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Special Collection: The Chronicles of Canada

A series of thirty-two freshly-written narratives for popular reading, designed to set forth, in historic continuity, the principal events and movements in Canada, from the Norse Voyages to the Railway Builders. The series was first published in 1900 to 1905 by Glasgow and Brook in Toronto. Chronicles of Canada, approached the Dominion’s history in a narrative and romantic fashion. As editors, Glasgow chose George MacKinnon Wrong, professor of history at the University of Toronto, and Hugh Hornby Langton, its librarian. The writers of the individual volumes include the very best authors of the day.

PART I. THE FIRST EUROPEAN VISITORS

1. The Dawn of Canadian History—A Chronicle of Aboriginal Canada
BY STEPHEN BUTLER LEACOCK volume 1

2. The Mariner of St. Malo—A Chronicle of the Voyages of Jacques Cartier
BY STEPHEN BUTLER LEACOCK volume 2

PART II. THE RISE OF NEW FRANCE

3. The Founder of New France—A Chronicle of Champlain
BY CHARLES W. COLBY volume 3

4. The Jesuit Missions—A Chronicle of the Cross in the Wilderness
BY THOMAS GUTHRIE MARQUIS volume 4

5. The Seigneurs of Old Canada—A Chronicle of New-World Feudalism
BY WILLIAM BENNETT MUNRO volume 5

6. The Great Intendant—A Chronicle of Jean Talon
BY THOMAS CHAPAIS volume 6

7. The Fighting Governor—A Chronicle of Frontenac
BY CHARLES W. COLBY volume 7

PART III. THE ENGLISH INVASION

8. The Great Fortress—A Chronicle of Louisbourg
BY WILLIAM WOOD volume 8

9. The Acadian Exiles—A Chronicle of the Land of Evangeline
BY ARTHUR G. DOUGHTY volume 9

10. The Passing of New France—A Chronicle of Montcalm
BY WILLIAM WOOD volume 10

11. The Winning of Canada—A Chronicle of Wolfe
BY WILLIAM WOOD volume 11

PART IV. THE BEGINNINGS OF BRITISH CANADA

12. The Father of British Canada—A Chronicle of Carleton
BY WILLIAM WOOD volume 12

13. The United Empire Loyalists—A Chronicle of the Great Migration
BY W. STEWART WALLACE

14. The War with the United States—A Chronicle of 1812
BY WILLIAM WOOD volume 14

PART V. THE RED MAN IN CANADA

15. The War Chief of the Ottawas—A Chronicle of the Pontiac War
BY THOMAS GUTHRIE MARQUIS volume 15

16. The War Chief of the Six Nations—A Chronicle of Joseph Brant
BY LOUIS AUBREY WOOD volume 16

17. Tecumseh—A Chronicle of the last Great Leader of his People
BY ETHEL T. RAYMOND volume 17

PART VI. PIONEERS OF THE NORTH AND WEST

18. The "Adventurers of England" on Hudson Bay—A Chronicle of the Fur Trade in the North
BY AGNES C. LAUT volume 18

19. Pathfinders of the Great Plains—A Chronicle of La Vérendrye and his Sons
BY LAWRENCE J. BURPEE volume 19

20. Adventurers of the Far North—A Chronicle of the Arctic Seas
BY STEPHEN LEACOCK volume 20

21. The Red River Colony—A Chronicle of the Beginnings of Manitoba
BY LOUIS AUBREY WOOD volume 21

22. Pioneers of the Pacific Coast—A Chronicle of Sea Rovers and Fur Hunters
BY AGNES C. LAUT volume 22

23. The Cariboo Trail—A Chronicle of the Gold-fields of British Columbia
BY AGNES C. LAUT volume 23

PART VII. THE STRUGGLE FOR POLITICAL FREEDOM

24. The Family Compact—A Chronicle of the Rebellion in Upper Canada
BY W. STEWART WALLACE

25. The Patriotes of '37—A Chronicle of the Rebellion in Lower Canada
BY ALFRED D. DECELLES volume 25

26. The Tribune of Nova Scotia—A Chronicle of Joseph Howe
BY WILLIAM LAWSON GRANT volume 26

27. The Winning of Popular Government—A Chronicle of the Union of 1841
BY ARCHIBALD MACMECHAN volume 27

PART VIII. THE GROWTH OF NATIONALITY

28. The Fathers of Confederation—A Chronicle of the Birth of the Dominion
BY A. H. U. COLQUHOUN volume 28

29. The Day of Sir John Macdonald—A Chronicle of the Early Years of the Dominion
BY SIR JOSEPH POPE volume 29

30. The Day of Sir Wilfrid Laurier—A Chronicle of Our Own Times
BY OSCAR D. SKELTON volume 30

PART IX. NATIONAL HIGHWAYS

31. All Afloat—A Chronicle of Craft and Waterways
BY WILLIAM WOOD volume 31

32. The Railway Builders—A Chronicle of Overland Highways
BY OSCAR D. SKELTON volume 32