ndon, 1911). A. G. Bradley's _Canada_
(London, 1912). Arthur G. Doughty's _History of Canada_ (_Year Book_)
(Ottawa, 1913). J. A. T. Lloyd's _The Real Canadian_ (London, 1913).
E. L. Marsh's _The Story of Canada_ (London, 1913). J. Munro's _Canada
1535 to Present Day_ (London, 1913). A. Shortland and A. G. Doughty's
_Canada and its Provinces_ (Toronto, 1913). W. L. Grant's _High School
History of Canada_ (Toronto, 1914). G. Bryce's _Short History of the
Canadian People_ (London, 1914). D. W. Oates's _Canada To-day and
Yesterday_ (London, 1914). F. Fairfield's _Canada_ (London, 1914).
Sir C. Tupper's _Political Reminiscences_ (London, 1914). Morang's
_Makers of Canada_ (Toronto, 1917). Sir Thomas White's _The Story of
Canada's War Finance_ (Montreal, 1921). Prof. Skelton's _Life of Sir
Wilfrid Laurier_ (Toronto, 1922). And _Review of Historical
Publications Relating to Canada_ by the University of Toronto.

For a full bibliography of archives, maps, essays, and books relating
to the periods covered by the Story of Canada, and used by the writer,
see appendix to his "Cape Breton and its Memorials," in which all
authorities bearing on the Norse, Cabot, and other early voyages are
cited. Also, appendix to same author's "Parliamentary Government in
Canada" (_Trans. Roy. Soc. Can._, vol. xi., and American Hist. Ass.
Report, Washington, 1891). Also his "Canada's Intellectual Strength
and Weakness" (_Trans. Roy. Soc. Can._, vol. xi, and separate volume,
Montreal, 1891). Also, Winsor's _Narrative_ and _Critical History of
America_ (Boston, 1886-89).

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THE STORY OF CANADA.

I.

INTRODUCTION.

THE CANADIAN DOMINION FROM OCEAN TO OCEAN.

The view from the spacious terrace on the verge of the cliffs of
Quebec, the ancient capital of Canada, cannot fail to impress the
imagination of the statesman or student versed in the history of the
American continent, as well as delight the eye of the lover of the
picturesque. Below the heights, to whose rocks and buildings cling so
many memories of the past, flows the St. Lawrence, the great river of
Canada, bearing to the Atlantic the waters of the numerous lakes and
streams of the valley which was first discovered and explored by
France, and in which her statesmen saw the elements of empire. We see
the tinned roofs, spires and crosses of quaint churches, hospitals and
convents, narrow streets winding among the rocks, black-robed priests
and {2} sombre nu