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LETTERS AND CERTIFICATES 
 
 FROM 
 
 SCHOOL AUTHORITIES, ETC, 
 
 From tlic Board of I'ri'sfxffi, Central School, Oshaica. 
 
 Osii>WA, 23id December, 1856. 
 
 We lieveLy eevtify that J. A. IMcLellan has been employed hy us as: 
 rrincipal of tlic Oshawa Central School, and lias discharged the import- 
 ant duties of that position with credit to himself, and to our entire 
 satisfaction. We liave great pleasure in thus expressing our approba- 
 tion of his services, and we have no hesitation in recommending him 
 to Boards of Trustees as a teacher possessing both tact and ability. 
 
 David Spaulding, Chairman, 
 Edwakd Dunn, Secretary, 
 Wm. McGill, M. D., 
 John Briton, 
 Board of School Trustees, Oshawa C. School, C. IF.. 
 
 NOKMAL SCHOOL CERTIFICATE. 
 
 Normal School for Upper Canada. 
 
 This is to Certify that James A. McLellan, having attended the' 
 Nonnal School during the eighteenth session, 1857, and having beem 
 carefully examined in the several branches taught therein, is hereby 
 recommended to the Chief Superintendent of Education as eligible- 
 to receive a First Class Certificate (A) of Qualification as a 
 Common School Teacher in Upper Canada, according to the "Pro- 
 gramme of Examination and Classification of Common School Teachers," 
 adopted by the Council of Public Instruction on the third day of 
 October, 1850. 
 
 Thos. J. Robertson, M.A., Head Master^ 
 W. Ormiston, M. a., Second jVaster. 
 
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 Ill Jiccordaiico with the foregoing recomniendiition, ftiul under the 
 authority vested in the Chief Superintendent of Edueiitionby the 44th 
 Section of the Upper Canada School Act of 1850 (I3th and 14th Vic- 
 toria, Chap. 48), / do hereby grant to James Ak'xander McLellan a 
 First Chiss C^eititicate of Qualification (A), which certilicate shall be 
 valid in any i>art of U})per Canada, until revoked by this Department. 
 
 Dated at the Education Office, Toronto, this fifteenth day of October, 
 one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven. 
 
 J. Geouoe Hodoinh, 
 Dcpiittj Supt. of Education for U. G. 
 Registered iu Certificate Register (A) of the Department, Number 448. 
 
 Thomas Hodgins, Registrar. 
 
 From the Board of Trustees, Town of St. Mark's, Canada West. 
 
 20th September, 1860. 
 
 We, the undersigned Trustees of the St. Mary's Scshool, hereby cer- 
 tify that Mr. James A. McLellan has been employed by us as Principal 
 of the Central School during the past two years, and has now resigned 
 his position much to the regret of the Trustees and comnuinity of St. 
 Mary's. We have great pleasure in stating that Mr. McLellan has 
 been all wc could wish as a teacher. The Normal School system — of 
 which Mr. McLellan is a faithful exponent — has been thoroughly car- 
 ried out and its efficiency satisfactorily tested in the various depart- 
 ments of the Central School ; and the proficiency of the pupils under 
 his own supervision, in the higher subjects] of study, bears ample testi- 
 mony to Mr. McLellan's sound scholarship and excellency as a teacher. 
 Should Mr. McLellan, after completing his University course, wish to 
 return to St. Mary's, we have no hesitation in saying that his return 
 would be hailed with pleasure, not only by the Board of Trustees, but 
 by a large majority of the inhabitants of St. Mary's. 
 
 Joshua Brink, ChairmaUy 
 Walter Mitchell, Se^cretary, 
 Geo. McIntyre, 
 Robert Flaws, 
 Daniel McDougall, 
 
 B. S. T„ St. Mary's, G. W. 
 
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 GEAMMAIl SCHOOL CERTIFICATE. 
 
 (UIM'L;R CANADA.) 
 
 CoMMiTTK Room, Jan. 9, 1862. 
 
 We certify that we have examined J. A. MeLellan in the programme 
 prescribed by the Council of Public Instmction, for candidate for Gram- 
 mar School teacher, and we hereby license the said J. A. MeLellan to 
 teach in any Grammar School in Canada. 
 
 Signed on behalf of the Committee of Examiners, 
 
 T. J. KOBKIITSON, M.A., 
 Chohiaan of Committee of Examiners of Candidates 
 for Grammar School Certificates. 
 
 a West. 
 
 ler, 1860. 
 
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 Secretary, 
 
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 From the Rev. William Cavcn, noir Professor of ExcgcfAcal Divimty, 
 
 Knox College, Toronto. 
 
 I have great pleasui'c in Ix-aring most favoiable testimony to the 
 qualifications and success of J. A. MeLellan as a teacher. He has 
 taught in St. Mary's for several yGiWH— first as Piincipnl of the Central 
 School, and aftencarns as Piincipal of the Union School, and Head 
 Master of the Grammar School. 
 
 Regarding Mr. McLellan's comjictency, so far as scholarship is con- 
 cerned, it is unnecessary for me to say anything ; this is sufficiently 
 attested by his high standing in the University of Toronto, of which 
 he is a distinguished graduate. I may l)e permitted, however, to refer 
 to the great energy which characterizes his teaching, to his tact, and to 
 the interest which he has always manifested in the progress of his 
 pupils. The success which has attended Mr. McLellan's labours in this 
 place is very conspicuous, and fully acknowledged by all. Many of 
 his scholars are now teaching around St. Mary's, and two of them in 
 St. Mary's Central School, and their remarkable success is certainly 
 not the least flattering of Mr. McLellan's testimonials. It should also 
 be stated, that a tastefor the higher branches of an English education, 
 and especially for Mathematics and English, according to the more 
 thorough methods on which they are now taught in our best schools, 
 has been very much difiused among the young of this i)lace, by means 
 of the enthusiasm in study which Mr. MeLellan has succeeded in 
 awakening in the St, Mary's schools. 
 
 \Vm. Caven, 
 Supt. of Schools, St. Mary's. 
 St. Mauy's, C. W., July 30th, 1863. 
 
