# The Masques of Ottawa Author: Bridle, Augustus, 1869-1952 Genre: Category: Humour Language: English License: Public domain Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20961 Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Masques+of+Ottawa+Bridle&tag=cyberlibrar00-20 ## Summary Do not imagine that I spend much time at once in Ottawa. I have never liked the kind of play-house that politicians have made on that glorious plateau in a valley of wonderland with a river of dreams rolling past to the sea. Where under heaven is any other Capital so favoured by the great scenic artist? On what promontory do parliamentary towers and gables so colossally arise to enchant the vision? The Thames draws the ships of the world and crawls muddily and lazily out to sea wondering what haphazard of history ever concentrated so much commerce, politics and human splendour on the banks of one large ditch. Ottawa's house of political drama overlooks one of the noblest rivers in the wor... ## Chapters - [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-masques-of-ottawa-20961/chapters/7/index.md) - [Chapter 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-masques-of-ottawa-20961/chapters/13/index.md) - [Chapter 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-masques-of-ottawa-20961/chapters/15/index.md) - [Chapter 20](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-masques-of-ottawa-20961/chapters/20/index.md) - [Chapter 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-masques-of-ottawa-20961/chapters/12/index.md) - [Chapter 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-masques-of-ottawa-20961/chapters/16/index.md) - [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-masques-of-ottawa-20961/chapters/4/index.md) - [Chapter 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-masques-of-ottawa-20961/chapters/11/index.md) - [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-masques-of-ottawa-20961/chapters/8/index.md) - [Chapter 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-masques-of-ottawa-20961/chapters/9/index.md) - [Chapter 21](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-masques-of-ottawa-20961/chapters/21/index.md) - [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-masques-of-ottawa-20961/chapters/3/index.md) - [Chapter 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-masques-of-ottawa-20961/chapters/10/index.md) - [Chapter 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-masques-of-ottawa-20961/chapters/14/index.md) - [Chapter 18](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-masques-of-ottawa-20961/chapters/18/index.md) - [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-masques-of-ottawa-20961/chapters/1/index.md) - [Chapter 19](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-masques-of-ottawa-20961/chapters/19/index.md) - [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-masques-of-ottawa-20961/chapters/2/index.md) - [Chapter 17](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-masques-of-ottawa-20961/chapters/17/index.md) - [Chapter 22](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-masques-of-ottawa-20961/chapters/22/index.md) - [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-masques-of-ottawa-20961/chapters/6/index.md) - [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-masques-of-ottawa-20961/chapters/5/index.md)