The Canadian Historical Review, Vol. XIX No. 2

The Canadian Historical Review: continuing the review of Historical Publications relating to Canada; founded at the University of Toronto in 1896; Vol. XIX No. 2, June 1938. Published quarterly by the University of Toronto Press. Price 50c. the copy, or $2 the year. The contents of this issue are: Reconstructing the Quebec Conference; The Victorians and the Empire; British Indian Policy in Nova Scotia to 1760; A Sidelight on the Hunters Lodges of 1838; Canada and Foreign Affairs: A Review of the Recent Literature; Recent Books on the Canadian Northland and the Arctic. With the recent attacks (2025) on Canadian Sovereignty, here are the opening sentences of the Hunters Lodges article In 1838, and for several years thereafter, an organization known as the Hunters Lodges was the chief menace to peace along the Canadian American frontier. With an avowed purpose of seizing Canada, this secret society was organized from Michigan to Maine and Vermont. Officials in several states along the border were charged with condoning the activities of the Hunters, if they did not actually participate in their schemes. The documents which follow throw an interesting sidelight on the situation in Ohio and in particular on the attitude of Governor Vance. Current Vice-President Vance represented Ohio in the U.S. Senate from 2023 to 2025. Is this family name a coincidence? This paperback book is in near-fine condition. A very scarce publication.…