CONTENTS

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I. [THE DAWN OF THE MOVEMENT] 1
II. [OBSTACLES TO UNION] 11
III. [THE EVE OF CONFEDERATION] 21
IV. [THE HOUR AND THE MEN] 30
V. [THE CHARLOTTETOWN CONFERENCE] 44
VI. [THE QUEBEC CONFERENCE] 56
VII. [THE RESULTS OF THE CONFERENCE] 65
VIII. [THE DEBATES OF 1865] 84
IX. [ROCKS IN THE CHANNEL] 97
X. ['THE BATTLE OF UNION'] 108
XI. [THE FRAMING OF THE BILL] 119
XII. [THE FIRST DOMINION MINISTRY] 137
XIII. [FROM SEA TO SEA] 158
XIV. [THE WORK OF THE FATHERS] 188
[BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE] 191
[INDEX] 193