_Original Text_

The best edition of Champlain's own works, in the original text, is that of Laverdiere--_Oeuvres de Champlain, publiees sous le Patronage de l'Universite Laval. Par l'Abbe C.-H. Laverdiere, M.A. Seconde Edition. 6 tomes, 4to. Quebec: Imprime au Seminaire par Geo. B.

Desbarats_, 1870.

The list of Champlain's writings includes:

1. The _Bref Discours_, describing his trip to the West Indies.

2. The _Des Sauvages_, describing his first voyage to the St Lawrence.

3. The _Voyages_ of 1613, covering the years 1604-13 inclusive.

4. The _Voyages_ of 1619, covering the years 1615-18 inclusive.

5. The _Voyages_ of 1632, which represent a re-editing of the early voyages from 1603 forward, and continue the narrative from 1618 to 1629.

6. A general treatise on the duties of the mariner.

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_English Translations_

1. The _Bref Discours_, in a translation by Alice Wilmere, was published by the Hakluyt Society in 1859.

2. The _Des Sauvages_ (1604) was translated in _Purchas His Pilgrimes_ (1625).

3. The _Voyages_ of 1604-18 inclusive were translated by C. P. Otis for the Prince Society of Boston, in three volumes, 1878-82, with the Rev.

E. F. Slafter as editor. This is a fine work, but not easily accessible in its original form. Fortunately, Professor Otis's translation has been reprinted, with an introduction and notes by Professor W. L. Grant, in the _Original Narratives of Early American History_ (Scribners, 1907). The pa.s.sages quoted in the present volume are taken from Otis's translation, with occasional changes.

4. The _Voyages_ of 1604-16 inclusive have also been well translated by Annie Nettleton Bourne, with an introduction and notes by Professor E.

G. Bourne (A. S. Barnes and Co., 1906). This translation follows the edition of 1632, and also gives the translation of _Des Sauvages_ which appears in Purchas.

_General Literature_

The career of Champlain is treated in many historical works, of which the following are a {154} few: Parkman, _Pioneers of France in the New World_; Dionne, _Samuel de Champlain_ (in the 'Makers of Canada'

series); Biggar, _Early Trading Companies of New France_, Slafter, _Champlain_ (in Winsor's _Narrative and Critical History of America_, vol. iv, part i, chap. iii); Salone, _La Colonisation de la Nouvelle-France_; Suite, _Histoire des Canadiens-Francais_; Ferland, _Cours d'Histoire du Canada_; Garneau, _Histoire du Canada_, fifth edition, edited by the author's grandson, Hector Garneau.

_Portrait_

Unfortunately, there is no authentic portrait of Champlain. That ascribed to Moncornet is undoubtedly spurious, as has been proved by V.

H. Paltsits in _Acadiensis_, vol. iv, pp. 306-11.

THE CHRONICLES OF CANADA

THIRTY-TWO VOLUMES ILl.u.s.tRATED

Edited by GEORGE M. WRONG and H. H. LANGTON

THE CHRONICLES OF CANADA

PART I

THE FIRST EUROPEAN VISITORS

1. THE DAWN OF CANADIAN HISTORY By Stephen Leac.o.c.k.

2. THE MARINER OF ST MALO By Stephen Leac.o.c.k.

PART II

THE RISE OF NEW FRANCE

3. THE FOUNDER OF NEW FRANCE By Charles W. Colby.

4. THE JESUIT MISSIONS By Thomas Guthrie Marquis.

5. THE SEIGNEURS OF OLD CANADA By William Bennett Munro.

6. THE GREAT INTENDANT By Thomas Chapais.

7. THE FIGHTING GOVERNOR By Charles W. Colby.

PART III

THE ENGLISH INVASION

8. THE GREAT FORTRESS By William Wood.

9. THE ACADIAN EXILES By Arthur G. Doughty.

10. THE Pa.s.sING OF NEW FRANCE By William Wood.

11. THE WINNING OF CANADA By William Wood.

PART IV