Canada : a Memorial Volume. Edited by E. B. Biggar.
(Stanford.)—" The object of this work "—we quote from the pre- face—" is to give such a description of the various provinces and territories of Canada, that the world may realise more fully than it has yet been able to do, the progress the Dominion has made politically, commercially, and industrially, and the unmeasured expanse of power, wealth, and happiness to which its people seemed destined in the near future." This is somewhat enthu- siastically worded, and it is possible that now and then a grain of salt may be wanted in digesting, if not the facts, at least the con- clusions. But, in fact, this handsome volume is a very rich treasury indeed. We observe that the North-West Territories, which now seem to offer the best field for the emigrant, have but a small space allotted to them.
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