Canada: The Foundations of Its Future

xxvi, 257 pp. Illustrated by Canadian artists. Crest of the Dominion of Canada on the front cover in quadricolor letterpress, endpaper illustration, two yellow and black silk markers. A beautifully illustrated history of Canada. The Canadian artists are Stanley Royle, Chas. W. Jefferys, W. J. Phillips, A. Sherriff Scott, F. H. Varley, H. R. Perrigard, James Crockart, T. M. Schintz & Ernst Neumann. CONTENTS: Author's Foreword; The Empty Continent; The Colonial Era, 1534-1713; British America and French Canada, 1713-1763; The Foundation of British Canada, 1763-1815; The Middle Period: Ships, Colonies, Commerce, 1815-1867; The New Dominion Struggling into Life, 1867-1878; Better Times, 1879-1896; The Opening of the Twentieth Century, 1896-1914; Canada as a Nation; Canada as a Future World Power; Index; Addenda.