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Iroiii tlif lioiixiii I' of" h!f av.t a I twi-nt\ -^ix y«^iii with w^ <vi.iU-'>. i;i4\\i-Y Wills \\\t: !, ^T T'! r'|•-^^ti, \vli'i .•<4(l at . I un I upf )t'r:i! H, Abject of this «>k' ; altor tth'. Thp psifi'ii, .'III Fianct' ; t!i.« l.i-M i-i -[)p|t )>"th w.iv ~ fililrst an<i must '^ .K.*:ni Trf>M<>\ nt^, tl)- rtli.l \vft>< inuti at i' 'M'« ni- Sri),;: H ' .1 iniitU 1. • - l■:..^ ':— ^Iho I I lion to his na; •isli him. arU^s I. . lift 111 Htid. ... Tho Ah! . 5HW4. T i 4 1 T (From l!os(''s i'lirUipniliit i\i Ciuinilian Itiixjinjilni, Ton, 1)1, >. 1SS8. "Jiinios M. l.i'Mditu', sixth son of I}i'iij;iiiiiii LcMoiin' and Julia Ann Mcl'hcixoii, was limn in tiic City ot (.^Uflxc, on tlio •J4tli January, ISiI."). His lather, a trcnialaml jiolishcd ucntlernan of the "111 Frond 1 school . was a |/ai'tni'i' in tlir I'xiHirtinLi; housi; of Stuart juiil Lr.Muinc. Hcvcrscs in traiii- cMnscil tiir lirni to susponil aliout ]S'2'>. Mr. Daniil Mcl'lirrsdu, Sfif/iwiir of ('ram- Islam!. P. (^., their ^M-ami-lathei-, adupttMl two of tlie eleven chihh'en then horn, J.ouis Dmiiere aiiij James ; liie latter (»f wlioni, the suhject of this notice, assiuncil liis name and was known as .himes ^rd'hcrson LeMoinc. Daniel MeFlierson. horn at Fort William, near Inverness, Scoilanil. liail settled at an early aij;e in l'hila(iel|ihia, which he lelt with several ntlu'r United Knipire Loy.alists, attont \7H:\. to reside at Sorel, later, known as Fort William IIem-\, a nuti'd I'. K. Liiyalist setth'nient. After marryint: there a Miss Kelly, he removed to Douj^lnstown, (iaspe, also a V. K. L. settlement. Having; amassed wealth, he purchased in l.^it;!, from the heirs de I'eaujtni, the rich an 1 |iiclures(iue seijrniory of I.slf (iii.r drurs and Isle iiu.r Oir.i, V. (^ , where lie sj eiit twenty-six years of his lile. This early h<imeofthe historian, with its Scotch teacliiuus ol imlustry and self reliance, to- frether with the healthy example of the venerahle Daniel McF lerson, w ho closed his career, at St. Thomas. 1'. t»., in .hme. ]S40. at the ai;e of S7 years, seems to have ever remained upi>ermost in tlu; mind and rememliraiu'e ot tl le uhject of this sketili. and to havi^ tinctured his views m afterlife. The paternel ancestor of .[. M. l.eMnine hails Irom oid France ; tlie LeMoine or LeMoyne family— for tlie name is spelt hoth ways anions' th(> desi'eml.ints — is on(^ of the oldest and most dist in,;:;uished in the colony from its dawn. Jean LeMoyne, the proj^M-nitor, was a son of Louis l.eMoyne, and was horn at Fitres, near RoiU'n, in .Normandy, in UV-'A. Jean LeMoyne, a near relativ(> of diaries LeMoyne, or LeMoine. of St. Remi, close to Rouen, was a man of impor- tance in his day; he figures in old titles as the ^eiiiDt^in- of and (iasti- 1 three liels or seiirnories La N oraie, Ste Ml ine nean. He lield lands near Three-Rivers and owneil an i-iand, '• He des Pins" — the islanil of pines — which furnished him the addition to his name. He was called LeMoine des Pins, to distinirnish liim, prohably, from his illustrious and warlike relative, Charles LeMoine de Longueiiil, who