Chapter II: Preface: vii

I. NOVA SCOTIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
II. BIRTH AND TRAINING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
III. THE OLD COLONIAL SYSTEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
IV. THE FIGHT FOR RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT . . . . . . . . 47
V. RAILWAYS AND IMPERIAL CONSOLIDATION . . . . . . . . 91
VI. BAFFLED HOPES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

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ILLUSTRATIONS

THE TRIBUNE OF NOVA SCOTIA--AFTER
A SPEECH IN MASON HALL . . . . . . . . . . . . . _Frontispiece_
From a colour drawing by C. W. Jefferys.

THOMAS CHANDLER HALIBURTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . Facing page 42
From an engraving in the Dominion Archives.

SIR JOHN HARVEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " 86
From a portrait in the John Ross Robertson
Collection, Toronto Public Library.

JOSEPH HOWE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " 124
From a painting by T. Debaussy, London, 1857.
Reproduced in Chisholm's 'Speeches and Public
Letters of Joseph Howe.'

JOSEPH HOWE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " 144
From a photograph by Notman, taken about 1871.

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