CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. [INTRODUCTORY ] 1
II. [THE CANADIAN COMMUNITY ] 8
III. [THE GOVERNORS-GENERAL: LORD SYDENHAM ] 70
IV. [THE GOVERNORS-GENERAL: SIR CHARLES BAGOT ] 126
V. [THE GOVERNORS-GENERAL: LORD METCALFE] 158
VI. [THE GOVERNORS-GENERAL: LORD ELGIN] 187
VII. [BRITISH OPINION AND CANADIAN AUTONOMY] 230
VIII. [THE CONSEQUENCES OF CANADIAN AUTONOMY] 293
[INDEX ] 347