The Canadian Album. Men of Canada; or, Success by Example, in Religion, Patriotism, Business, Law, Medicine, Education, and Agriculture

A product of Canada's early confederation political environment, this series of books was produced to highlight and promote heroic leaders in public and private life. Focussing entirely on men, and specifically men with either political or economic influence, the books present the modern reader with an important insight into the dominant influence of Anglo-British culture in the formation of the Canadian identity. The series is a continuation of the British project of producing biographies of "great men" who were supposed to be the heroic leaders of capitalist society.