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| [Introductory Chapter] | 1 |
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| CHAPTER I |
| [Condition of Affairs in Canada before Confederation] | 7 |
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| CHAPTER II |
| [Canada First Party and Hudson’s Bay Territory] | 10 |
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| CHAPTER III |
| [The Red River Rebellion] | 17 |
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| CHAPTER IV |
| [The Red River Expedition] | 33 |
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| CHAPTER V |
| [National Sentiment] | 49 |
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| CHAPTER VI |
| [Abortive Political Movement] | 56 |
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| CHAPTER VII |
| [The Independence Flurry] | 62 |
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| CHAPTER VIII |
| [The O’Brien Episode] | 69 |
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| CHAPTER IX |
| [The Imperial Federation League] | 77 |
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| CHAPTER X |
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| [Commercial Union] | 81 |
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| CHAPTER XI |
| [Imperial Federation League in Canada] | 85 |
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| CHAPTER XII |
| [Commercial Union a Treasonable Conspiracy] | 98 |
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| CHAPTER XIII |
| [The Years 1888 and 1889, Work of the Imperial] |
| [Federation League] | 117 |
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| CHAPTER XIV |
| [The Year 1890] | 130 |
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| CHAPTER XV |
| [Visit to England, 1890] | 138 |
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| CHAPTER XVI |
| [The Great Election of 1891] | 155 |
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| CHAPTER XVII |
| [Contest with Goldwin Smith] | 168 |
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| CHAPTER XVIII |
| [Dissolution of the Imperial Federation League in] |
| [England] | 194 |
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| CHAPTER XIX |
| [Organisation of the British Empire League] | 206 |
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| CHAPTER XX |
| [Mission to England, 1897] | 225 |
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| CHAPTER XXI |
| [The West Indian Preference] | 242 |
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| CHAPTER XXII |
| [1899: Establishment of Empire Day] | 248 |
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| CHAPTER XXIII |
| [The South African War] | 258 |
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| CHAPTER XXIV |
| [1900: British Empire League Banquet in London] | 271 |
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| CHAPTER XXV |
| [Work in Canada in 1901] | 285 |
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| CHAPTER XXVI |
| [Mission to England in 1902] | 291 |
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| CHAPTER XXVII |
| [Correspondence with Mr. Chamberlain] | 338 |
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| CHAPTER XXVIII |
| [Congress of Chambers of Commerce of the Empire, 1906] | 356 |
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| [APPENDIX A] |
| Speech in Reply to Sir C. Dilke | 371 |
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| [APPENDIX B] |
| Lecture on “National Spirit” | 377 |
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| [Index] | 405 |
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| Colonel George T. Denison | [Frontispiece] |
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| Facsimile Letters | [facing p. 114 ] |