Table of contents : Cover The Carleton Library Title Copyright Table of Contents INTRODUCTION TO THE CARLETON LIBRARY EDITION PREFACE TO THE ORIGINAL EDITION 1: The Improvement of the Waterways 2: Montreal versus New York 3: The Public Finances 4: Tariffs 5: The Navigation Laws, and the Opening of the St. Lawrence 6: Reciprocity 7: The Famine Migration of 1847 8: Montreal in 1849 , and the Annexation Movement 9: Conclusion Notes SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING INDEX MAP NOTE ON THE AUTHOR