Chapter XII: Stories Which Illustrate References in This Book

Where possible the name of the publisher in England is given first, in America second.

THE LIFE AND SPIRIT OF OLD ENGLAND AND OLD FRANCE DURING THESE TWO CENTURIES, AS TOLD IN STORY FORM:

OLD ENGLAND:

STRANG, HERBERT

With Drake on the Spanish Main.

(Frowde: Bobbs, Merrill.)

BARNES, JAMES

“Drake and His Yeoman: a true account of the Character and
Adventures of Sir Francis Drake as told by Sir Matthew
Maunsell, his friend and follower.”

(Macmillan.)

BULLEN, FRANK T.

“Sea Puritans:” the romance of the life of Admiral Blake.

(Hodder.)

HAVENS, HERBERT

“For Rupert and the King.”

(S.P.C.K.)

MCCHESNEY, DORA G.

“Rupert, by the Grace of God.”

(Macmillan.)

KINGSLEY, CHARLES

“Westward Ho! or Voyages and Adventures of Sir Aymas Leigh.”

(Dent, _Everyman_.)

DOYLE, SIR ARTHUR CONAN

“Micah Clarke:” a rattling story of fights and adventures in
the time of James II. and the Monmouth Rebellion (1685).

(Longmans.)

HENTY, G. A.

“A Cornet of Horse:” a tale of Marlborough’s wars.

(Low: Scribner.)

STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS

“Treasure Island.” The nearest approach to a book for the youth
of every age. Time of action supposed to be just before the
fall of New France.

(Cassell: Scribners.)

OLD FRANCE:

DUMAS, ALEXANDRE

“Marguerite de Valois.”

(Dent: Little, Brown.)

CROCKETT, S. R.

“The White Plumes of Navarre.”

(Dodd, Mead.)

JAMES, G. P. R.

“Richelieu: Or a Tale of France.”

(Dent, _Everyman_.)

WEYMAN, STANLEY

“A Gentleman of France.”

(Longmans.)

“Under the Red Robe.”

(Longmans.)

SOME STORIES WHICH HELP TO MAKE THE LIFE OF THESE TWO HUNDRED YEARS IN CANADA MORE VIVID AND REAL:

ALTSHELER, J. A.

“A Soldier of Manhattan.” Seven Years’ War, Royal American
Regiment of New York, and Wolfe’s Victory at Quebec.

(Smith Elder: Appleton.)

AUBERT DE GASPÉ, PHILIPPE

“Canadians of Old.”

(Appleton.)

“Cameron of Lochiel.” A good account of French Canadians,
translated by C. G. D. Roberts.

(Page.)

BESANT, SIR WALTER AND JAMES RICE

“Le Chien d’Or.” The same legend is in “The Golden Dog,” by
Kirby. It is in “’Twas in Trafalgar’s Bay; and other stories.”

(Chatto: Dodd, Mead.)

BRERETON, CAPTAIN F. S.

“How Canada Was Won: A Tale of Wolfe and Quebec.”

(Blackie.)

BROWNE, G. W.

“With Rogers Rangers.” Seven Years’ War.

(Page.)

BURTON, J. E. BLOUNDELLE

“The Hispaniola Plate.” A treasure hunt in the West Indies by
Sir William Phips, afterwards governor of Massachussetts.

(Cassell.)

CANAVAN, M. J.

“Ben Comee: A Tale of Rogers Rangers.” Attack on Fort
Ticonderoga.

(Macmillan.)

CATHERWOOD, MRS.

“The Romance of Dollard.” Dollard, with his Hurons repulsing
the Iroquois.

(Unwin: Century.)

“The White Islander.” A romance of the old Indian wars.

(Unwin: Century.)

“The Chase of St. Castin.” Seven tales of French Indian and
English in the latter days of New France.

(Houghton.)

“The Story of Tonty.”

(McClurg.)

“The Lady of Fort St. John.” A story of Acadia.

(Low: Houghton.)

COOPER, J. FENIMORE

“The Deer Slayer.”

“The Path Finder.”

“The Last of the Mohicans.”

Famous romances noted for the wonderful description of forest,
lake and prairie.

(Dent, _Everyman_.)

CRADDOCK, C. E.

“A Sceptre of Power.” The struggles of the French and English
in the Mississippi Valley.

(Houghton.)

CROWLEY, MARY C.

“A Daughter of New France: With some Account of the Gallant
Sieur Cadillac and his Colony in Detroit.” Brilliant picture of
New France.

(Little, Brown.)

DICKSON, HARRIS

“The Black Wolf’s Breed: A Story of France in the Old World and
the New happening in the Reign of Louis XIV.” Principal scene
in Louisiana, and the main action is the capture by French and
Indians of Pensacola from the Spaniards.

(Methuen: Bobbs, Merrill.)

DOYLE, SIR ARTHUR CONAN

“The Refugees: A Tale of Two Continents.” Of the time of Louis
XIV.

(Longmans: Harper.)

ELLIS, E. S.

“Pontiac, Chief of the Ottawas: A Tale of the Siege of Detroit.”

(Cassell: Dutton.)

FOOTE, MARY H.

“The Royal Americans.” Seven Years’ War.

(Houghton.)

FOX, ALICE WILSON

“A Regular Madam.” Two young ladies, one French, the other
English, on their way from Europe to Quebec during Seven Years’
War.

(Macmillan.)

GORDON, W. J.

