W.W.

Quebec, April 1914.




CONTENTS

I. THE BOY
II. THE YOUNG SOLDIER
III. THE SEVEN YEARS' PEACE
IV. THE SEVEN YEARS' WAR
V. LOUISBOURG
VI. QUEBEC
VII. THE PLAINS OF ABRAHAM
VIII. EPILOGUE--THE LAST STAND

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE




CHAPTER I

THE BOY
1727-1741

Wolfe was a soldier born. Many of his ancestors had stood
ready to fight for king and country at a moment's notice.