For liberty to reproduce the more recent of the extracts here quoted, I have to acknowledge the kindness of Miss E. Pauline Johnson of Vancouver (No. 52); of Mr. Charles G. D. Roberts (No. 57); of Mr. F. A. Talbot and Messrs. Seeley, Service & Co., author and publishers of _The Making of a Great Canadian Railway_ (No. 55); and of Messrs. Constable & Co., the publishers of the late Lord Wolseley's _Story of a Soldier's Life_ (No. 48). To several of the sources quoted I was directed by the volume of selections published in 1907 under the title _Canadian Constitutional Development_, by Professor H. E. Egerton of Oxford and Professor W. L. Grant of Kingston, Ontario, both of whom have also made other helpful suggestions, as has Mr. H. P. Biggar, the representative of the Canadian Archives Office in this country. Finally, the task of finding what one wanted has been very greatly facilitated by the sympathetic aid of Mr. P. E. Lewin, who never loses a chance of making the superb collection over which he presides in the Library of the Royal Colonial Institute useful to anyone who may be interested in the Britains overseas. J. M. TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE 1. A GREAT LAND OF RIVERS AND LAKES _Speech by Lord Dufferin_ 1 2. JACQUES CARTIER AT HOCHELAGA, 1535 _Lescarbot's "History"_ 3 3. THE FRENCH SETTLEMENT AT ST. CROIX, 1604 " " 5 4. "THE ANCIENT MARINER," 1631-2 _T. James's "Voyage"_ 7 5. TWO ENGLISH EXPLORERS IN HUDSON BAY, 1631 _"The North-west Fox"_ 8 6. THE BIRTHDAY OF MONTREAL, 1642 _F. Parkman_ 10 7. GOVERNOR FRONTENAC LEADS THE WAR-DANCE, 1690 " 11 8. MADELAINE DE VERCHÈRES, 1696 _Her Own Narrative_ 13 9. THE FRENCH CANADIANS, 1737 (in French) _Memoir by G. Hocquart_ 17 10. THE "WHITE" MEN OF THE PRAIRIES, 1738 _La Vérendrye's "Journal"_ 18 11. THE EXPULSION OF THE ACADIANS, _Lieut.-Gov. Lawrence's 1755 Circular Letter_ 21 12. THE CONQUEST OF CANADA, _H. Walpole's "Letters"_ 23 1757-60 13. THE SIEGE OF QUEBEC, 1759 "_Gentleman's Magazine_" 26 14. WOLFE'S DIFFICULTIES, 1759 " " 28 15. THE PLAINS OF ABRAHAM, 1759 _Capt. J. Knox's "Journal"_ 30 16. THE GOVERNMENT OF QUEBEC _SHORTT AND DOUGHTY'S UNDER THE BRITISH, 1763-74 "Const. Docts."_ 33 17. THE COPPERMINE RIVER, 1771 _S. Hearne's "Journey"_ 35