Numbers, names, sky-maps: Canada, 1895. A pocket of history revived. This Canadian historical directory is a working compendium of its age - a 19th century almanac that gathers commercial returns, astronomical ephemerides, departmental returns, ecclesiastical listings, educational particulars, financial tables and wide-ranging general information. In its pages commercial statistics for Canada sit alongside Canadian astronomical data and ecclesiastical records for Canada, forming an educational reference for Canada that documents the mechanics of civic life. Far from mere curios, its tabulations and directories belong to a Canadian yearbook collection and stand as an antique Canadian reference tracing the administrative and social contours of the Canadian Confederation period. Researchers and historians will find methodical, contemporary material; family researchers recognise it immediately as a genealogy resource for Canada useful for tracing names, offices and institutional frameworks. Readable in tone yet dense with factual utility, it supplies both precise reference and a textured picture of Victorian era Canada. Of literary and historical significance, this almanac preserves department-by-department detail and statistical reporting that underpin studies of commerce, education and church life in late nineteenth-century Canada. Built from official returns and public notices, the volume offers direct insight into municipal organisation, trade flows and educational provision across provinces. Its astronomical tables anchor seasonal rhythms; its commercial statistics reveal trade patterns; its ecclesiastical and educational entries document institutional shape and personnel. It appeals equally to casual readers curious about period detail and to classic-literature collectors seeking provenance and context; librarians, archive specialists and private collectors will value it as a primary-source snapshot, and researchers and historians will routinely return to its pages. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure. An essential addition to any collection of Canadiana today.
