"For Montcalm the final summons had come, and he was no more to see the beautiful Provençal home for which he had so wearily yearned. As he was approaching one of the gates of the city, mounted on his black horse, a bullet was lodged in his chest, which in the intensity of excitement he seemed hardly to feel. As he passed through the gate a party of women, seeing the blood streaming down his waistcoat, burst into loud lamentations: 'He is killed! The Marquis is killed!' 'Do not weep for me, my children,' said he; 'it's nothing.' But, as he said the words, he fell from his horse and was caught in the arms of his officers. When the surgeon informed him that the wound was mortal, his reply was, 'So much the better. I shall not live to see Quebec surrendered.' Thus came to a close one of the greatest scenes in the history of mankind, the final act in the drama which gave the North American continent into the keeping of the English race instead of the French; and perhaps there has never been a historic drama in which the leading parts have been played by men of nobler stuff than Montcalm and Wolfe. After the fall of Quebec there could be no doubt that the fate of Canada was decided." - John Fiske
Contents: From Cartier to Champlain. The Beginnings of Quebec. The Lords of Acadia. – Later History of Champlain. Wilderness and Empire. Witchcraft in Salem Village. The Great Awakening. Norridgewock and Louisburg. Beginnings of the Great War. Crown Point, Fort William Henry, and Ticonderoga. Louisburg, Fort Duquesne, and the Fall of Quebec.
Contents: From Cartier to Champlain. The Beginnings of Quebec. The Lords of Acadia. – Later History of Champlain. Wilderness and Empire. Witchcraft in Salem Village. The Great Awakening. Norridgewock and Louisburg. Beginnings of the Great War. Crown Point, Fort William Henry, and Ticonderoga. Louisburg, Fort Duquesne, and the Fall of Quebec.
