Yours truly J. W. Bengough.

A
 
CARICATURE HISTORY
 
OF
 
CANADIAN POLITICS.

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EVENTS FROM THE UNION OF 1841, AS
ILLUSTRATED BY CARTOONS
FROM “GRIP,” AND VARIOUS OTHER SOURCES.
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By J. W. BENGOUGH,
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY REV. PRINCIPAL GRANT, D.D.,
of Queen’s University, Kingston.
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TORONTO:
Printed and Published by The Grip Printing and Publishing Co.
1886.
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J. S. Robertson & Bros., General Agents.

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Entered according to Act of Parliament of Canada, in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, by The Grip Printing and Publishing Company, Toronto, in the Office of the Minister of Agriculture.

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DEDICATED
BY SPECIAL PERMISSION
TO
HIS EXCELLENCY THE EARL OF DUFFERIN,
VICEROY OF INDIA, AND FORMERLY GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF CANADA,
During whose term of office “Grip” made his first appearance; and to
whose kindly encouragement “Grip,” in common with Canadian
enterprise in all departments, owes a
lasting debt of gratitude.
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PREFACE.

A “caricature history” does not mean that history is caricatured. On the contrary, a goodcaricature enables us to see, in a true light, facts that might otherwise be hidden or misrepresented.We understand current events and the social life of England from the illustrations of Punch moretruly than from the columns of the Times or the Morning Post. Canada is only beginning life, andour politics touch subjects of general interest so seldom, that it is sometimes thought and said that thereis no field for a Canadian Punch; but the fact, perhaps not generally known, that for the last fortyyears, at any rate, we have rarely been without artists whose pictures on the questions of the day haveappealed successfully to popular humor, proves that our political life has been robust from th

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