_The Pioneers of France in the New World_ (1865) describes the experiences of the early French sailors and explorers off the Newfoundland coast and along the St. Lawrence River. _The Jesuits in North America in the Seventeenth Century_ (1867) tells of the work of the self-forgetting Jesuit Fathers in their mission of mercy and conversion among the Indians. Fifty pages of the _Introduction_ give an account of the religion, festivities, superstitions, burials, sacrifices, and military organization of the Indians. _La Salle, or the Discovery of the Great West_ (1869), is the story of La Salle's heroic endeavors and sufferings while exploring the West and the Mississippi River. _The Old Regime in Canada_ (1874) presents the internal conflicts and the social development of Canada in the seventeenth century. _Count Frontenac and New France under Louis XIV_. (1877) continues the history of Canada as a French dependency, and paints in a lively manner Count Frontenac's character, his popularity with the Indians, and his methods of winning laurels for France. _A Half Century of Conflict_ (1892) depicts the sharp encounter between the French and English for the possession of the country, and the terrible deeds of the Indians against their hated foes, the English. _Montcalm and Wolfe_ (1884) paints the final scenes of the struggle between France and England, closing practically with the fall of Quebec. _The History of the Conspiracy of Pontiac_ (1851) shows one more desperate attempt of a great Indian chief to combine the tribes of his people and drive out the English. The volume closes with the general smoking of the pipe of peace and the swearing of allegiance to England. The first forty-five pages describe the manners and customs of the Indian tribes east of the Mississippi. The general title, _France and England in North America_, indicates the subject matter of all this historical work. The central theme of the whole series is the struggle between the French and English for this great American continent. The trackless forests, the Great Lakes, the untenanted shores of the St. Lawrence and the Mississippi form an impressive background for the actors in this drama,--the Indians, traders, self-sacrificing priests, and the French and English contending for one of the greatest prizes of the world.