Excerpt from Public Men and Public Life in Canada, Vol. 2 of 2: The Story of the Canadian Confederacy; Being Recollections of Parliament and the Press; And Embracing a Succinct Account of the Stirring Events Which Followed the Confederation of British North America Into the Dominion of Canada Whilst it has not been deemed necessary to have a preface of length to this edition of this work it has been thought advisable by the Author to put his readers on their guard as to dates. My first volume was written ten years before the present volume and unless some care is taken in comparing the numerous dates, they might, in a rare case, lead to some confusion on the part of the reader. Another point is in my judgment most important. Some of the press seem to have the idea that these two volumes are practically on the same subject. This is an error. Volume I. Gives my connection with Public Men and Public Life in Canada as a public journalist; Volume II. Gives my connection as a member of the first Parliament with all the leading men of Confederation during the first twenty years of Confederation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.