XLVII. Canada’s Leading Conservative Extols “the Country of
the Twentieth Century”—_Robert Laird Borden_ 447
XLVIII. An Eminent Scholar Advocates the Union of Canada
and the United States—_Goldwin Smith_ 454
XLIX. After Failure as a Grocer, He Becomes the Ablest
Administrator Quebec Has Ever Had—_S. N. Parent_ 460
L. Canada’s Leading Economist Tells Her Sons to Seek
Fortune in Her Own Domain—_Andrew G. Blair_ 470
LI. A Distinguished Educator Has Found Contentment in the
Simple Life—_James Loudon_ 479
LII. Beginning as Telegraph Operator He Built the Canadian
Pacific—_Sir William C. Van Horne_ 485
LIII. An Immigrant Boy Becomes a National Figure in
Reform—_Samuel Jones_ 498
LIV. A “Forty-niner” who Seized Opportunities Others
Failed to See—_Philip D. Armour_ 511
LV. The Blind Yacht Designer Attributes His Conquests to
His Mother’s Early Care—_John B. Herreshoff_ 528
LVI. A Great Vocalist Shows that Only Years of Labor Can
Win the Heights of Song—_Lillian Nordica_ 541