In The Land Of The Strenuous Life
Book details
- Title
- In The Land Of The Strenuous Life
- Publication year listed
- 1905
- Format
- Public domain eBook
- Reading access
- Free online reader; no registration required
- Source record
- View on Archive.org
About this book
In The Land Of The Strenuous Life
Author: Klein, Félix, 1862-1953
Year: 1905
CONTENTS CHAPTER I THE VOYAGE PAGE Leaving France. — First Impressions. — Fellow-Travellers. — Exiled Nuns. — Canadian Immigrants. — American Youngsters. — A Progressive Convent i CHAPTER II FIRST VISIT TO NEW YORK Up the Bay. — The Paulists. — A New York Monastery. — Father Elliott and Father Doyle. — A New York Sunday. — Religious Condition of America. — Standing of Catholicism. — Chinese, Italian, and Jewish Quarters. — Wall Street. — Riverside Park 14 CHAPTER III FROM NEW YORK TO MONTREAL BY WAY OF BOSTON Regrets at Missing the Hudson River and the New York Lakes. — Boston. — Its General Appearance. — An Historic Town. — Monuments and Schools. — Harvard University. — French Memories. — An Evening Vision. — A Model Parish. — From Boston to Montreal 45 CHAPTER IV CANADIAN IDEAS AND VIEWS A Visit to Canada. — Montreal. — A Sunday with the Indians. — Analysis of Canadian Patriotism. — Iroquois versus Sulpician. — Ottawa. — The Canadian Parliament. — Colonization. — The Apostolic Delegate. — The University. — The St. Lawrence. — The Thousand Islands. — Ontario. — The Poem of America 62 CHAPTER V AN INVOLUNTARY VISIT TO BISHOP MAC QUAID Unforeseen Itinerary. — A Visit to Charlotte, N