Excerpt from The Tercentenary History of Canada, Vol. 1: From Champlain to Laurier, MDCVIII-MCMVIII; With Many Full-Page Illustrations, Portraits and Maps Especially Made for This Work It is with an earnest hope to obtain the attention of many readers to this wonderful story that this book has been written. I make no apologies for entering a field already crowded, but I Shall hope that the present work will find its proper niche. Nor do I claim originality or exclusive use of sources for the book. It is designed to be the first accurate, complete, and connected story of the main current: of thewhole of Canada's history from Champlain to Laurier. It has not been possible to go into side fields and by-paths. But with the large figures and events I have tried to be generous. Above all, I have attempted to hold to the story form, so that Whether Sketching a battle, a change in government, or a deep-seated social movement, I may cause the reader to feel that all are parts of a great novel or drama, as indeed I conceive history in its true relations to be. Only enough comment has been inserted to point out the deeper meanings of his tory, and such comment, I hope, will be found to be, while sometimes strongly expressed, invariably fair and impartial. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.