CONTENTS CHAPTER I Page Discovery and Settlement by the French...... 17 CHAPTER II British Occupation—Division of the Land and The Proprietory System............ 24 CHAPTER III The Struggle for Responsible Government.....- 37 CHAPTER IV Free Education for the Children of the People - - - - 51 CHAPTER V Labors, Pleasures, Privations and Progress of Early Settlers 48 CHAPTER VI Union of Prince Edward Island and CHAPTER VII Settlement of The Land Question - - - - CHAPTER VIII Communication by Telegraph - - - - - CHAPTER IX Evil of Intemperance—How Minimized - - L CHAPTER X be Press of Prince Edward Island - - - ■ 60 75 80 86 91