This work was prepared in 1877 upon the announcement that a member of the Royal Family, Princess Louise, was coming to take up her abode in Canada with her husband The Right Honorable, the Marquis of Lorne, who was named to succeed the Earl of Dufferin as Governor General. In addition to the Introductory, the book includes a history of the House of Argyll, a Sketch of the Right Honorable, the Marquis of Lorne, the new Governor-General; a Sketch of H. R. H. the Princess Louise; the Political Situation in Canada; the Dominion Cabinet, 1878-1879; and a Parliamentary and Legislative Directory.