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 From the St. Mary's Argus, Sq)t. 29, 1864. 
 MKETiNci OF BoAiin OF TuT'STEKs. — A Committer, consisting? of 
 Messrs. K()l)('rtson, McFaddcn, Barl)onr, and Whin)stei', was a])pointe(l 
 to draw np a document, expressive of the higli opinion tlie Board enter- 
 tains of Mr. ^Mdicllan's ability as a Granunar Scdiool Teaclier, and the 
 regiet tliey feel in i)arting with liim — the same to be signed by the 
 chairman. The following is the document referred to, and which has 
 been handed to us for publication : — "This is to certify that James A. 
 McLellan, Kscp, M. A., has held the i)osition of teacher in our town 
 during the greater jiart of the last six years ; and since the establish- 
 ment of our Grammar School in 1861, he has been Grammar School 
 Master and Principal of our Union School, during whidi time he has 
 given the utmost satisfaction. Although the high standing which our 
 school has attained under his management, of itself speaks volumes a* 
 to his eminent ability as an instructor of youth, we would add that he' 
 is not only highly popular here, but tln'ough this section of Western 
 Canaila is held in high estimation by all tlios(? who watch with interest 
 the educational advamjement of this Province. We need hardly state 
 that it is witli the greatest reluctance we part with Air. McLellan. He- 
 carries with him our highest esteem and sincere well wishes. We 
 hope he may long be spared in liis sphere of usefulness, and that the 
 eminent success which has hitherto characterized his labors may attend 
 him in whatever situation it may please Divine Providence to place 
 kirn." 
 
 D. A. Robertson, Chairman. 
 
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 TESTIMONIALS 
 
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 PROVINCIAL NORMAL SCHOOL, TORONTO. 
 
 From Itcv. E. RijerMii, D.D. LLJl Chief SiipcriutcndciU of Educa- 
 tion for Upper Canailn. 
 
 Di:rvuTMKNT OF I'riJMc Instuuction vom Ui'i-KU Canada, 
 
 Education Ofkick, Touonto, 14th September, 1S64. 
 J. A. McLellau, Ks(i., M.A., Toronto University, after being four 
 years a teadier, entered the Normal School of Upper Canada seven 
 years ago, and obtained a Provincial Certiticate (A^ of tlie First Chiss. 
 He afterwards entered the Toronto University, where he obtained a 
 Scholarship and graduated witli hi^\ honors. He has since been Prin- 
 cipal of one of the County Granimi ' Schools, the duties of wliich lie 
 has discharged with great faitlifulness and ability. He has ever sus- 
 tained a blameless character ; and I regard him as one of the ablest and 
 most meritorious instructors of youth in Upper Canada. 
 
 E. Kykhson, 
 
 Chief Superintendent of Education for Upper Canada. 
 
 From T. J. Eohcrtaon, Esq., M.A., Principal Upper Canada Normal 
 
 School. 
 This is to certify that James A. McLellan, M.A., at present Piinci- 
 pal of the St. Mary's Grammar School, attended the Normal School for 
 Upper Canada, and obtained the highest certificate the Institution could 
 award. During his attendance on lectures, Mr. McLellan exhibited 
 great assiduity, zeal and ability as a student, and in every respect 
 merited my warmest approbation. Mr. McLellan has since been en- 
 gaged for several years past in the profession of teaching, and has 
 throughout been very successful, manifesting, invariably, earnest zeal 
 
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 anil great efficiency, and always obtained the fullest oonfidcnce of his: 
 employers. Since leaving this Institution, he has graduated in the Uni- 
 versity of Toronto, and taken his degree of Master of Arts; he has also> 
 obtained many honors and scholarships in various branches, and com- 
 pleted liis course with great credit to himself. On a former occasion I 
 oortilied that Mr. McLellan was one of the fittest persons that cmild be' 
 selected for Siq^erintcndeiit of Schools, and on another occasion I wrote 
 to the tnistees of a Grammar School that theij ccndd not by any xtossibil- 
 ity make a better selection in every respect than Mr. McLellan, and 
 that was the highest recommendation in my power to give. Mr. McLellan'» 
 subseqr ?nt career has more than justified the very high opinion I then 
 formed of him. 
 
 THO.S. J. ROHEKTSON, M.A., 
 
 Principal Normal and Model Schools for Upper Canada, 
 Febiiuaky 16, 1864. 
 
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 From the Rev. Wm. Ormiston, D.D., late Inspector of Grammar 
 
 Schools for U. C, 
 
 Hamilton, .Tan, 23, 1864. 
 
 J. A. McLellan, M.A., Teacher, attained a very high standing as a 
 student of the Provincial Normal School, of v/hich I was at that time 
 onf of the Masters, and he has since been one of our most successful 
 teachers. When last, as Inspector, I visi.od the St. Mary's Grammar 
 School, in 1862, of which he was then Head Master, I was very highly 
 pleased with the order and activity everywhere manifested, and with 
 the progress and proficiency of the scholars during the year. 
 
 Mr. McLellan is, in my opinion, well qualified, by natural endoio- 
 ments, scholastic attainments, and personal experience, efficiently to 
 conduct any Grammar School in the Province, and his character, so far 
 as known to me, is above reproach. I can most heartily commend him 
 to any Board of Trustees who may rec^uire his services ; and most 
 heartily do I wish him success in the }»rofession to which he has de- 
 voted himself, and for wliich he seems oo admirably adapted. 
 
 Wm. Ohm I si \. 
 
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 From J. II. Sangstcr, M.A., M.I)., Professor of Mathc.natics and 
 Natural Sciences in the Normal School for U. C. 
 
 I have been for several years past accpiainted with J. A. McLellan, 
 M.A., and have been led, from my knowledge of his success and ability 
 
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 :as a teaclior and disciplinarian, to form a very high estimate of him as 
 .an instructor. He is, moreover, possessed of high scholastic attain- 
 ments, and has the requisite tact atid exinrience in the management of 
 schools, together with an amount of energy and indomitable persever- 
 ance such as to secure the most perfect success. I can confidently re- 
 commend Mr. McLellan for the Mastership of any Grammar School in 
 Canada. He has given evidence of his thoroughness and efficiency in 
 .St. Mary's and elsewhere. 
 
 John H. Sangster, M.A., M.D., 
 Prof. Math, and Nat. Sciences, Normal School, U. 
 
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 From Thos. Moss, Esq., M.A., Registrar, UnivcrsUy, Toronto. 
 
 UxivKiisiTY, Toronto. 
 My Dear Sii?, — It lias given uie great pleasure to learn that you 
 have been appointed Principal of so important an institution as the 
 Yarmouth Seminary. I look upon youi- appoininient as a compliment 
 to the University itself. Without desiring to flatter you. however, I 
 may say that I believe it would have been diflicult to select from the 
 whole body of our graduates one better <iualilied for the position than 
 yourself. I have been glancing through the class lists of the Univer- 
 sity with an eye to your peiformances ; and I find that in every yoar of 
 yo'ar undergraduate course you took high honors in difterent subjects, 
 especially mathematics. At the final examination for the degree of 
 B,A., you obtained two medals, one being in mathematics, and the 
 other in logic, ethi(.'s, metaphysics, and civil polity, and that, too, al- 
 though you graduated in a year when the competition was exceedingly 
 keen. When you took your M.A. degree, your Thesis was adjudged 
 worthy of a prize, — an iionor made all the more distinguished by the 
 fact that at the time only two other pei-sons had ever received it since 
 the establishment of the University. I find also in our class-lists, 
 evidences of your success as a teacher ; for at the last Matriculation 
 Examination in Arts, two candidates trained by you ohifxiw^A first -classr 
 honors in classics and mathematics resi)ectively. I make no doubt that 
 .a similar, and, indeed, a more abundant measure of success will attend 
 your efforts in the more enlarged sphere to which you have been called 
 in the sister province; and I assure you that it will always give me 
 sincere pleasure to hear of your continued prospeiity. 
 