hecame Baron de Longueuil and, on two occasions, acted as (ioveiiior of Canada. The Al>he Verreau, in his work ' LTiiva-ion <lu 58431 ('niiiida, 177.')," t'xliil'its ailcscciKlaiil nf ,Ic:iii LcAIinin',HtyI«'il .Ittiii Hiiplistc LiMoiiif lies I'ins, ns ii stunly volimtctT ol" Moiitrciil, rciM'lliiit,' nmiirully tlio iiiViultT of the soil, in N'MVciiilicr, 177"). He was. liuwovcr, taken prisdiicr l>y Hri- jradicr KiclianI Muiit^diiicry'.s (•(ii,tiiiciitals, at Lon^riu'iiil, • Mirit'il acri.Hs tlic lidnlcr ami iiiiilcrwriit a protractt'd capti- vity. Ciiiii,'ii'ss r('tu>iiiu to I'xcliaiij;*' liiiii ''as lie was ol tiu) luiicli iinpiiitaiicc," it was atldctl, " in his own conntry." His health was niinetlhv his naiitivitv; his wealtii, dissipated hy the nplieaviiins of the invasion. The warlike iM iffiitil- hotiniif, too proud to >iie tor indemnity iVotn the British (lovernnient for thelo.^ses incurred, in nplioldin^ tlu' standanl ul' Hritain. closed his lon.^ caieer. near (2"''''<'*'> i'> 1H07. { Le Vnmutien newspaper, of H'th .laniiary, 1S07. in his ohitnary notice, piiy.s lii^li conipimienl to ids devotion ti» KiiiLC and country. " \ victim." it adds, " of tiie the patriotic ardor whicii hastened liis death.") Youiiu: .l.inies LeMoine leiiiainrd under tlie protective root' of Ids maternal urand- lather at St. 'I'lioiiia.s. until Auj^ust, I.S08, when lie was sent to the I'tiit ShiiiiKiire ite Qii/her, lor his coijeyiate conixe. This seat of learniim. lie lelt in isi.'i, alter stiidyiivj; litlh'.i- Lt'tlrtu, uiiiler an Mi'co:iipli>lied French I'mle.ssor from tiu; Colietie of Saint St-misla.-, it l'ari>. the .\hlie 1'. Itoucliy. lie was subsc(iueiitly indentured for live years as a law student to the late Hon. .Indj;e .los. Noel Ho-sse, at tliat time, on<^ of the leading' l>arristeis of the (^uehec I5ar. In 1S,")(I, our siih- ject's name was added to the roll of prat'ticiii.i: harristers. In ]S')4. he hecanie a partiierof tlie law liini of KerriV: Le.Moine, and colli iiuu'il so. lor several years. Mr. Li-Moine has also occupied lor years the hijihest position for the Province of (^uehec, in the Dominion Inlaml IJeVeniie, as inspector. He niMiried in IS.")!) Miss Harriet .M. Atkinson, a daiiLditer of Kdward Atkii ISOll, o 1 \ oil Knuland and a niece ol the late Hemy .Ukinson, the old proprietor of Spencer Wood. The historian has, .since ].S(>7. been a L! '.-('u\. in the sedentaiy militia, havin.u met with rapid promotion, on ac- count ol the earnest interest he took, in jireiiarinir, like lii.s forefathers, to reixd the invader when the " Trent '' outraj^e le snliject threatened to .smnmun Canada's sons to arm.- Tl of this skt'tch is a hi-luitruist ; true to his donhle origin, it seems hard to decide at times, which is with him the more powerful charmer " Old Kmhro" or La lielle Fntiufi. Two suhjects appear to have engrossed lii.s leisure liours, for his has ever been a hnsy professional or ollicial life, na- mely : Canadian History and Popular Ornithology. He has had the good fcjrtnne to liandic' (.'anadian history audits Imin- ing (piestions of race and creed, etc., with such impartiality that rarely have his views been challenged. His style i's clear-cut, ilircct aiul ea.sy, hut sometimes it is bnisciue. Not 4 X •J 7 - 7. nnfr»'f|nontiy tmnes *'f li?