Excerpt from Christmas in French Canada Mere glance at most of the stories which compose this collection will con vince anyone that the author is not an Eng lish writer. It may be added, moreover, that he entertains no ambition of ever becoming one. In his opinion, it is a sufficiently difficult task to learn how to master one's own mother tongue. Then, why publish this book which is unavoidably defective, at least as regards phraseology and style? 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.