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

ILLUSTRATIONS

[ THE FATHERS OF CONFEDERATION]
After the painting by Robert Harris. 		Frontispiece
[ WILLIAM SMITH]
From a portrait in the Parliament Buildings, Ottawa. 		facing page 4
[ SIR ALEXANDER T. GALT]
From a photograph by Topley. 		" " 16
[ GEORGE BROWN]
From a photograph in the possession of Mrs Freeland Barbour, Edinburgh.
 " " 32
[ SIR GEORGE CARTIER]
From a painting in the Château de Ramezay. 		" " 42
[ SIR JOHN A. MACDONALD]
From the painting by A. Dickson Patterson. 		" " 80
[ SIR CHARLES TUPPER, BART.]
From a photograph by Elliott and Fry, London. 		" " 116
[ ALEXANDRE ANTONIN TACHÉ]
From a photograph lent by Rev. L. Messier, St Boniface. 		" " 166
[ AN ELECTION CAMPAIGN—GEORGE BROWN
ADDRESSING AN AUDIENCE OF FARMERS]
From a colour drawing by C. W. Jefferys. 		" " 180

CHAPTER I

THE DAWN OF THE MOVEMENT