Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Illustrations of the Historical Ball Given by Their Excellencies the Earl and Countess of Aberdeen, in the Senate Chamber, Ottawa, 17th February, 1896: With a Short Historical Introduction
N 0 language can give a reader an adequate idea of the brilliant spectacle which the Senate Chamber presented on the night in question. No pen can recall the music or the dance, or paint the brilliant and varied costumes of the personages that were represented on this eventful occasion. All that the writer can venture to do is to recall the storied Past - some of the features of that memorable procession which walked, as it were, out of the shadow and darkness of the Centuries that are now immured in history, and attempted to assume once more the life and vigour of beings of the Present. 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.
