This book is a collection of excerpts from historical documents from the very first days of Canada's colonisation and up to 1913. Contents:1. A GREAT LAND OF RIVERS AND LAKES Speech by Lord Dufferin 2. JACQUES CARTIER AT HOCHELAGA, 1535 Lescarbot's "History"3. THE FRENCH SETTLEMENT AT ST. CROIX, 1604 "" 4. "THE ANCIENT MARINER," 1631-2 T. James's "Voyage" 5. TWO ENGLISH EXPLORERS IN HUDSON BAY, 1631 "The North-West Fox" 6. THE BIRTHDAY OF MONTREAL,...