Eveleigh Nash, London, 1907, believe 1^st.  Hard cover, 343 pages.  Maroon buckram blind stamped on front board, gilt lettering and stamping on spine.  Some edge, corner and spine end wear, some spots/soil on boards; binding sound; some fox spots on fore-edge; bottom edge rough cut.  Gift inscription on front end paper; foxing on first and last few pages and paste-downs, and occasional spot inside.  Remainder of interior clean and unmarked.  ‘Canadian politics are a tilting-ground for impassioned rivalries.  An immemorial struggle persists between French and English, Catholics and Protestants, while an influence is gathering strength close by them which some day may become predominant – that of the United States.  In this complex contest, the subject of my book, the whole future of Canada is at stake.’ (from Introduction)