3-017-207 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The late Judge Haliburton, author of "Sam Slick", 1865. Engraving from a photograph by Herbert Watkins, '...of Mr. T. C. Haliburton, formerly Chief Justice of Nova Scotia, and latterly M.P. for Launceston...Mr. Haliburton was...called to the Colonial Bar, and practised for some years with considerable success. In 1835 he commenced the literary work on which his fame will rest by the contribution to the columns of a Halifax weekly newspaper of a series of amusing papers, depicting the acute angles and sharp knobs of the Yankee character. So successful were these papers that two years later they were revised, published, and brought under the notice of the English reading public, who gave "Sam Slick, the Clockmaker," an enthusiastic reception. The success of this book naturally induced the publication of a second series in 1837, and a third in 1840...In 1858, Mr. Haliburton received the honorary degree of D.C.L. from the University of Oxford, and in the following year he began his Parliamentary career, being elected M.P. for Launceston [Cornwall, UK] on Conservative principles. He was a constant attendant in the House, but seldom spoke, except when the commercial interests of the British American provinces were in question'. From "Illustrated London News", 1865.