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IX.—A Monograph of the Place-nomenclature of the Province of New

Brunswick.

(Contributions to the History of New Brunswick, No, 2.)

By William P. GtAnong, M.A., Ph.D.

(Presented by Dr. George Stewart, F.R.G.S., and read May 19, 1896.>
 

CONTEI^TS.
Introduction.

Part I.—An essay towards an understanding op the Principles-
OF Place-nomenclature.

1.   On the Qualities of Place-names.

2.   How Place-names originate, change, and persist or become ex¬

tinct.

3.   On the Investigation of Place-names.

Part IL—The Historical Development op  the  Place-nomencla¬
ture OP JSTew Brunswick.

1.  N'omenclature of the Indian Period.

2.  ]Sromenclatnre of the Explorers—ISTorsemen to Champlain.

3.   Nomenclature of the French Period.

4.  JSTomenclature of the New England Period.

5.  Nomenclature of the Loyalist Period.

6.   Nomenclature of the Post-Loyalist Period.

T. Present and Future of the Place-nomenclature of theProvince.
Part II.—A Dictionary op the Place-names op New Brunswick.
Appendix.—Sources of Information.    BibliograjDhy.    Cartography.

INTEODUCTION.

The scientific investigation of the principles and historical develop¬
ment of the place-nomenclature of particular countries is a study hardly
yet in esteem among us. It is the custom to consider it, in this country
at least, as an appropriate hobby for elderly men of leisure, but as hardly
worthy the serious attention and exact methods of trained investigators.
It is true, it does not represent the highest kind of historic research,
which consists in the elucidation of movements and institutions; but it
surely deserves a leading place among those antiquarian studies, whose
function it is to throw side-lights upon history and supply it with details,
but which, at the same time, constitute to most men the greatest charm^

of historical study.

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