[Link to Original Title Page Image] [Pg 2] [Pg 2] Copyright, 1898 By L. C. Page and Company (INCORPORATED) Entered at Stationers' Hall, London By L. C. Page and Company (INCORPORATED) Entered at Stationers' Hall, London Electrotyped and Printed by C. H. Simonds & Co. Boston, U. S. A. [Pg 3] [Pg 3] I inscribe this story of the Acadiens to one who was their warm friend and helper while administering the Public Systems of Education in Nova Scotia and in New Brunswick, to a man whose classic verse is rich in suggestion caught from the picturesque Evangeline land, and who is a valued and lifelong friend of my beloved father,— TO OF McMASTER UNIVERSITY TORONTO [Pg 5] [Pg 5] CONTENTS.