STEAMBOAT DAYS: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE STEAMBOAT ERA ON THE ST. JOHN RIVER, 1816-1946. MacBeath, George and Donald F. Taylor. St. Stephen (N.B.), Print'N Press, c1982. 176pp, paper. $9.95, ISBN 0-920732-24-0. Distributed by Print'N Press, 14 Budd Ave., St. Stephen, N.B., E3L 1E9. Grades 9 and up Reviewed by Catherine Cox Volume 13 Number 6 1985 November An old school text on the history of New Brunswick used to call the St. John River "the Rhine of North America." It is true to say that that great waterway, reaching from the Bay of Fundy up a fertile river valley well into the centre of the province, served as a major artery of commerce and travel from the earliest days into this century; Dr. George MacBeath and Captain Donald F. Taylor have drawn on their own recollections as well as archival sources and the copious and detailed notes of Captain C.C. Taylor for this account. It is comprised of shipping records and anecdotes about the many steamboats and river boats that travelled the St. John River between Saint John, Oromocto, Fredericton, Woodstock, and even Grand Falls around the turn of the century. There are lists of captains, promoters, and pursers; a list of the steamboats, their tonnages and dates; an index; and notes. There are many illustrations showing pictures of the steamboats, broadsheets, and the river routes. The account is factual with no connecting theme or point of view. This edition is a paperback reprint of a hardcover edition previously published. It is mainly of local interest or of interest to the riverboat buff. Catherine Cox, Moncton H.S., Moncton. N.B.