-' piquiuu-y ut'ti i;an liavt! ibu;>- frftqiienlly inr ill tie auxiliiini' v 5:J8-SU.") Hocii'ty ol ers, lu; wac" u; in lo94 ami K. .. January 18V)7, for I' ■■■fcL.i£..-.i,,._-£^^ < .^k.-*5.jjMM]mLLwmp^^m9i§ :lsn imfrequently impassioned, now and th(Mi it is inarlc(,Ml with traces of his double origin ; this fro(iuontly adds to the piquancy of the narrative. One wonders how and when he can have found time to treat of so many sul)je(;ts ; one also frequently regrets in his works the alisence of that indispens- able auxiliarv to the scholar — a gooil proof reader." (p.p. 528-30.") Chosen President of the French Section of the Royal Society of Canada, of wliich he was one of tlie original found- ers, he was unanimously elected President of all the sections in 1894 and Knighted by Her Majesty, the Queen, on 1st January 1897, for literary service rendered to Canada. I i. A Notice of the Author of " Maple Leaves " WM.KIRBV. Antlior of the " Annals of Niairara,'' '• Tlie CJfiUlon Do^," "<"ana(lian Idyls,' S:c. " My lirst aoiiuaintancc witli l]ics'il)j(>ot of tliis notieiMlates na far Itack as IStl:;. when I liapfu-ncd to Ix' in (Jnclicc, watcliinir the proi^irss of a bill inlroduci'd in railianirnt, jiicvious to (■onfcilciation. To heunilc a Icismt' lionr. it ><> liapixM.cd I liad pdrcliased a volnnir styled " Maple lA'avts— ** Imiliipt nf liinturicdl, lefjru- ilarji fiiiil HpiirtiiKj lure, l>y .1. M. LfMuine.'" I was so caidi- vated hy the draiuatie interest infused into two ont of several sketches it eentained. C/iutnm Ill</iit and the (ioldeii Ihnj, that I vow(m1 toa frit'iul. I would make tliein theirroundwoik of a Canadian novel. Tims oriu'inateil my Cliieii li'Uv lo- iiianee. Few liave had such o] pnrtnnitits as Mr. LeMoin(> Inr stndyinii the liuht-i and .-"hadrstif the old Trovinee of (^)ue- hee. His early trainintr, social eiitmirdi/p — love of hooks — anti(|narian tastes and familiarity wilii the Kni,dish as well as with tlu> Fieneh idio?n : tiis niinnte explorat'ons hy sea an\l hy land of evrry iHMik and eiirn(>r of liis nati\" pmvinee and even heyonil it. tln' wIhm' jotted down day hy day in liis diary, naturally furnishes liim with e.xceptional facilities to deal with Canadian snl'.jeets in a litrht or in a serious vein. 'l\V(i attractive dejuirt mens seen) to liave eiiurossed liis attention fjdui the ilr.-t. the stiidv (if early Canadian history and of poiiular (prnitholn^y In fact oni the tirst adihtions !it> nnuh' to liis cliarm- intr rustic home, at Sillery, n-var (^uehee, was tlit> erection of an aviary I'or the frii-nds of his y<»iith, the hirils of Canada, and an ample miisenm l"or thi' prescrv.it i< in, hy tlie ait of the taNideriuist, of specimens ol tiie Canadian itvi-faiiiia. It may not l)0 out of [dace to follow this indefatigahio writer, in liis rather e.xtendecl literary career. Struck, in INfiO, with the lack of any French work to puide <'anadiaii youth attiactcii to the >tudy of hinl-life, Mr. FeMoine puhlished that