Recollections of Sixty Years. By the Right Hon. Sir Charles
Tupper. (Cassell and Co. 16s. net.)—Sir Charles Topper is the oldest statesman now living. He is nearing his ninety-third birthday, but neither in temper nor in style does his autobiography give any sign of senile decay. The "biographical foreword" tells us that "his mind is as keen and plastic, his memory, even of recent happenings" (where the old so often show the first sign of weakness), is as clear as it ever was. He is the sole survivor of the band of "far- seeing nation-builders " by whom the unification of Canada was effected, and he is honoured in his own country as "Canada's Grand Old Man." His autobiography covers the whole of his political career, from hie first efforts in 1860 to bring about the union of the Maritime Provinces to hie assumption of office as Prime Minister of the Dominion of Canada in 1896. It is a remarkable contribution to the history of Empire-building, and we offer Sir Charles Tupper our congratulations on the completion of this worthy memorial to a life of constant public service.
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