 Yours truly, 
 
 Thomas Moss, Registrar. 
 J. A. McLellax, M.A., Yarmouth, N.S. 
 
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 From the Rev. John McCaul, LL.D, T.C.D., President and Prof. 
 Classical Literature, University College, Toronto. 
 
 I hereby certify that J. A, McLellan, M.A., was for some time a 
 student of University College, whilst he was proceeding to the degree 
 of Bachelor of Arts. During that time he applied himself with remark- 
 able diligence to all the prescribed subjects of study ; and his protici- 
 ■eucy in Mathematics, and Metaphysics and Ethics, was such that he 
 was placed, at the University examination for B.A., in the First Class 
 of Honours in each of those de})artments, whilst he was at the same 
 time ranked in a similar distinguished position in English Literature, 
 History, Logic and Civil Polity. His qualifications as a teacher are 
 very superior ; for, in addition to his varied attainments, the extent 
 and accuracy of which are attested by the high Academic distinctions 
 which he obtained, he has great experience in instruction and in the 
 management of schools. From my knowledge of his character, I am 
 peisuaded that he will conscientiously discharge any duty which he 
 may undertake. 
 
 John McCaul, President. 
 
 Univeksity College, Toronto, Jan. 23, 1864. 
 
 From J. B. Cherriman, M. A., late Fellow of St. John's College, Cam- 
 bridge, and Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy in 
 Toronto Univertity. 
 
 Univeusity College, Toronto, 31st December, 1863. 
 J. A. McLellan, M. A., graduated in the University of Toronto in 
 1862, and in the examinations then held was placed in the first class 
 OF honor in the two de})artments of Mathematics and Metaphysics, 
 and Ethics with Civil Polity, carrying off a medal ia each, a distinction 
 which had been only turice before obtained since the establishment of 
 tlie University ; and the value o?" this distinction is, in my opinion, 
 '' much enhanced by the fact, that throughout his University course Mr. 
 
 McLellan was e.lmost constantly engaged in the laborious occupation of 
 Master of a Grammar School. I was an exauiiner at the University 
 examinations at which Mr. McLellan presented himself, and in which 
 he always gained his first class in Mathematics, on three occasions ob- 
 taining a University Scholarship. Mr. McLellan also attended my 
 •classes in University College during part of his course, so that I had 
 ample ojipoitunities of forming an opinion of his character and 
 abilities, and I hiive pleasure in statin^ that this opinion is in the 
 highest degree favorable. I consider him to possess great Mathematical 
 power, and to have cultivated it with very commendable industry and 
 
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 perseverance. 1 noted him also as being not only a successful student, 
 but an original and iwiependcnt thi7iker, with no small facility of ex- 
 pression. In other respects, liis character commanded my admiration 
 and esteem ; for, in addition to his moral vjorth, \u'. possesses that 
 energy and authority which are essential to the formation of a first rate' 
 teacher ; and I have had reason to know that his success as a teacher 
 has justified my estimate, as one of his students took a first class in Ma- 
 thematics as B. A., this year. I may further state, that, at the time 
 it was in contemplation to appoint a JMathematical Tutor in University 
 College, 1 had fixed on Mr. McLellan to occupy this position. I can. 
 with the greatest confidence recommend him for the mastership of any 
 school he may desire to obtain. 
 
 J. B. CHEHiiniAN, M. A., 
 Laic Fellow of St. JolciVs College, Cambridge ; Prof., 
 of Nat. Phil. University College, Toronto. 
 
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 From Rev. James Bcaoan, D.D., (Qxon.,) Professsor of Metaphysics^ 
 Ethics, ami Civil Polity, Univ. Coll., Toronto. 
 
 University CoLLE(iE, 4th Aug., 1864. 
 My Dear Sir, — It gives me great pleasure to state, for the informa- 
 tion of any person whom it may concern, tliat you attended my lecture* 
 in Ethics, Metaphysics, &c., during the whole of the session 1861-2 ; 
 and, at your final examination before the University, besides the other 
 honours you obtained, you gained first class honours, entitling you to a 
 medal in Logic, Ethics, Metaphysics and Civil Polity. Any person 
 acquainted with these subjects, and with the books re(piired by the 
 University to be read in order to obtain this medal, antl with the 
 nature of the examination itself, will be sensible that the study of the 
 works required a previous preparation, which nmst have enlarged and 
 strengthened the mind, besides an amount of application and thought 
 iii preparing for the examination itself, which will add to these effects^ 
 and which, especially, when united with the other subjects in which 
 you obtained honours, would tend to render the person who has pur- 
 sued this course of study a man of superior infonnatiou, and a highly 
 qualified instructor. With my best wishes for your success in the 
 arduous profession of teaching. 
 
 I remain, dear sir. 
 
 Yours faithfully, 
 
 James Beavan, D.D., 
 Professor of Metaphysics, Ethics, and Civ. PoL 
 Univ. Coll., Toi'onto. 
 
 
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 lity of ex- 
 idmiration 
 esses that 
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 From Daniel Wilson, LL.D., Author of ** Prc-IIistoric Annals of 
 Scotland," *' Prc-Historic Man," tt-c, and Professor of History and 
 English Literature, Univ., Toronto, 
 
 I have great pleasure in hetiiiug testimony to ^li-. J. A. jMcLeUan's 
 assiduity and zeal, as a student in my departmi^nt, while attending the 
 lectures of University College. 
 
 I feel assured, from what 1 saw of him during his r.ndergraduate 
 course, that he will prove an cjjlrjent teacher wlierevcr he nuiy he ap- 
 pointed. 
 
 Dan. Wilson, 
 Pnfeftsnr of Hidory and Encj. Lit. 
 
 Un T V EliSlTY C< > M.EG E, 
 
 ToiioNTc), Fei). 13, 1864. 
 
 itaphysicSy. 
 
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 ly lectures 
 n 1861-2; 
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 g you to a 
 ny person 
 ed by the 
 with the 
 luly of the 
 larged and 
 d thought 
 !se effects^ 
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 sss in the 
 
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 I Civ. PoL 
 
 From IF. G. Falconbridge, B.A., Gold Medallist in 3fodern Languages, 
 (Jnivrsity, Toronto, and Lecturer in Modern Languages, Univcr- 
 sitjf College, Toronto. 
 
