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PRIME MINISTERS OF CANADA, 1867-1915 . . . . . . . . " 36 From photographs.
GOVERNORS-GENERAL OF THE DOMINION . . . . . . . . . " 48 From photographs by Topley.
VICE-REGAL CONSORTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " 64 From photographs by Topley.
HONOR? MERCIER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " 90 From a photograph.
SIR WILFRID LAURIER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " 128 From a photograph by Topley.
THE LIBERAL GOVERNMENT FORMED BY MR LAURIER IN 1896 " 168-9 From photographs.
SIR ROBERT BORDEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " 194 From a photograph by Montminy, Quebec.
SIR WILFRID LAURIER IN ENGLAND, 1911 . . . . . . . . " 294 From a photograph.
THE MAKING OF A CANADIAN
Early days at St Lin--Seven years of college--Student at law--Arthabaska days
Charles Laurier, grandfather of Wilfrid Laurier, was a man of strong character and marked ability. In face of many difficulties he mastered mathematics and became a self-taught land surveyor, so that he was able to make the surveys of the great Pangman seigneury at Lachenaie. Early in the nineteenth century he settled his son Carolus on a farm just hewn out of the forest, near the little village of St Lin, a frontier settlement nestling at the foot of the Laurentian hills north of Montreal. He himself continued to reside at Lachenaie until far on in years, when he went to live with his son at St Lin.
Carolus Laurier followed in his father's footsteps, surveying and farming by turns as opportunity offered. He had not his father's rugged individuality, but his handsome figure, his alert wit, and his amiable and generous nature made him a welcome guest through all the French and Scottish settlements in the north country. That he had something of his father's progressiveness is shown by the fact that he was the first farmer in the neighbourhood to set up a threshing machine in his barn, to take the place of the old-time flail. It was his liberal views that gave the first bent to his son's sympathies; and he was, as we shall see, progressive enough to give the brilliant lad the education needed for professional success, and far-seeing and broad-minded enough to realize how great an asset a thorough knowledge of English speech and English ways would be.
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