The rapidly- growing interest of-Canailians in The:history of their -
great country. is exerriplffied :1y7.1d 'itt.i.zretive new edition ofDollier de:C,asson's Histcrrilof Moitifeal:(1)enk
The author was a French missionary who \vent to Canada in 1666, and, after working for yeaii Iiiikong the Indiana', becatiri Superior of the Sulpician Seminary at Montreal and also agent for the seigneurs; or,. as we should say, lords of the inanov history, hiato, here printed both lir Frei-Or:and in English, give* a vivid picture of life in Montreal froniiti.fonndatiOn in 1641- to the year 1672 and of the continual troubles with the treacherous and cruel Iroquois, who showed few of the traits Of the "noble savage " of fiction-. Montreal was then an outpost in the wilderness, a centre for trade and mission work; and only the determination of the handful of Frenchmen who helait could hav4reValled against firdiaiiraidS-and affibuslies. prolonged through two generations. Mr. Ralph Henley his edited the book with care, and has prefixed a life of the author with some contemporary maps and illustrations.
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