The primary sources to which any student of the period covered in this work must refer are too numerous to specify here. Foremost come Hansard and the Sessional Papers. Such autobiographies as those of Sir Richard Cartwright, _Reminiscences_, Sir George Ross, _Getting Into Parliament and After_, Sir Charles Tupper, _Recollections of Sixty Years in Canada_, and Charles Langelier, _Souvenirs Politiques_, are as few as they are valuable. For the years since 1901 see Castell Hopkins, _The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs_. This work, now in its fourteenth volume, is a mine of orderly information. A most complete historical summary of the period is found in _Canada and its Provinces_. See the various monographs, especially in volumes vi, vii, viii, ix, and x. Indispensable for any survey of the period up to 1900 is Sir John S. Willison's work in two volumes, _Sir Wilfrid Laurier and the Liberal Party_, which shows the ripe, balanced judgment and the literary skill of the distinguished Canadian journalist at his best. David's _Laurier et son Temps_, and his earlier sketch in _Mes {332} Contemporains_, give brilliant impressionistic portraits of Sir Wilfrid Laurier by an intimate friend. See also Sir Joseph Pope, _Memoirs of Sir John Macdonald_, and Castell Hopkins, _Life and Work of Sir John Thompson_. {333} INDEX Abbott, Sir John, 11, 107 n.; prime minister, 155. Alaskan boundary dispute, the, 210-16. Alberta, the forming of the province, 238-9; the school question, 239-45. Alverstone, Lord, 215, 216. Annexation sentiment in Canada and United States, 101, 137, 138, 265-6. Asquith, H. H., 277, 281; his definition of Liberalism, 282; and a central parliament, 295-296. Australia, and imperial defence, 143, 149, 179, 195, 198, 200, 201, 202, 284, 286, 304-5; her navy, 299-300, 312, 313-14. Aylesworth, Sir Allen, 247; and the Alaskan boundary dispute, 215, 216. Baillargeon, Archbishop, 42. Balfour, Arthur, 186. Barton, Sir Edmund, 195. Belgium, her trade treaties with Canada, 134-5, 179, 228, 250. Bernier, M. E., 195. Bertram, G. H., 173. Blaine, James G., 119, 120, 124. Blair, A. G., 169 n., 170 n. Blake, Edward, 35-6, 39, 40, 53; Liberal Opposition leader, 54-5, 57, 59, 68, 77, 82, 83, 85, 89, 135-6; resigns, 91, 172; his tribute to Laurier, 86; his remarkable letter, 123-4; an empire-builder, 290, 329. Boer War, Canada's part in, 184-92. Bond, Sir Robert, 195. Borden, Sir Frederick, 170 n., 196, 207. Borden, Sir Robert, leader of Conservative Opposition, 194, 217, 245-6, 247, 276, 284, 291; his naval policy, 306, 309-10, 311, 312, prime minister, 286, 311, 312, 317. Botha, General, 185, 292; his regard for Sir Wilfrid Laurier, 293; his imperial policy, 294, 314, 318. Boucherville, M. de, 64. Bourassa, Henri, and Laurier, 191, 193, 268; leader of 'Nationalists,' 310. Bourget, Bishop, his aggressive policy, 28, 29, 30, 42, 44. Bowell, Sir Mackenzie, 39; prime minister, 156, 161-2.