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given the rhymes an odd corner
in the weekly newspaper, the printer is
readily persuaded to collect and
issue them in book form,
anticipating a good local sale - often by direct
canvass of the poetaster himself.

As a result of these primitive conditions, this
section is distinctly amateurish in
body and soul.

Canadiana is represented
by early publications from Quebec
Montreal and Niagara, including
many books for the native
Indians in their several dialects.
One, a primer for the Mohawk
children, London 1786, has a
quaint dated copperplate frontis-
piece. showing the interior of a
school; the native teacher being
in leggings, fashionable short breeches
long westminster sporting coat, ornamented with ear drops, and

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