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Bibliography.— The beginner in Canadian history cannot do better than read A. G. Brad ley's little volume called

The most exhaustive general work on Canada is and Its (Toronto), a huge co-operative account of history and resources (22 vols.). Kingsford's (History of Canada' in 10 volumes (Toronto) is full but lacks method.

For special periods, Biggar's describe French efforts and policy in North America at the end of the 17th century, while (A Half Century of Con flict' (2 vols.), covers the Seven Years' War in Canada.

Of English speaking Canada the story has as yet been less thoroughly told and one or two of the following works are out of print. Bour inot, (Canada under British Rule) (Cambridge University Press) is a brief outline. Bradley's

(Making of Canada) (Constable) and Lucas's (History of Canada, 1763-1812,) and his (The Canadian War of 1812> (Clarendon Press), both cover this history down to 1815 including the War of 1812-15 with the United States. The later period has not yet been covered in a single adequate work and the story must be studied in the lives of the chief actors. The most interesting books are in (The Chronicles of Canada' such as Wallace's (The Family Grant's (Tribune of Nova Scotia' (Howe), and Sir Joseph Pope's Way of Sir John Macdonald.' In the (Makers of there are some excellent lives: Lindsay's

The vital phase of the later history of Can ada is the expansion of the West. Miss Agnes C. Laut's (Conquest of the Great North-West) (2 vols., Toronto) is a stirring account of the Hudson's Bay Company, and her (London) are vivid 'accounts of life on the prairie before the settlers came in. Bur pee's Search for the Western Sea) (Toronto) is a record of the discovery of the West. Mil ton and Cheadle's (The North-West Passage by Land) (London) is an equally vivid account of crossing the Rocky Mountains in the sixties and should be supplemented by G. M. Grant's (From Ocean to Ocean,' written 10 years later (Toronto 1873). Hayden's (The Riders of the Plains' (London) describes the work of the mounted police in the West, work that has kept the frontier life of Canada almost free from crime. Laut, Canadian Commonwealth' (Indianapolis) is a racy discussion of present day problems. The Constitution of Canada will be found in Egerton, (Federations and Unions in the British Empire' (Clarendon Press).

On Canada's relations with the Empire (The British Empire) (Pollard, editor) and The Round Table, a quarterly, should be consulted by serious students. The University of Toronto Library publishes an annual 'Review of His torical Publications relating to Canada,' in which all books on Canada are reviewed from year to year (21 vols. up to 1918). Larned's