 Mr. J, A. McLellan, M.A., is one of the best scliohiisin Ficncliand' 
 German that I have ever known. 
 
 To an extensive and vaiit'd course oi' reading and a j^rat^tical acquain- 
 tance with the colhxpiialisms of tliese languages, he adds a more scientific 
 knowledge of the genius of both tongues than is commonly to be met 
 with, even among the best educated natives of France or Germany. 
 
 W. G. Falconbuidgk, iJ.A., 
 Lecturer on Modern Languages, (Jnicersity College, Toronto^ 
 
 Un I VEUSl TY CuLLKvJK, 
 
 TORONTO, Dec. 15, 1868. 
 
 From L. IF. Smith, D.C.L., JL-c. 
 
 SuMMEKHiLL, 18th July, 1871. 
 My Di:ai: Sir,- — In reply to your note of tliis date, 1 have nnich 
 pleasure in adding my te.stiinony to the very satist'actoiy manma' in 
 which you discharged your duties as a Master whilst at U. C. Colhge. 
 I may say, as a meniber of the U. C. College Committee, that your 
 career in that institution was marked throughout forthoiough efficiency: 
 in whatever you undertook. 
 
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 The best proof I can offer as to the value of your services is, thiit the 
 Principal has selected your successor from your own nomination, be- 
 lieving doubtless that one who has proved himself so capable as you 
 have done is the best qualified to select a person to fill the vacancy. 
 Wishing you every success in your new sjthere of duty. 
 
 Believe me, 
 
 Yours very truly, 
 
 Larratt W. Smith. 
 J. A. McLkllax, Ks'{., 
 
 Yorkville. 
 
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TESTIMONIALS 
 
 AS 
 
 PRINCIPAL OF YARMOUTH SEMINARY. 
 
 From the Rev. Geonjc Christie, Moderator of the Synod of the Prcshytc- 
 rian Church of the Lower Provinces. 
 
 To ALL WHOM IT MAY <:0.SCEIIN. 
 
 I liave had the pleasure of ac»jiiaintance witli Janl(^s A. McLellaii,, 
 M. A., for nearly a year, and have found him to be a gentleman of high 
 moral and religious character. He possesses a strong and well-culti- 
 vated mind, and is evidently an excellent scholar. !Mr. McLellan is a 
 graduate of Toronto University ; and I find that he has carried off more 
 than an ordinary share of the Honors bestowed by his alma mater on 
 her most distinguished sons. Metaphysics, Ethics, and Civil Polity, 
 as well as Classics, Matliematics, &c., are the subjects specified in such 
 testimonials. I have attended all the public examinations of the Semi- 
 nary over which he presides, and I have invariably been delighted with 
 the thoroughness and accuracy that mark his mode of instruction. 
 The progress of the i)upils under his immediate charge, will, 1 believe, 
 bear very favorable comparison with that of students in any of the 
 Colleges in this Province. I have also been present several times,, 
 when his classes were engaged in their ordinal y studies, and receiving 
 the benefit of his training in Classics, Marhematics, English History,, 
 the principles of English Grainmar, &c. ; and on these occasions also, I 
 have haa the most pleasing evidence that his own knowledge of the 
 subjects under consideration was most thorough, while his mode of 
 teaching was careful, and well suited to lead the students from first 
 principles to the possession of a thorough knowledge of the branches of 
 study in which they were engaged. No intermediate steps were passed 
 over carelessly or without notice, and no fij'st principles were so ne- 
 glected as to leave the students ignorant of the i)rocess by which they 
 were conducted to ultimate conclusions. As Principal of the Yarmouth 
 Seminary, Mr.[McLellan has charge of the general management of the 
 
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 whole institution, — containing nearly four hundred schohirs, under ten 
 different teacthers. And in tlie arran.2[enient and management of the 
 whoh', he has disphiyed rare administrative a])ility ; all is regular and 
 orderl}', and as quiet and decorous ns it seems possible that a school so 
 extensive could possibly be kept. 
 
 Gi:(m;(ik Ciiiustik, 
 Pastor of the rrcshytcrian Churchy Yarmouth. 
 Yarmouth, N. S., July 31st, 1865. 
 
 From the Rev. G. E. Day, D.D.. Par tor of the First Jia2)tist Church, 
 Yarmouth, X. S. , and Examiner in Yarmouth Seminary. 
 
 For nearly three years I had the privilege of visiting the Yannouth 
 Seminary when it was under the care of J. A. McLellan, Esq., and of 
 particii)ating in its public examinations. On several occasions I assisted 
 in examining classes in (-lesar, Virgil, Livy, Cicero, Horace andJuvenal; 
 in Xenophon, Homer, Lucian, Euripides and Sophocles; in Mathema- 
 tics, Logic and Modern Languages. From a com})arison of these 
 examinations with those of several High Schools and Colleges in these 
 Lower Provinces and in the United States that 1 had witnessed, I 
 judged most favourably of the teacher. The classes in Latin and Greek 
 showed that they had received a very thorough diill, and led me to the 
 decided conclusion that Mr. McLellan was a classical scholar of a very 
 high order, and a teacher of rare ability. And it is my firm belief that 
 he will prove a very valual)le acquisition to any institution of leaniing 
 that may secure his services. 
 
 G. E. Day. 
 
 Yarmouth, N.S., April 14, 1871. 
 
 From J. 0. Farish, M.D., M.R.C.S.L., Inspector of Schools, Co. Yar- 
 mouth, K.S. 
 
 Yarmouth, N.S., 14th April, 1871. 
 
 It gives me great pleasure to bear my testimony to the very favour- 
 able opinion I entertain of the ability of J. A. McLellan Es([., as a 
 classical and mathematical teacher. 1 form this opinion chiefly from the 
 advancement my son made in his studies during the four years lu? attended 
 the High School of this town, presided over by Mr. McLellan. During 
 that peried he read Homer, Xenophon, Demosthenes, in Greek ; and 
 Virgil, Livy, Cicero and Juvenal in Latin; and obtained a fair know- 
 ledge of Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry, and Natural Philosophy. 
 
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 lent of tlio 
 
 regular and 
 
 a school >so 
 
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 mry. 
 
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 i^sq., and of 
 IS I assisted 
 nd Juvenal; 
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 vitnessed, I 
 1 and Greek 
 d Hie to the 
 ar of a very 
 I belief that 
 of learning 
 
 Day. 
 
 
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 Immediately on leaving the High Scliool he entered the second year at 
 McGill University, by which I judge of the thoroughness of the teach- 
 inf he had received under Mr. McLellan. 
 
