74 HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY OF NEWFOUNDLAND 



Rev. Charles Pedley, History of Newfoundland from the earliest 

 times, 1863. 



John Reeves, History of the Government of Ne-wfotindland, 1793. 



Daniel Prowse, History of Newfoundland ^ ist ed., 1895, 2nd ed., 

 1896. The second edition omits the chapters on French colonies and 

 fisheries, Labrador, Railways, Telegraphs, and Fisheries, the Biblio- 

 graphy, and many of the Statistics, and adds a chapter on the Churches. 

 The numerous extracts from MS. and other authorities in the form of 

 Appendices at the ends of chapters, being often not verbatim, though 

 never seriously inaccurate, and the Statistics need revision. The in- 

 dustry of Judge Prowse is admirable, the documents are well selected, 

 and the book, despite eccentricities of style, is the standard history of 

 Newfoundland. 



The dates of the four histories are important, as the authors write as 

 first-hand authorities with regard to their own times. On the early 

 history the three earlier historians are superseded. 



