at Patrick Brode. Toronto: University of Toronto Pres 252 pp illus., circumscribe $45.00 During the early years of Canadian history, colonists sometimes had liberal ideas about seduction as indicated from the cases cited by the author. However, this view had changed on the Victorian era when women were seen as "pure and were to be believed at all costs" (p207) This attitude became abundantly clear when in 1933 Vivian MacMillan accused Alberta's premier, JE Brownlee of seduction. A detailed investigation of this case, the evidence, and the aftermath, constitutes an
