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Old Quebec The Fortress of New France By: Gilbert Parker (1862-1932) |
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The Fortress of New France by GILBERT PARKER and CLAUDE G. BRYAN With Illustrations [Illustration: Major General James Wolfe
from a scarce contemporary print engraved by R. Houston ] New York
The Macmillan Company
London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd.
1903 All rights reserved Copyright, 1903,
by The Macmillan Company. Set up, electrotyped, and published September, 1903. Reprinted
November, 1903. Norwood Press J. S. Cushing & Co. Berwick & Smith Co.
Norwood, Mass., U.S.A. CONTENTS
PAGE NOTE xvii PRELUDE xix
CHAPTER I EARLY VOYAGES 1
CHAPTER II THE ERA OF CHAMPLAIN 19
CHAPTER III THE HEROIC AGE OF NEW FRANCE 44
CHAPTER IV "AD MAJOREM DEI GLORIAM" 66
CHAPTER V ROYAL GOVERNMENT 85
CHAPTER VI THE NOBLESSE AND THE PEOPLE 95
CHAPTER VII FRONTENAC AND LA SALLE 110
CHAPTER VIII FIRE, MASSACRE, AND SIEGE 134
CHAPTER IX THE CLOSE OF THE CENTURY 159
CHAPTER X BORDER WARFARE 175
CHAPTER XI THE BEGINNING OF THE END 187
CHAPTER XII LIFE UNDER THE ANCIEN RÉGIME 218
CHAPTER XIII DURING THE SEVEN YEARS' WAR 246
CHAPTER XIV "HERE DIED WOLFE VICTORIOUS" 268
CHAPTER XV MURRAY AND DE LÉVIS 299
CHAPTER XVI THE FIRST YEARS OF BRITISH RULE 325
CHAPTER XVII THE FIFTH SIEGE 342
CHAPTER XVIII SOCIAL AND POLITICAL PROGRESS 364
CHAPTER XIX THE STORY OF THE GREAT TRADING COMPANIES 394
CHAPTER XX THE NEW CENTURY 422
CHAPTER XXI THE MODERN PERIOD 443
APPENDICES 473
INDEX 479
LIST OF PLATES Major General James Wolfe Frontispiece FACE PAGE François Xavier de Laval 16 Cardinal de Richelieu 48 The Earl of Chatham 187 General the Marquis Montcalm 271 General Sir Jeffrey Amherst 282 Admiral Earl St. Vincent 294 General Gage 301 The Hon. Robert Monckton 307 [1]General Sir A. P. Irving 317 General Townshend 327 Sir James Henry Craig 342 Sir John Cope Sherbrooke 355 The Fourth Duke of Richmond 368 Admiral Viscount Nelson 374 Lord Dalhousie 376 General Lord Aylmer 395 The Earl of Durham 407 Sir John Colborne 417 Lord Sydenham 424 Sir Charles Bagot 434 General Earl Cathcart 443 The Earl of Elgin 452 Lord Lisgar 458 The Marquis of Dufferin and Ava 466 [Footnote 1: Inscription on plate for 2nd Governor of Canada
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