| Summary: | 1st edition. Prowse's History of Newfoundland (1895) remains to this day the most famous account of the colony's history. Mixing detailed primary source research with his own extensive collection of anecdotes, Prowse presents the story of Newfoundland chronologically by reigning British monarch and with an eye to the influence its development had on England. The overriding theme is the march of progress, that Newfoundland had overcome its problems and was bound for inevitable prosperity. -- "Prefatory note by Edmund Gosse; with thirty-four collotypes, over three hundred text illustrations, and numerous maps" (title page). -- Includes supplement: A history of the Churches in Newfoundland / various writers (56 p. : ill.). Includes bibliographical references (p. 666-91) and index.
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