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Parkman, in "The Old Regime in Canada, " portrayed the attempt of the monarchical administration of France to make good its hold on the North American continent. " The means of knowing the Canada of the past, " wrote Mr. Parkman, "are ample. The pen was always busy in this outpost of the old monarchy. The king and the minister demanded to know everything ; and officials of high and low degree, soldiers and civilians, friends and foes, poured letters, despatches, and memorials, on both sides of ...every question, into the lap of the government. " Among the strikingly important events treated of in this work are the Jesuit Missions to Onondaga, the Holy Wars of Montreal, the heroic death of Dollard and his companions at Long Saut, the foundation of the Laval Seminary, the chastisement of the 6 FRANCIS PARKMAN. Mohawks, the importation of wives for the Canada emigrants, the transplantation of feudalism into Canada, the develop- ment of trade and industry in New France, etc. An entire volume of the series is devoted to the Life of Count Frontenac, the great French governor of Canada.
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