year, in iwn volumes, u manual on jiopular ornitholouy : ami, in order to allure tlu^ student to this healthy and deliuthtul pursuit, he imjiarteil to thos(> Volumes !i stroiiL' Ira^raiU litcrarv anjma. \\helher it was (liio to the lun-eliy of th(> sulijcct or {u the contents of the work, it (lisjippoiired from the book st(jrr.s in less tliiui diu- year. In IStL', ho hclpcil on a litoniry coiifr' re in a small literary venture hy contrilmtinir an inleresiin<,' article, nndcr the cai>lion '■ Tlie Lcuciulnrji Lore of the St. Lnuri'iice." The next year, witji th(> \ie\v of promoting,' the study of Canadian amials, lie l>e;j;an a vahiahle series which ran over many years, under the \vell-rememl)ored name of Mitpln Leaves ; tlie lirst was devoted to {^^'ueral subjects, lej,MMi(fs and quaint old customs; tlie second, to rescninu i( lialile records of Canadian l>attle-lieUls and sietje narratives; thr tliird dej)icted chielly the old manors and scenery roinid Quehec. That year, lie found time durinu; liis leisure iiionients to write, for I'Ojiiirion l'nliU(fiu\ a Kniich e>>;iy on Sir \\'alter Scott, as poet, novelist, historian : a Imutliy review of the arctic exjilorations of Fraiddin, McCiiuv, Kane, McCliutock ; he also pulilislied a treatise on the river luid (h'ap-sea lisheries of Canada, which ehcited warm enconiums from the French press. In isOo, (ieneral McLellan na vini; alluded ilispara^^uinly in a speech he ma(h\ to the memory ol Montcalm, for his supposed ai)proval of the Fort (ieori^ie massacre in 17.37, .Mr. LeMoine look up the cudgels for his favourite liero and coii- futetl by Banc/oft's. the Al>l)(> Piquet's narrativi; iiii otheis, tlie statement mad( i>v tlie luckless warrior Hi Run renown : this l)ooklet, entitled Ln Mrmuire dr Mitidvulm Veiigie, met with hearty recoKuitiou in Canada and in France. Various etfusions of an historical character, fell from tiie writer's pidlilic and versatile piMi. in 1S70. in StenuirCx <.^)u;ir- terly May;azine, New Moiitlilii Miujuzinr, lle/fnrd'a Rerie.u, Forext and Stream and La Heme (. liei aiiaaieirne In 187 selection of his best Canadian sketches, were pulilislied. under the olil familiar na me it Maple Lf'ares. 1 The .same year also usliered in his valuahii' I-'rench wuik,/'.l//, (/// Tourhte. Quebec Past and I'reseiit, editeil m ]'^7<', is pidiiaiily as ii Jiook of reference, tlie most useful historical volume ever put forth by the author. It emliodies the whole history of th»! ancient capital from its foundation Uji to 1S7('>; the edition is exhausted linj; since. Possibly, no literary coiuposiliou of Mr. LeMoine, by the reminiscences it recalled to him. was more i)leasant to indite than the publication, in 1S7S, under the title of C/ironides of the St. Lawrence, of his nuiltifarious excursionb to the king<lom of herrintii; and cod. on the (iaspe coast. The bulky volume of r)-")!! j»ages, styled I'ictHrcsiinc (liiehec from the mass of (juaiut information di.sseminated through its pages aliout the old eity'.s streets, scjuares, eminent inhaiii- )1 J 1^ tnn's foitilications, etc. cunifjh'tcil tlic liislury of the roinniitic cit\ ; tlio litcniiy rt'sciiri'li involved in tliis work was too lu-iivy a t i.