Burrard Inlet beforethe city of Vancouverhad even been dreamedof; and touchesthe romanceof the sealingdays when the little schooners from Victoria clungto the flanksof the sealherd and followed it, as Kiplingsays,until "Northwardlooked theyto St. George andwestward toSt.Paul's."Tthat portion willbefound ofmuch benefit to those who desireto realizethe atmosphereof the provincethirty yearsago. F. W. HowA¾ Reminiscences of theWestCoastof Vancouver Island. By Rev. CI•AaLSS MOSER,O.S.B. Victoria: Acme Press. 1926. Pp. 193. IN 1900 the Rev. A. J. Brabant, a pioneermissionaryof the Roman ...