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Goggin, D. J. (Editor of Part I); Hall, Alfred (Editor of Part II) : Empire Club of Canada: Addresses Delivered to the Members During the Sessions of 1912-13 and 1913-14. Tenth and Eleventh Year of Issue

Warwick Brothers and Rutter, Limited, Toronto, Canada, 1915

Original publisher's red cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine. 5 1/2" x 7 3/4." 216 pages, complete. Former ownership bookplate on front free endpaper that shows an illustration of a squirrel reading a book in a forest and sitting on a sign that says, "This Book is from the Hoard of Carl G. Winter; Read Thoughtfully, Handle Carefully, Return Promptly." Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Binding is tight. A few light smudges and scratches on the front and back covers. A Fine copy. The Empire Club of Canada is a speakers forum and was founded in 1903 as a result of growing political unrest regarding Britain's control of Canada. A group of men led by Brigadier General James Mason (1843-1918) sought to establish a speakers forum that would encourage thoughtful discussion and public discourse on Canada's political situation. The club's name was derived from Canada's "imperial bond" to Britain at the time. More than 3,500 addresses have been delivered at the Empire Club of Canada, and it is still active to this day. This book includes a list of the club's officers, Constitution, and a memorandum about the club's affiliation with the Royal Colonial Institute. In the back of the book is a list of the club members from 1912-1913. The following are the addresses in this book: "Australia and Her Relation to the British Empire" by George A. Reid, "Imperial Co-operation in Defence and Trade" by H. Page Croft, "Imperial Trade and Imperial Defence" by Walter Long, "How and Why is Canada British?" by William Renwick Riddell, "Our Imperial Relations" by N. W. Rowell, "Our National Equipment" by George Ross, "The Educational Problems and Responsibilities of the Empire" by George R. Parkin, "Imperialistic Canada" by Fred. W. Macqueen, "Ontario's Place in the Empire" by W. H. Hearst, "The Delinquent" by J. T. Gilmour, "Imperial Development" by W. H. Hoyle, "The Work of the Universities of the Empire" by R. A. Falconer, "Some Aspects of Commercial Value to the City of Toronto of the Proposed Harbor Improvements" by R. S. Gourlay, "Are We Equal to the Occasion" by J. H. Burnham, "The Island Province, Its Present and Future" by J. A. Matheson, "Our Northland, Its People and Resources" by Vilhjalmur Stefansson, "British Columbia" by Neil McNeil, "Two Tokens of National Progress" by Robert E. Knowles, "Fraternity and Patriotism" by W. E. Andrews, "Turkey" by Taufik Maharrj, "The Present Position of the Imperial Problem" by Edward J. Kylie," "The Defence of the Empire" by James Allen, and "President's Address.". Book. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hardcover

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