Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface: Marian and the Major or The Major and Marian? -- Introduction -- PART I: THE MAJOR AND MARIAN -- Major William Kingdom Rains -- Lake Simcoe, Upper Canada -- St Joseph Island -- Sister Stories -- Illustrations -- PART II: MARIAN ENGEL, Elizabeth and the Golden City -- Introduction -- MONTREAL -- Elizabeth and the Golden City -- The Major and His Diary, I -- The Major at McGill -- The Major and His Diary, II -- Middle-age Memories of Montreal -- Elizabeth on Her Education -- Leaving Montreal -- TORONTO -- Toronto -- Elizabeth in Her 30s -- Elizabeth at 50, Remembering Her 40s -- Elizabeth, Publisher and Writer -- The Major's Funeral -- Elizabeth Finds Her Father -- Elizabeth in the Hospital -- PART III: TROMPE L'OEIL -- Agassiz and Bryant Visit the Major -- Elizabeth and the Golden City: A Lexicon -- Archival Locations of Engel Material -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.