Chapter Twelve ‘An Unjustifiably Sanguine View’, 1915–17

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Abbreviations xiii
5. Acknowledgments xv
6. Introduction xvii
7. Shanties, Schoolhouses, and Townhalls, 1849–82 3
8. Seeking Newer Worlds, 1882–91 18
9. The Electric 1890s 30
10. Toronto, Montreal, Winnipeg, and Birmingham Trolleys 48
11. Dauphin Iron and Yukon Gold, 1895–8 68
12. Masked Ball, 1899–1903 87
13. La Presse and Other Affairs, 1904–6 105
14. Dark Moments, 1907–8 125
15. Drinking Life to the Lees, 1909–11 146
16. ‘Honour’d of Them All’, 1912 164
17. Fading Star, 1913–15 187
18. ‘An Unjustifiably Sanguine View’, 1915–17 211
19. Unsettling Affairs, 1918–23 229
20. Notes 249
21. Selected Bibliography 285
22. Index 289