Letters from Mahone Bay

Physical Description: 189 [+2] p. : [24] p. of plates (some col.), ill., maps, ports. ;22.7 x 15 cm.

Notes: "[B]y Ned Harris".; "[Edited by] Robert C. Tuck". -- p. 2.; Cover title: Ned Harris' Letters from Mahone Bay 1884-1889.; "Copyright Robert C. Tuck, 2000." "Published by Maplewood Books ... Michaelmas, 2001". -- p. 2.; "In March 1884, a newly ordained deacon, the Reverend Ned Harris, arrived in Mahone Bay from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, via King's College in Windsor, Nova Scotia, as curate to the Reverend W.H. Snyder, who had been Rector of Mahone Bay since 1858. Every few days Ned wrote a letter home describing his adventures. .... Central to the story he tells is the building of St. James's Church, Mahone Bay, designed by his brother William, which stands today as one of the landmark buildings of Nova Scotia. In the mid 1880s St. James's Church was the subject of sharp controversy, the story of which has never been told until now". -- back cover.; "The small sketches that adorn these pages, some of them made by James Harris, Ned's nephew, and others by Robert Harris [Ned's brother], or Ned himself, are taken from 'The Wells Our Fathers Digged'." -- Intro.; Contents: Introduction / Robert C. Tuck -- [Letters in chronological order from March 18, 1884 to January 24, 1888 -- Epilogue: Sermon preached by the Reverend Ned Harris after the death of the Reverend William Henry Snyder, October 1889 -- Appendix I [Specifications for St. James Church, Mahone Bay] -- Appendix II [Letters re raising roof of rectory -- Maps.

Added Entry: Ned Harris' Letters from Mahone Bay 1884-1889; Tuck, Robert C. (Robert Critchlow), 1927-2015

Subjects: Harris, Ned (Edward A.), 1861-1931 - Correspondence; Anglican Church of Canada - Clergy - Biography; St. James' Church (Mahone Bay, N.S.); Nova Scotia - Social life and customs - 19th century; Church history - Nova Scotia; Anglican Church of Canada. Diocese of Nova Scotia - History