Excerpt from Canadiana, 1889, Vol. 1: A Collection of Canadian Notes, Published Monthly 1 The earliest manual of Canadian History used in our French schools was, I believe, that of Mr. J. F. Perrault, a patriotic and public-spirited, as well as accomplished man, who did much to promote education. Mr. 'perrault died in 1844 at the ripe age of ninety-one. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.