Instances of success in Ontario--A thrifty wood-chopper turns cattle dealer--Possesses land and money--Two brothers from Ireland; their mercantile success--The record of thirty years--Another instance--A travelling dealer turns farmer--Instance of a thriving Scotsman--The way to meet trouble--The fate of Shylocks and their descendants 244 CHAPTER XXI. Manitoba and Ontario compared--Some instances from real life--Ontario compared with Michigan--With Germany--“Canada as a winter resort”--Inexpediency of ice-palaces and the like--Untruthful to represent this as a land of winter--Grant Allen’s strictures on Canada refuted--Lavish use of food by Ontario people--The delightful climate of Ontario 255 CHAPTER XXII. Criticisms by foreign authors--How Canada is regarded in other countries--Passports--“Only a Colonist”--Virchow’s unwelcome inference--Canadians are too modest--Imperfect guide-books--A reciprocity treaty wanted 268 CHAPTER XXIII. Few positions for young Canadians of ambition--American consulships--Bayard Taylor--S. S. Cox--Canadian High Commissioner--Desirability of men of elevated life--Necessity for developing a Canadian national spirit 277 CHAPTER XXIV. A retrospect--Canada’s heroes--The places of their deeds should be marked--Canada a young sleeping giant--Abundance of our resources--Pulpwood for the world--Nickel--History of our early days will be valued 286 Illustrations. PAGE THOMAS CONANT _Frontispiece_ ROGER CONANT 14 GOVERNOR SIMCOE--FROM THE TOMB IN EXETER CATHEDRAL, ENGLAND 18 COLONEL TALBOT 27 COLONEL TALBOT’S ARM-CHAIR 28 SHOAL OF SALMON, NEAR OSHAWA, 1792 30 FAC-SIMILE OF CERTIFICATE OF OATH OF ALLEGIANCE 33 FAC-SIMILE OF COURT SUMMONS, 1803 35 NEWARK (NIAGARA), 1813 39 BRITISH MILITARY UNIFORMS, 1812 41 AN OLD SPINNING-WHEEL 41 CIVILIAN COSTUMES, UPPER CANADA, 1812 41 ROGER CONANT HIDING HIS TREASURE 43 FAREWELL’S TAVERN, NEAR OSHAWA, AS IT APPEARS TO-DAY 47 VIEW OF YORK--FROM THE OLDEST EXTANT ENGRAVING 51 BURNING THE DON BRIDGE--FROM A SKETCH BY ISAAC BELLAMY 56