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Title: The Bastonnais
Tale of the American Invasion of Canada in 1775-76

Author: John Lesperance

Release Date: August 2, 2006 [EBook #18967]

Language: English

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THE BASTONNAIS:

TALE OF THE AMERICAN INVASION OF CANADA IN 1775-76.

BY

JOHN LESPERANCE.

TORONTO: BELFORD BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS. 1877.

Entered according to the Act of Parliament of Canada, in the year
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven, by BELFORD BROTHERS,
in the office of the Minister of Agriculture.

TORONTO: WILLIAMS, SLEETH & MACMILLAN, PRINTERS, 124 BAY STREET.

CONTENTS.

BOOK I.

THE GATHERING OF THE STORM.

CHAPTER
I. Blue Lights
II. Beyond the River
III. At the Chateau
IV. In Cathedral Square
V. Receiving Despatches
VI. Pauline's Tears
VII. Beautiful Rebel
VIII. The Hermit of Montmorenci
IX. The Wolf's Cry
X. The Casket
XI. The Spirit of the Waterfall
XII. Three Rivers
XIII. A Successful Mission
XIV. Crossing the Boats
XV. The Meeting of the Lovers
XVI. The Round Table
XVII. A Noble Reparation
XVIII. Roderick Hardinge
XIX. The Frightened Doves
XX. The Spectral Army

BOOK II.

THE THICKENING OF THE CLOUDS.

I. Zulma Sarpy
II. Fast and Loose
III. The Sheet-Iron Men
IV. Birch and Maple
V. On the Ramparts
VI. The Flag of Truce
VII. The Covered Bridge
VIII. Cary Singleton
IX. The Song of the Violin
X. Blood Thicker than Water
XI. Death in the Falls
XII. Advice and Warning
XIII. A Woman's Tactics
XIV. The Romance of Love
XV. On the High Road
XVI. An Epic March
XVII. O Gioventu Primavera Della Vita
XVIII. Braiding St Catherine's Tresses
XIX. Par Nobile

BOOK III.

THE BURSTING OF THE TEMPES