In conclusion, I have to request two things especially; the one that as I am about to leave this world I may have by me for my consolation some honourable churchman, in order that I may daily examine the road that I have to traverse and be instructed how to complete it according to my religion, in which I am firmly resolved to live and die.  This is a last duty which cannot be denied to the most wretched and miserable person alive; it is a liberty which you give to all foreign ambassadors, just as all other Catholic kings allow yours the practice of their religion.  And as for myself, have I ever forced my own subjects to do anything against their religion even when I had all power and authority over them?  And you cannot justly bring it to pass that I should be in this extremity deprived of such a privilege.  What advantage can accrue to you from denying me this?  I hope that God will forgive me if, oppressed by you in this wise, I do not cease from paying Him that duty which in my heart will be permitted.  But you will give a very ill example to other princes of Christendom of employing towards their subjects and relatives, the same harshness which you mete out to me, a sovereign queen and your nearest relative, as I am and shall be in spite of my enemies so long as I live.

INDEX

     Aims of Study, 13

     Amount of Material, 18

     Appendix, 136
       First Christmas Tree, The, 136
       First Thanksgiving, The, 140
       Letter of Mary Queen of Scots, 143
       Origin of the Easter Bunny, 137
       Story of St. Valentine, 138

     Bibliography, 130

     Black-board Work in Teaching History, 27, 31, 40, 47, 50

     Capture of Quebec, The, 66

     Characteristics of a Good Text-book, 24

     Chronological Chart, 128

     Chronological Method, 21

     Civics, 20, 51, 52

     Civilization and Inventions, 119

     Clergy Reserves, The, 36

     Colours of the Flag, The, 73

     Combination of Methods, 25

     Comparative Method, 22

     Concentric Method, 22

     Confederation of the Canadian Provinces, 107

     Constitutional Liberty in Canada, 124

     Correlation of Subjects, 39, 40, 50

     Course of Study, 1

     Current Events, 49

     Dates, 47

     Devices for Teaching, 127

     Dramatization of History, 46

     Drill and Review, 31

     Empire Day, 75

     Feudal System, 100

     First Christmas Tree, The, 136

     First Thanksgiving, The, 140

     Flag, The, 68

     Flag Days, 72

     Florence Nightingale, 62

     Genealogical Tables, 37, 128

     Historical Sense, The, 17