Esq. M. P., London; C. Francis, Esq., London; and John Horn, Esq., of Montreal.

Many valuable paintings and objects of interest have been reproduced as illustrations to these volumes, for which the authors are indebted to the courtesy of the Right Honourable the Countess of Lonsdale, of Lowther Castle; the Reverend Ladies of the Ursuline Convent, and of the Hotel-Dieu, Quebec; the Right Honourable the Earl of Aberdeen; The Marquis de Montcalm; the Marquis de Lévis; M. le comte de Clermont-Tonnerre; Lord Barnard, of Raby Castle; Monseigneur Marois, V. G. and the Rev. L. St. G. Lindsay, Quebec; General, Sir Hugh Gough, V. C.; Sir H. A. Walsh, Bart.; Major Boileau, R. A.; Dr. Fisher; the Ministre de la Guerre, Paris; Scobell Armstrong, Esq., Penzance; H. T. Machin, Esq., F. C. Wurtele, Esq., E. J. Hale, Esq., Phileas Gagnon, Esq., of Quebec, Messrs Elliot & Fry, London, & Messrs Little Brown & Co. Boston.

The numerous publications of the Quebec Literary and Historical Society, the writings of the Abbé Casgrain, Parkman, Wright, Garneau, and the familiar journals of the siege, have also been consulted during the preparation of this work. For the biography of the Marquis de Montcalm, the authors are indebted to the Hon. Thos. Chapais, LL. D.

CONTENTS.

VOLUME I.

DEDICATION to Field Marshal the Right Honourable Earl
ROBERTS, with Portrait.

EVENTS PReceding the Siege. .

The condition of Europe-Declaration of War.

His youth and early Campaigns-Rochefort-Louisbourg.

Life of MonTCALM .

His birth-Parentage-Campaigns in Italy-Commander of

French troops in Canada-His Victory at Carillon.

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ILLUSTRATIONS

Major General James Wolfe.

Photogravured by the Rembrandt Portrait Studio, from the painting in the National Gallery, London.

Field Marshal, Lord Roberts, K. G., V. C.

Photogravured by Hyatt, from a photograph by Elliot & Fry,

London.

Quebec House, the Home of General Wolfe.

Collotyped by the Rembrandt Portrait Studio, London, from an engraving in the possession of Mr. Phileas Gagnon, Quebec.

Her Grace the Duchess of Bolton.

Photogravured by the Rembrandt Portrait Studio London, from a photograph of the miniature by Cosway, in the possession of Lord Barnard, of Raby Castle, Darlington.

A General View of the City of Quebec at the commencement of the 19th Century.

Collotyped by Hyatt from the original model by J. B. Duberger and Captain By, in the possession of the Royal Artillery Institution, Woolwich.

Fac-simile of a letter written by General Wolfe to Colonel Rickson.

Collotyped by Hyatt, London, from a photograph by Ingliss, of the original in the possession of the National Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.