“Englishman’s Haven: A Tale of Louisburg.”

(Warne: Appleton.)

GREEN, E. EVERETT

“The Young Pioneers: or with La Salle on the Mississippi.”

(Nelson.)

“French and English.” Ticonderoga to capture of Quebec by Wolfe.

(Nelson.)

GROSVENOR, JOHNSTON

“Strange Stories of the Great River.” Stories of exploration on
the Mississippi by Marquette and La Salle.

(Harper.)

HENHAM, E. G.

“The Plowshare and the Sword: A Tale of Empire”. Quebec, New
England and Acadia.

(Cassell.)

HAWORTH, P. L.

“The Path of Glory.” Culminating with Wolfe’s victory.

(Ham Smith: Little, Brown.)

HENTY, G. A.

“With Wolfe in Canada: Or the Winning of a Continent.”
Braddock’s defeat, to Quebec.

(Blackie: Scribner.)

KALER, J. O.

“Boys of 1745 at the Capture of Louisburg.”

(Estes.)

KIRBY, WILLIAM

“The Golden Dog: A Romance of the Days of Louis Quatorze in
Quebec.” Historical romance rich in local colour.

(Montreal News Co.)

LAUT, AGNES C.

“Heralds of Empire; Being the Story of one Ramsay Stanhope,
Lieutenant to Pierre Radisson in the Northern Fur Trade.”

(Appleton.)

LIGHTHALL, W. D.

“Master of Life.” An aboriginal romance, the early scene being
at Hochelaga, the great Indian town visited by Cartier. There
are no white men in the story. Later scenes are laid in the
Mohawk country and the origin of the League of Nations (five,
afterwards six) is developed in an interesting manner.

(Musson)

MACHAR, AGNES M., AND T. G. MARQUIS.

“Stories of New France.” Seventeen stories of historical
interest.

(Lothrop.)

MCLENNAN, WILLIAM AND JEAN N. MCILWRAITH

“The Span o’ Life.” 1745 Rebellion in Scotland; Louisbourg and
Quebec.

(Harper.)

MCPHAIL, ANDREW

“The Vine of Sibmah.” Romance of a Cromwellian captain in
Restoration times in quest of a London merchant’s daughter in
New England and New France.

(Macmillan.)

MERWIN, SAMUEL

“The Road to Frontenac.”

(Murray: Doubleday.)

MOTT, LAWRENCE

“Jules of the Great Heart.” In the early days of the Hudson’s
Bay Company.

(Heineman: Century.)

MUNROE, KIRK

“At War with Pontiac: A Tale of Redcoat and Redskin.”

(Blackie: Scribner.)

OXLEY, J. MACDONALD

“Fife and Drum at Louisburg.”

(Little, Brown.)

PARKER, SIR GILBERT

“The Seats of the Mighty.” The memoirs of Captain Robert Moray,
some time an officer in the Virginia Regiment, and afterwards
of Amherst’s Regiment. Romance culminating in battle of Quebec.

(Methuen: Appleton: Copp, Clark, Toronto.)

PARKER, SIR GILBERT

“The Trail of the Sword.” Romance of struggle between French
and English, d’Iberville being central figure.

(Methuen: Appleton: Copp, Clark, Toronto.)

POLLARD, ELIZA F.

“Roger the Ranger: A story of Border Life among the Indians.”
Fort William Henry, to capture of Quebec (1759).

(Partridge.)

PARRISH, RANDALL

“A Sword of the Old Frontier: A Tale of Fort Chartres and
Detroit.”

(Putnam: McClurg.)

ROBERTS, C. G. D.

“The Forge in the Forest.” Acadia in the times of French and
English wars.

(Paul: Silver, N.Y.)

“A Sister to Evangeline: The Story of Yvonne de Lamourie.” At
the time of the expulsion of the Acadians.

(Lane: Silver, N.Y.)

ROBERTS, THEODORE

“Brothers of Peril.” A story of Old Newfoundland.

(Nash: Page.)

RICHARDSON, MAJOR JOHN

“Wacousta: A Tale of the Pontiac Conspiracy.”

(McClurg: Musson, Toronto.)

SEAWELL, MOLLY E.

“The Virginia Cavalier.” The youth of George Washington.

(Harper.)

SMITH, MRS. A. P.

“Montlivet.” He was a chivalrous Frenchman who rescued the
English heroine from the Indians in the days of Frontenac.

(Constable: Houghton.)

STEVENSON, B. E.

“A Soldier of Virginia: A Story of Colonel Washington and
Braddock’s Defeat.” The defeat by the French at Fort Duquesne.

(Duckworth: Houghton.)

STRANG, HERBERT, AND G. LAWRENCE

“Roger, the Scout.” England in the ’45 and New England and New
France during French wars.

(Frowde.)

STRANG, HERBERT

“Rob, the Ranger: A Story of the Fight for Canada.”

(Frowde: Bobbs, Merrill.)

THACKERAY, WILLIAM MAKEPEACE

“The Virginians.” George Washington appears in this story.

(Dent, _Everyman_.)

TOMLINSON, E. T.

“A Soldier of the Wilderness.” The fall of Fort Frontenac.

(Wilde, Boston.)

VAN ZILE, E. S.

“With Sword and Crucifix.” Adventures of La Salle.

(Harper.)

WILSON, R. A.

“A Rose of Normandy.” La Salle and Tonty in Mississippi Valley.

(Little, Brown.)