CONTENTS

Page
I. [DURHAM THE DICTATOR] 1
II. [POULETT THOMSON, PEACEMAKER] 25
III. [REFORM IN THE SADDLE] 66
IV. [THE GREAT ADMINISTRATION] 97
V. [THE PRINCIPLE ESTABLISHED] 132
[EPILOGUE] 161
[BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE] 166
[INDEX] 167

ILLUSTRATIONS

[BURNING OF THE PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS, MONTREAL, 1849]
From a colour drawing by C. W. Jefferys. 		Frontispiece
[THE EARL OF DURHAM ]
After the painting by Sir Thomas Lawrence. 		Facing page 6
[LORD SYDENHAM]
From an engraving by G. Browning in M'Gill University Library. 		" 34
[SIR CHARLES BAGOT]
From an engraving in the Dominion Archives. 		" 74
[SIR CHARLES METCALFE]
After a painting by Bradish. 		" 82
[CHARLES, EARL GREY]
From the painting by Sir Thomas Lawrence. 		" 98
[SIR LOUIS H. LAFONTAINE]
After a photograph by Notman. 		" 108
[THE EARL OF ELGIN]
From a daguerreotype. 		" 136

CHAPTER I

DURHAM THE DICTATOR