 J. G. Parish, 
 Insi'icctor of Schools for County of Yarmouth. 
 
 From the Rev. J. R. Hart, M.A., 
 
 Yarmouth, 15th April, 1871. 
 From frequent opportunities of judging, I formed a high opinion of 
 Mr. McLel!an's scholarship ; the results he accomplished in Mathe- 
 matics, and in the Greek and Latin Classics, gave great and universal 
 satisfaction. I witnessed most satisfactory examinations of classes in 
 Horace, Cicero, Juvenal, Homer, Lucian, Euripides. I remember 
 being particularly struck in his examination of an advanced chiss in 
 German, with the correctness of his accent and his thorough acquaint- 
 
 ance with the structure of the language 
 
 J. R. Hart. 
 
 From J. E. Vochd-ATcKcndc, formerly Prof. French and German, 
 
 Yarmouth Seminary; noic Professor Modern Languages, Univ. 
 
 King's College, JY. S. 
 
 I hereby certify that J. A. McLellan, M.A., Principal of Yarmouth 
 
 Seminary, has extended his knowledge of the German and French 
 
 languages under my tuition with very great success. 
 
 His talents and power of application are particularly adapted to the 
 learning of languages, and his knowledge of French and Genuan is 
 both accurate and extensive. I have no hesitation in recommending 
 him. to any position where a thorough knowledge of French and Ger- 
 man is required. 
 
 J. E. Vochel-McKenzie, 
 Prof. French and German, Yarmouth Seminary. 
 Yarmouth Seminary, 29th May, 1869. 
 
 From the Rev. George Christie, Pastor Presbyterian Church, Yarmouth, 
 and Examiner in Yarmouth Seminary. 
 
 Yarmouth, N.S., 12th April, 1871. 
 
 TO ALL WHOM IT MAY COXCERN. 
 
 Mr. J. A. McLellan, M.A., was the Principal of the Collegiate 
 School in Yarmouth, known as the Yarmouth Seminary, some four or 
 five years. As a teacher he was very successful, and so far as I know 
 
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 gave general satisfaction. 1 attendctl nearly all the public exaniina- 
 tions, and was fretiuently present on other occasions, so that I had 
 abundant oppoitunity of ac([uainting myself with the mode of instnic- 
 tion pursued by the Principal. I heard the pupils read portions of 
 Virgil, Horace, Livy, Cicero, Tacitus, Juvenal, XenojOion, Homer, 
 Demosthenes, Lucian, So])hocles, Euripides, and occasionally mad^ 
 out examination jtapers to test their proficiency. As the result I be- 
 came satisfied that Mr. McLellan is a good scholar and a competent 
 teacher. During the time already indicated, I had two sons attending 
 the seminary, one of whom I sent to "Dalhousie University," Halifax, 
 N.S. He entered that University as a "second-year student," and 
 graduated in three years along with the regular "four year students" of 
 that University, taking rank in the examinations with the best of them. 
 The other is now at Toronto University; he also entered as a second 
 year student. 
 
 (iKO. Cum STIR, 
 
 I'aMor Prcshytcrian Church, Yarmouth. 
 
 
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 From J. Thorhurn, M.A., Principal High School, Ottawa; late Prin- 
 cipal and Professor of Classics, St. Francis College, Richmond. 
 
 Ottawa, April Sth, 1871. 
 
 My Deak Sip., — It affords me much jdeasure to state that, on several 
 occasions, 1 was present' at the annual examinations of the Varmoutli 
 Seminary while under your charge, and that I was uniformly much 
 pleased with the progress and proficiency of the pupils. While speci- 
 ally impressed with the thoroughness of the work in the Mathematical 
 department, I was also highly gratified with the attainments made in 
 Classical studies. The advanced classes in Homer, Lucian, Sophocles, 
 Horace, Ovid and Juvenal, gave evidence of an accuratt^ acipiaintance 
 with the authors read ; and it was to me always a source of pleasuie to 
 witness the ready and intelligent manner in which they answered ques- 
 tions on any point under discussion. I have the means of knowing 
 that your labours in Yarmouth wei-e eminently successful, and that 
 your withdrawal frwn the Seminary was felt to be a great loss to the 
 cause of education in that part of the Province. 
 
 J. Thorburn, M.A., 
 
 Head Master Ottawa High SchooL 
 J. A. McLellan, M.A. 
 
 
 
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 >li(! pxaniina. 
 ) that I had 
 lo of instnic- 
 l portions of 
 ion, Honior, 
 Dually made 
 
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 ns attending 
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 students" of 
 >est of them. 
 
 as a second 
 
 musTiE, 
 Varmoufh. 
 
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 \ichmoiul. 
 
 5th, 1871. 
 
 it, on several 
 be Varmouth 
 ■ormly much 
 While speci- 
 Vlatliematical 
 Mits made in 
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 ao(iuaintance 
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 l« Fro^n the licv, William Cavcv, Professor of Etrr/rtics, Knox College^ 
 jM Toronto. 
 
 Having been asked by Mr. McLijllan to bear testimony to his at- 
 tainments as a Classical scholar, in view of his aj)plication for the office 
 of Inspector of (irammar Schools in Ontario, I have pleasure in making 
 the following statement : — 
 
 I knew Mr. McLellan as tiuichtu- of the Grammar School in St. 
 
 Mary's at the time of his becoming a graduate of University College, 
 
 Toronto, anil for some years afterwards ; as long, indeed, as he remained 
 
 in that school. The fact of his graduating in Toronto may be accepted 
 
 as evidence of leasonable proficiency in Classical knowledge ; but I can 
 
 testify that his ac([uaintance with the Classics, as well as his skill in 
 
 teaching them, increased so long as he remained in St. Mary's. I have 
 
 reason to believe that Mr. McLellan has greatly extended his Classical 
 
 reading and knowledge since he left St. Mary's and during the period 
 
 of his Principalship of the Academy at Yarmouth, N. S., and of his 
 
 teaching in Upper Canada College. I know that it was his purpose to 
 
 bring up his Classical attfiinments so as to be somewhat alongside his 
 
 Mathematical, which are well known to be very superior ; and from 
 
 what he has told me of his studies, and from what I know of the 
 
 energy and ])erseverance whicdi characterize him as a student, I have 
 
 little doubt that this purpose has been largely fulfilled. I am sure I risk 
 
 nothing in expressing the opinion that, so far as knowledge of Classics 
 
 is concerned, there need b(^ no hesitation in appointing Mr. McLellan 
 
 to the office for which he is an applicant. 
 
 Wm. Caven. 
 Toronto, 8th Apiil, 1871. 
 
 From Ecv. Henry Daniel, President Conference E. B. Avierica. 
 
