Manitoba and the great North-west : the field for investment, the home of the emigrant, being a full and complete history of the country, its geography, area, situation, and boundaries, its early history and progress, incidents of the settlement from the earliest period up to the present time, topography and general character of the country, its climate, together with tables of temperature and climatic changes, fuel supplies, coal, timber, etc. the soil, its wonderful richness and fertility, natural products, grain, fruits, grasses, and flowers, natural history with enumerations of its mammals, reptiles, insects, birds and fishes, stock raising, special advantages and adaptability, mineral resources and prospects of developement [sic], the water supply, rivers, lakes, etc., steamboat and interprovincial communication, the railway system, its rise, progress, and developement [sic], the Indians, their past history and present status, the Hudson Bay Company and its relations with the country, its past and present history, lands and land policy, the government and railway lands, mode of survey and laying out townships, land regulations of each, advice to immigrants and settlers / by John Macoun ; to which has been added the educational & religious history of Manitoba & the North-west, by George M. Grant ; a story of the Roman Catholic missions in St. Boniface, contributed by His Grace the Archbishop Tache's secretary ; also, Montana and the Bow River district compared for grazing purposes, by Alexander Begg ; also, sketch of the rise and progress of Winnipeg, by J.C. McLagan ; the whole profusely illustrated with lithographs and engravings, city and town plans, and the most complete system of maps yet issued, to which has been added an appendix of statistics of the Dominion of Canada, of much value and prepared with great care ; an encyclopedia of information in regard to the great North-west.