Haliburton, T. C. (Sam Slick), [28]; his theory of government, [39-43], [108]; his voyage with Howe, [92], [93-4].

Halifax, [4]; its importance, [7-8], [10], [94]; its traditions and life in the early nineteenth century, [8-10]; 'Society' and Howe, [38], [65-9], [72]; and Confederation, [137].

Halifax Banking Company, its financial and legislative monopoly, [36-7].

Halliburton, Sir Brenton, compliments Howe, [22].

Harvey, Sir John, [61]; lieutenant-governor of Nova Scotia, [87], [88].

Hawes, Mr, and Howe's railway campaign, [96-9], [113], [116], [118].

Hincks, Sir Francis, [112]; his railway mission, [113], [114-15]; and Howe, [123], [138].

Howe, John, his career and character, [14-18], [153].

Howe, Joseph, his birth and school days, [11-13]; his education, [18-20], [26]; his admiration for his father, [15-17], [20]; his apprenticeship, [18], [19]; an early drowning experience, [20-1]; resolves to make letters his career, [22], [26]; from the 'Acadian' to the 'Nova Scotian,' [22], [24], [26-9], [81-3]; his marriage, [23]; inaugurates 'The Club,' [28]; impugns the integrity of the administration of Halifax, [29], [43], [9]; his great triumph in the prosecution for libel, [44-6]; leaps into fame as an orator, [46], [142-3]; elected to the Assembly determined to obtain Responsible Government, [46], [50], [88-90], [123]; begins the attack on the Council with Twelve Resolutions, [50-4], [37]; his address to the Crown, [54]; gives proof of his loyalty, [56], [108], [130], [146], [147]; his defence of Responsible Government in answer to Lord John Russell, [57-61], [74]; his meeting with Lord Sydenham, [63-4]; and Sir Colin Campbell, [64]; appointed to the Executive Council, [65], [72]; becomes an object of hatred to Halifax 'Society,' [65-70]; shows his grit and courage, [23], [67-70]; on patronage, [71]; resigns the speakership to become collector of customs, [73]; his controversy with Johnston, [74-80], [83]; his agitation in favour of an undenominational college, [75], [76-9], [133], [141]; advocates the party government system, [79]; and resigns from the Executive Council, [80]; his quarrel with Lord Falkland ends with the governor's recall, [81-7]; refuses to assist in forming a coalition government, [87]; becomes provincial secretary in the first Reform administration, [88], [124-5], [135]; advocates the building of railways, [92-4]; his voyage with Haliburton on the 'Tyrian,' [93-4]; his policy of state ownership and construction, [95], [100], [104]; his railway campaign in England, [96-100]; his interview with Lord Grey, [96-8]; secures an Imperial guarantee for an inter-colonial railway, [99-104]; on the inferior position of the colonial, [101-3], [108], [109]; advocates emigration to Canada as a solution of the poverty problem in Britain, [103-4]; on Imperial consolidation, [101-107]; his visions of a great future for Canada, [105-7]; his rousing call to Nova Scotia and his prophecy, [105-8]; favours Imperial Federation, [108-9], [119-20], [137], [144]; his scheme of settling convicts in Nova Scotia, [109-10]; on the duty of a government, [111]; his railway plans come to grief, [111-13], [117], [119-20]; evades joining Hincks's mission to England, [114-16], [123]; withdraws from the Executive Council to become a Railway Commissioner, [121]; his efforts to enter the Imperial civil service, [121-7]; the causes of his failure, [128-30]; his disastrous recruiting mission in the United States, [130-1]; the Irish vote fails him in his contest with Tupper, [131-2], [140-1]; his Protestant campaign, [133-4]; appointed Fishery Commissioner, [135]; his anti-Confederation campaign, [136], [137-44]; his signal triumph as Canadian delegate to the Reciprocity convention held in Detroit, [142-3]; returned to the Dominion parliament pledged to secure repeal of the British North America Act, [144]; his mission to London, where he is interviewed by Tupper, [145-146]; enters Sir John Macdonald's Cabinet, [147-8], [149-50]; his heart-rending struggle, [149]; lieutenant-governor of Nova Scotia, [150], [154-5]; his death, [150], [154-6]; his character, [16], [23], [25-7], [67-8], [82-3], [113], [114], [116], [120], [134], [139-140], [151-4]; his appearance, [13-14]; his popularity, [6-7], [24-25], [151]; his love for Nova Scotia, [1-3], [8], [19], [24], [27-8], [138-9]; his poetic gift, [12], [22], [29], [82-3]; his noble ideas of religious freedom, [133-4].

Howe, Mrs Joseph, [23].