 During my residence in Yarmouth, N.S., I had opportunity of 
 knowing the high estimation in which Mr. J. A. McLellan was held as 
 a teacher both of Classics and Mathematics. It was in consequence of 
 his high standing as a scholar and teacher that I placed my son Robert, 
 who had spent a year and a half as an undergraduate of King's College, 
 "Windsor, under Mr. McL.'s instruction, with a view to his graduating 
 in the Wesleyan University in Middletown, Ct. With him he read in 
 Latin, Horace, Juvenal, Ovid, Plautus; and in Greek, Demosthenes, 
 Euripides and Sophocles, with great success. My son has frequently 
 spoken of his old teacher with affection and respect. 
 
 Henry Daniel. 
 
 St. John, N. B., April 15th, 1871. 
 
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 From the Kco. J. Ji. Catnjibdl, M.A,, Un i vers it u of Cambridge , Emjlamt. 
 
 Yaiimoutii, N.S., 24th April, 1871. 
 Dear Sir, — I have much pleaHure in complying with your requpst, 
 although my testimony may cany but little weight. I attended the 
 examinations from time to time, during 1865-1869, while you were 
 Principal o( the Yarmouth High School, and I fretjuently e.xpressed in 
 public my satisfaction with the manner in Avhich the work was done. 
 But the ordinary work of the school attbrded even more satisfaction 
 than uie terminal examinations. In my visits on such o<!casions, 1 
 was accustomed to find your pu})ils in good disci])line and in a proper 
 state of prejtaration. This applies to all the subjects. Mathematics, 
 Logic, Moral Philoso]»hy and Classics. In this last subject I have 
 witnessed exercises in Homer, Xenojihon, Eurijjides and Demosthenes ; 
 and in Cicero, Livy, Horace, Ctcsar and Ovid. 
 
 With best wishes, I remain, 
 
 Yours tiiily, 
 
 J NO. R. Campbell, 
 Curate of Holy Trinity, Yarmouth, N.S. 
 
 J. A. MCLELLAN, M.A. 
 
 From the Yarmouth Tribune, Aug. 3, 1869. 
 
 Presentation to Mr. MiLkllan. — On Fiiday evening last, we had 
 the pleasure of witnessing one of those agreeable incidents which it i.. 
 sometimes the privilege of the journalist to recorii, — we refer to the 
 presentation, by the pupils of the Yarmouth Seminary, of a handsome 
 testimonial to the late Principal of the Institution, J. A. McLellan, 
 Esq., M.A., — in token of their grateful appreciation of his chai ^tcr 
 and qualifications as an instructor of youth, and of the zeal and con- 
 scientiousness with which, acting in that (.'apacity, he discharged the 
 trust reposed in hinL The idea originated with the young ladies of the 
 Seminary, and was then carried out with the enthusiasm peculiar to 
 the gentler sex — the young gentlemen being, at a subse(juent stage of 
 the movement, accorded the privilege of sharing in the good work. 
 Through their combined efforts an adequate sum was raised, and a 
 suitable testimonial selected aiid purchased. The ceremony of presen- 
 tation took place in the Seminary Hall, and was entirely an improm^itu 
 affair, not having been decided upon until 3 or 4 o'clock in the after- 
 noon, and a hunied and verbal notice only having been given to the 
 contributors. At the appointed hour (7.30 p.m.), nevertheless, the Hall 
 speedily filled with an interested and expectant assemblage, numbering 
 between 250 and 300 souls. On motion, J. W. H. Rowley, Esq., was 
 called to the chair. The Chainnan stated, in a few words, that the 
 
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 idge, Eiujlaiut. 
 
 April, 1871. 
 
 your request, 
 
 attended tlje 
 
 liile you were 
 
 y expiessed in 
 
 ork was done. 
 
 »i'e satisfaction 
 
 I o(!casions, I 
 
 id ill a proper 
 
 Mathematics, 
 
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 Demostlienes ; 
 
 Campbell, 
 
 mnoKfh, N.S. 
 
 g last, we had 
 ts which it i.. 
 3 refer to the 
 )f a handsome 
 A. McLellan, 
 his chai jter 
 zeal and con- 
 liscliarged the 
 ; ladies of the 
 m peculiar to 
 luent stage of 
 e good work, 
 raised, and a 
 )ny of presen- 
 m improm2)tu 
 c in the after- 
 given to the 
 less, the Hall 
 e, numbering 
 ey, Esq., was 
 jrds, that the 
 
 'object for which the company had asseinljled was to witness the pre- 
 sentation, by those who had been scholars of t\w lligli School (both 
 young ladies and young gentlemen), of a testimonial to the teacher, J. 
 A. McLellan, Esq., on his departure from Yarmouth, together with an 
 address expressive of the regard and esteem they had always entertained 
 for him during the period in which he had filled the iiosition of Prin- 
 cipal. The gaUantiy of the young gentlemen hud induced them to 
 select Miss Almira Crosby to read and present the atldress, and the 
 fitness of their choice manifested itself in the manner in which the duty 
 was performed, Miss Crosby rending with a clear and distinct utterance. 
 
 As Miss Crosby finished the reading of the address, two of the y.nmg 
 gentlemen — Messrs. Farish and Bingay — removed th«; cloth which 
 (;overed the articles to be presented, and the eyes of tlie audience were 
 gratified with the sight of a handsome silver service, consisting of tea 
 and coffee pots, sugar-bowl, cream-jugs, liutter-cooler, large ice-pitcher, 
 knives, forks, tea-spoons, cruets, &c., &c. Brought to the front, as he 
 necessarily was by the above address (which was signed by a large num- 
 ber of students of the Seminary) and its handsome and substantial, 
 accompaniment, Mr. McLellan returned thanks in suitable terms, ami 
 hud hardly seated himself, when Mr. J. Wentworth Bingay came for- 
 ward, and in a short address stated that he had been deputed by some 
 of the inhabitants of Yarmouth, who regretted sincerely the intended 
 departure of Mr. McLellan, to present him a purse (containing thirty 
 sovereigns) as a trifling token of their regard for him. 
 
 Mr. Mcljcllan having acknowledged in suitable terms, and with 
 evident emotion, this additional and unlooked-for token of apprecia- 
 tion, the company, at the invitation of the Chairman, came upon the 
 platforai, and inspected the articles of presentation. All united in 
 admiring the neatness and apju-ojuiateness of tlie gifts ; and we feel 
 sure that the recipient must have felt deeply gratified and pleased with 
 these unexpected tokens of regard, as well as the many cordial shakes 
 of the hand with which his many friends congratulated him. 
 
