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Land of promise : Robert Burnaby's letters from colonial British Columbia, 1858-1863
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5465
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Publication Date
- c2002
- Call Number
- 971.1 BUR COPY 3
Burnaby’s descriptions of
persons and cultures reflect the attitudes of the period, which differ from
accepted social attitudes of today.
The City of Burnaby does not necessarily share or condone the opinions
expressed in this publication.
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Introduction
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obert Burnaby was
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0969282850
- 9780969282853
- Call Number
- 971.1 BUR COPY 3
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- c2002
- Physical Description
- 199 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby, Robert--Correspondence
- Merchants--British Columbia--Correspondence
- British Columbia--History--1849-1871
- Burnaby (B.C.)
- Biography
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 190) and index.
- 3 copies held: copy 3.
Digital Books
Select poems : edited with introduction, notes and appendix
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary351
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV989.9.25
- Call Number
- 821.8 ALE
- Contributor
- Alexander, William John, 1855-1944
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- Copp, Clark
- Publication Date
- 1896
- Physical Description
- xxix, 288 p., [6] p. of plates; 19 cm.
- Inscription
- Front endpapers: doodles of swastikas, in black ink. "Ethel Anderson Junior A, Room 3, Division VI, Locker 70 V.H.S." [written in black ink] "Fr. Page 164 I (1, 2, 3) Written out" [written in pencil] "Look up dates of Dunbar, Worcester and death of Cromwell." [written in pencil] Back endpapers: "musician artist sculptor poet (All arts are different ways of expressing beauty" [written in blue ink] "Sonnet is composed of. --" [written in black ink] "Broadside A large piece of paper with a ballad or personal _____ written on one side" [written in pencil] "T.N. Hibben & Co. Booksellers and Stationers Victoria, B.C." [on red sticker adhered to endpaper] Throughout book: Study notes and markings highlighting passages of text, written in pencil and blue ink.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- English poetry
- English literature--Study and teaching
- Notes
- "edited by W.J. Alexander"
- Contributor's full name and dates: Alexander, William John, 1855-1944.