“The politician, the lawyer, and the spider, they are all
alike, they have the manoevering eye.
Beware of these I tell you. Mind your
eye. Women is more difficulter still to read than man, because smilin’
comes as natural to them as suction to a snipe.”
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Haliburton, Thomas Chandler (1844) The Attaché; or, Sam Slick in England. London:
Richard Bentley [Bg 20-1]
Thomas Chandler Haliburton was a 19th century
novelist from Nova Scotia. He is often regarded as Canada’s first international
bestselling author, and rose to popularity with his Clockmaker series, detailing the humorous adventures of his hero,
the irrepressible Sam Slick. Sam featured in a number of Haliburton’s works,
including The Attaché, which follows
Mr. Slick’s exploits on a trip to England, detailing in his most distinctive
voice his witty and often satirical thoughts and views on English society.
Haliburton is perhaps less well known now in comparison to
some of his contemporaries. However his novels constituted popular light
reading at the time, and this is reflected in the library’s collection, which
along with The Attaché also holds
copies of The Clockmaker and The Old Judge.
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