The Canadian Magazine of Politics, Science, Art and Literature, Vol. 9

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Excerpt from The Canadian Magazine of Politics, Science, Art and Literature, Vol. 9: May 1897, to October, 1897 He was born at Halifax in 1808 and educated there. Ln 1837 he contested the countv of Halifax in the Liberal interests as a colleague of Hon. Joseph Howe. This was Mr. Howe's first election. They were both elected and were associated together in the great political struggles of the next thirty years. Mr. Annand continued to represent Halifax in the Assembly Of Nova Scotia until l8()7. Howe, after running several elections in Halifax, went to Cumberland, and still later to Hants County. Mr. Annand was the editor and proprietor of the Alon/[11g Chronicle, and when subsequently be left for England in May, I 75, his paper remained in charge of his son, Charles Annand. Who died a little over two years ago while on a visit to England. M r. Annand was a man ofeducation and literary taste and an extremely shrewd, keen politician. Howe was impulsive, inclined to take extreme measures on occasions, and Annand was always believed to have exercised a most wholesome restraining in¿uence. He was of the greatest possible aid and assistance to Mr. Howe in the struggle which ensued for responsible govern ment in Nova Scotia. He edited Howe's Speeches and Public Let ters, which appear in two large vol umes and which are of incalculable value, inasmuch as they have preserved in convenient and accessible form the whole record Of the struggle for re sponsible government, and the brilliant speeches and incomparable public let ters of Mr. Howe. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.