 The occasion was one to be remembered with feelings of unalloyed 
 gratification by the parties more immediately conc^erned — by the pupils, 
 whose sentiments of esteem and gratitude induced them to present their 
 departing teacher with such an acceptable souvenir ; by the parents, 
 who thus testified their sense of the zeal and fidelity of him to whom 
 they had entrusted the training of their offspring ; and by the conscien- 
 tious teacher himself, rejoicing, amidst the conflicting emotions attend- 
 ant on the hour of separation, at the spontaneous expression of affection 
 and regard on the part of his late pupils, and of the community which 
 had been the not ungrateful witness of his self-denying labours. 
 
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 Fr&m A. C. Killmn, Third Year Scholar in Mathematics and General 
 
 Proficiency, Univ. Toronto. 
 
 I attended the Yarmouth (N. S.) Seniinf..y when Mr. McLellan was 
 its Principal, and received instruction from him in Classics, Mathe- 
 matics, Natural Science, English, Logics Metaphysics, and occasionally 
 in French and German. 1 passed the Senior Matriculation exami- 
 nation in 1869, and was awarded two Scholarships — one in Mathe- 
 matics, and the other in General Proticiency, having obtained Firsl 
 Class honours in Mathematics, English, French and German, and 
 ■Second Class honours in Classics and Natural Science. In the second 
 year I obtained a General Proficiency Scholarship, with First Class 
 honours in Mathematics, Logic, English, French, German and History; 
 and was second (another of Mr. McLellan's old pupils being first; in 
 the pass Classical examination, depending wholly on the instnictiou I 
 had received from Mr. McLellan. I have no hesitation in saying that 
 whatever sucicess has attended my etibrts is due wholly to Mr. Mc- 
 Lellan's teaching, and his constant endeavours to awaken an enthus- 
 iasm for s^udy and a determination to succeed, — for which I trust 1 
 shall always lie deeply grateful. 
 
 A. C. KiLLAM, 
 
 (Of Yarmouth, N. S.,) Third Year (Jniv. Coll. 
 
 
 From G. B. Spa/rling, Principal Gram, and Com. Schools, Yarmoulk 
 Seminary, lately appointed Asst.^ Eny. Master in U. G. College. 
 
 At the examination for Matriculation in the University of Toronto in 
 1864 — for which I was prepared wholly by Mr. McLellan — I obtained 
 honours in English and Mathematics, and First Class honours in 
 'Classics. Shortly after Matriculating, I began the work of teaching ; 
 
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 [and I may ventnro to say that the measure of success wliich has at- 
 [teiKled me in that calling is attributable in a great degree to the 
 [onthueiasm, energy and ability which my old teacher constantly ex- 
 hibited in the work of his chosen profession. It is with feelings of the 
 deepest gratitude that I rememVter his kind encouragement and sym- 
 pathy, and his all but unrivalled power to lead his pupils to conquer 
 Uiifficulties,— so that while we found "no royal road to learning," we 
 felt that we were under a guide who "knew the way," and under 
 ! wliom our progress was as real as it was rapid and pleasant. 
 
 G. B. Sparlino, 
 Principal Grain, and Com. Schools, Yarmouth Scmiiutry.. 
 
 s and General 
 
 From John Alex. Hunter, LL.B., Professor of ConstitvMonal Law, 
 
 Univcrsiiy of Chicago, III. 
 Law Dei'Ahtment, UiNivEiisiTY of CiiirAc^.o, 
 Chicago, 9th April, 1871. 
 J. A. McLellan, Esq., M. A., — 
 Dear Sir, — 
 I have learned, through your friend, J. E. Harding, Esq., Mayor 
 of St. Mary's, that you are about to lay your papeivs before the Council 
 of Public Instruction in Toronto, in reference to some position at their 
 disposal. If my testimony, added to the many high recomeiulations in 
 your possession, would be of any service to you, I would willingly and 
 gratefully submit it to the consideration of that Honourable Board. 
 
 My studies, both before and after I had the good fortune to study 
 under you at St. Mary's, were sucli as to put me in a position to ex- 
 press an opinion as to your qualifi(!ations as an Instructor in Classics, 
 Mathematics, and English. Your University standing and papers? 
 speak for themselves, and your friends, among whom I have the honor 
 of ranking myself, know that, in all subjects, but especially in Classics, 
 ■ijG'U did not, as many do, allow the B. A. Degree to put an end to your 
 studies — that after graduating with distinguished honors in Toronto 
 University, you devoted yourself as assiduously and as unremittingly 
 to Classics and Classical laterature as you formerly had done to Mathe- 
 matics and Metaphysics. 
 
 As an Instructor in all the branches of study which you have pro- 
 fessed to teach, I have no hesitation in stating that I do not know a 
 man in the Provinces or the United States who can impart knowledge 
 more clearly, or with such a lasting impression, in the lowest as well as 
 in the highest branches of study, than yourself ; while at the same 
 time you infuse a worthy ambition, and a determination to succeed 
 
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 into the iniiid of pveiy studcMit iindci' your charge. I feel, sir, with 
 many others who have had the advantage of your able instruction, that 
 whatever succeys they may have met with in literarary or business 
 jmrsuits, they owe, in a very great measure, to the influence of your 
 instruction and exam])le. 
 
 With a sincere ho[)e that you may obtain a position worthy your 
 erudition and talents, 
 
 I remain, yours truly, 
 
 John Alex. Huntek, LL.B., 
 
 rrofcssor Constitutional Law, University, Chicago. 
 
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 Fro7n W. Dale, B.A., Classical Gold Medallist University of Toronto. 
 
 University College, 4th April, 1871. 
 
 Deau Sir, — I have no hesitation in re-affirming that for my success 
 at U. C. Colleger, and for my subsequent success in Univ. Coll. , I am 
 indebted to your thorough teaching. In Mathematics this is wholly 
 so, as I made no advance from the time I left St. Mary's till I entered 
 University College. "With regard to Classics, it was the thorough 
 grounding (which you were always accustomed to give in everything) 
 in the Grammars, and Elementary licaders and Authors, which made 
 the after-course so nuich easier. 
 
 With regard to the honours o]>tained, 1 gained First Class in all de- 
 partments at Matriculation, und St'holarshi[)S in Classics, Mathematics 
 and General Proficiency. 
 
 At First Year's Examination, I gained the same three Scholarships, 
 with First Class honours in all subjects, excei)t Natural Sciences. 
 
 At Second Year's Examination, I again obtained three Scholarships. 
 
 In Third Year, I gained the Scholarship in Classics. 
 
 In tha College I had the prize for three years in Classics and two 
 years in Mathematics. 
 
 I remain, faithfully yours, 
 
 W. Dale. 
 
 J. A. M( liKLLAN, M.A. 
 
 
 From A. Sinclair, B.A., Mathematical Gold Medallist Univ. of Toronto. 
 
