Octavo. (22 cm x 15 cm), pp. xi, [1], [9]-258. Original grey printed paper wraps, title-page reproduced in frame to front cover, sewn binding. Ink signature of prev. owner: 'R.H. Earle, Kingston, Ont.' Covers dust soiled, particularly at the spine and around edges, 2 small brown stains (2 cm x 2.5 cm & 1.5 cm x 2.5 cm) to upper cover extending within and diminishing through 24 leaves, else interior clean. Chipping to spine ends, with a very slight lean to the book. Peel (3) 1020. 'Williams, a journalist, accompanied the Marquis of Lorne, then Governor-General, through the West in 1881. He gives an informative description of the country. It appeared first as a series of letters in the 'Toronto Globe'.' [1998]