 Toronto, ith April, 1871. 
 
 "Hear Sir, — In reply to yours of the 29th March, T may state Miat I 
 received from you my preparatoiy training for the University ; matricu- 
 iated in 18G4, and was successful in obtaining Second Class honours in 
 
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 History and First Class honours in Matheniatii's. I niav also state 
 
 H ^^** though I did not attc»nd College during my first year, yet having 
 
 c on,^ la M |)een assisted by you, I obtained First Class honours in Mathematics 
 
 r business 1 ,. ,i , 
 
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 lonours in 
 
 Yours, &c., 
 
 J. A. McLkllan, Esti., M.A. 
 
 A. Sinclair, B.A., 
 
 University College. 
 
 From Ji. M. Fleming, Sclwl. Law SocAety, Ontario. 
 
 ToKONTO, 10th April, 1871. 
 Dear Siii,— As one of your "old boys," I hold in grateful remem- 
 brance the time when I had the pleasure of being under your instruc- 
 tions, and I am now very much gratified at having an opportunity of 
 testifying as to your merits as a teacher. 
 
 For several years I profited by your instructions, and during these 
 years I acquired a sound knowledge of something more than the rudi- 
 ments of a classical and general education. I may say further that 
 whatever success I have obtained since leaving school, I attribute, in 
 no small degree, to the mental discipline and habits if study acquired 
 in your school. In 1864 I matriculated in Arts at the University of 
 Toronto, and obtained first-class honors in Classics, English and History; 
 and second-class honors in Mathematics. Circumstances jn-evented me 
 from pursuing my course at the University, but for the last three years 
 11 have taken scholarships of the Law Society, 
 
 I was myself a teacher for several years, and have seen a great deal 
 of schools and teaching, and I have no hesitation in saying that I never 
 saw a more thorough teacher than yourself, particularly in the depart- 
 ments of Classics, Mathematics, and English Literature. I believe 
 you have a critical knowledge of the ancient languages, and I can tos- 
 ify to your power of imparting knowledge to othei"?. I know of 
 place where a boy could get so thorougli a knowledge of classics as 
 nder your tuition. 
 
 I am, dear sir. 
 
 Yours truly, 
 
 li. M. Fleming, 
 J. A. McLellan, Esq., M.A, 
 
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 From D. Junor, Esq., M.A., Barrister, cDc. 
 
 St. Mary's, 4th April, 1871. 
 Deau Sir, — In reply to yours of 3rd iust., I have to say that I ob- 
 tained honours in Classics and Mathematics at Matriculation, and at 
 the First Year's Examination, honours in Classics, Mathematics, His- 
 tory, English and French. I have no hesitation in saying that what 
 little success I met with was greatly owing to the training which I 
 received from you while at the Grammar School here ; and had 1 im- 
 proved the excellent opportunities which I enjoye<l from your able and 
 ■earnest instruction, my success might have been far greater than it was. 
 
 With kind regards, I am. 
 
 Yours truly, 
 
 D. JUNOR. 
 
 J. A. McLi:llan, Es(i., M.A. 
 
 From Kcv. Robert Daniel, B.A. 
 
 BiiDEQUE, P. E. I., 19th April, 1871. 
 Owing to the high re[)Utation which Mr. McLellan enjoyed as a 
 teaxjher wher. Principal of the \'"armouth Seminary, I left the Univer- 
 sity of King's College, Windsor, in which institution I was a student -^ 
 of the Second Y'ear, for the purpose of being j)repared by that gentle- 
 man for entrance into the Third Year in the Wesleyan University in 
 Middletown, Ct. While under Mr. McLellan, I read Horace (Satires 
 and Epistles), Juvenal and Plautus, Demosthenes, Sophocles and Eu- 
 ripides, besides works in Moral Philosophy and Mathematics. I have 
 been under many Professors in difterent Universities, and I hesitate 
 not to say that Mr. McLellan's sui)erior as an educator I have never 
 found ; he possesses not only the ability to give, as I belie'-e, a thor- 
 ough scholastic training to his pupils, but that rarer power of inciting 
 in them enthusiasm for the work in hand, of imparting nobler views of 
 human life and destiny, and lasting veneration for the "True, the 
 beautiful and the good." His students looked upon him as being not 
 only their teacher but also their friend, and therefore they respected 
 
 and loved him. 
 
 Robert Daniel. 
 
 From Rev. J. W. Sparlinrj, B. A., B. D. 
 
 Hick Hall, 
 EvANSTON, III., 8th April, 1871. 
 My dear old Teacher,— Your note addressed to me at Cobourg, 
 reached me here in the West to-day, and it is with feelings of unmin- 
 gled pleasure that I comjdy with your request. 
 
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 that I ol>- 
 011, anil at 
 atics, His- 
 that what 
 g which I 
 had I im- 
 ir able and 
 Lian it was. 
 
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 1 havo jias.spd all my oxamiiiatioDs at thn Uiiivorsity of Victoria 
 College, and am to take my degree of B, A. there at the next Convoca- 
 tion, on the 8th day of j\lay. I havt? also nearly completed the course 
 at Garrett Biblical Institute, und ex})e(;t to take the degree of B. 1). 
 here, in the last week in June. 
 
 I have thus received instructions from ([uite a number of teaidieis 
 and professors, both in Canada and the United States, and can con- 
 scientiously state that your superior as an Instructor / hair, never had. 
 Having received intruction from you for more than two years, I know 
 you to be a most excellent teacher in Classics, as well as in all the 
 branches of study I was taking at that time. 
 
 Very truly yours, 
 
 J. "\V. Spaklixg. 
 J. A. McLkllan, M. a., 
 
 U. a. Colleije, Toronto. 
 
 il, 1871. 
 joyed as a ^ 
 he Univer- 
 ,s a student 
 ;hat gentle - 
 liversity in 
 ace (Satires 
 es and Eu- 
 cs. I have 
 i I hesitate 
 have never 
 e^'e, a thor- 
 of inciting 
 ler views of 
 "True, the 
 ,s being not 
 Ley respected 
 
 From Rev. J. A. Durkee, of Acadia College, N. S. 
 
 Acadia Colleoe, N. S. 
 Dear Sik, — The groundwork you laid when I was under your in- 
 struction the power of grasping general principles, and the habits of 
 independent thought wiiicdi you developed, have done me invaluable 
 service, espec'^illy in t\\e Jlassical i\x\(\. Mathematical Departments ; and 
 without disparagoiviPiit to my present Professors, who are able men, 
 I have wished that I could liave completed my course under you. My 
 general standing on entering the University was second in the First 
 Class. 
 
 J. A. Durkee. 
 J. A. McLellam, M.A. 
 
 Daniel. 
 
 April, 1871. 
 at Cobourg, 
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