<k lor one man iilone to unflcitaUf. iiinl 1 I'or one, was liapiiv in licini; ajipriziMl by letter, tliat a inucli nooded rest, was u'lanted the auilior. alter liis loiii; ollicial career and that in July lie was to sail per, " S. Mmavian " I'or a short tonr to lMiro|if, from wlienee he lirouj^ht hack with a re-invi>j;orated frame, an iiinple fund of information, nMniniscenccs and anecdote wliich he siihse(|iiently freely used in the series of lectiues he was called on to tiive hefoie the Liti'iuirii inid Hix- loricdl .Sec/V/i/ ot (.^nehec. ot which he had i)t>cn live times re-elected jiresident. Lon:; hefore this, his writinj,'s and researches liad ohtained recognition on iiehalf of .^^citMitilio societies in Canada and ahroad. The Sorirlr d' Kllniof/rdiihifi (if Paris conferred on him a diploma, as D/lri/ti/' litiiiiituil at t^hieliec ; he was made a memher of I lie Sociitr iT HiMoirp. Jhpl(iii)(iti(iiif. presiiled over hy the i\nr ile Hroj^Iie ; his nam»» was inscrii>ed mi the re^Mster of the Xew Km/liuxl Ilistori- (ieiiealdfiirdl Soriflji : on that of th.e Stutf <ij ]\'isct))i>iiii Ifinto- riciil Siiiiptn ; of the Sncl/tf- llixioritjue of Montreal ; of tht; < ifiiedlagicdl and lii(i(irnp}iii(tl Smiflji of New York ; of the Iiislitiit oj (ntiiirii ; nn the roll uf the Juntititt ('(tiKidien of New York ; on tliat of tlw lloijal Soctptij of i\inn<lii ; of the Hixtorirdl Snciptji nf I'eiinaijlvanhi ; of the ^^(lliX(trflllliettli Hi.-<t(iricdl Siiciet]! : of the Sorirt/' Anifricaiite de Fnnice. ; tif the New-Hrunswick Hislariiiil Sixlftii : of the A'i<iiiitf)a<iti<' and Antiijittirinn Soriehi uf I'liildilHljihia : ot tiie Ainpricati Hixtorirdl X.iniii'i(ilinn. ftaratotra ; of the Atnerican I'liilnso- ])hic<il Sdiiitji. Philadelphia," of the Sociphf of ('(imiduin lA- terature. Mnntreal ; of the Ftdk-Lore Sociptj/ of Montreal ; of the yalnral IfiMorii Six-iptii ot >[(Htreal : of tlu' Auduhoii Sdciptti of the Unit(>(l .<tates ; of the Trinitii IliaUiricul Societii, Dallas, Texas. His last ili|)loma, wa.s one recently rpceivrd namini: hiiii Presideni of tlie (^hiehec Committpp of tlip At- liancp Scipntifi<iiie of France, comixtsed of .1, M. LeMoine, President. HhuIi. .hidLce A, H. lumthier, .los, K(htiond Roy, F. H. J^. C, Dr. N. K. Dionne, F. R. S. (\, Frnest (iagnon. I'n ]8."^l' lie hecame a corresponding memher of the Ainerican Orn itii olof/i.itii ( 'n io n . In liiSo, at the instance of adistingnished French naturalist, M. Lescuyer, Mr. IveMuine's name was jiut forward to attend in Vienna the J'ernuinent lidprnational Committpe of the EHropeiin Oruilhiduftisln organized under the auspices of His Royal Highnes.s, the archduke Kodolphe ami ]?resided hy a celebrated European sdrant. Dr. Itodolphe JJIasius ; a similar distinction having Iummi otfered to the Washington ornitho- logist. Dr. Hart Meriam, which he accepted. However the call of duly kept Mr. l.eMoine at liome ; he was thus (lci)iiv('(l iVom pMrticiput inj; in m most (list iiiLriiishcl lioiior, tendered to very few on this continent. IVohnhly the (hstinetion, lie prized tlie most, was jiis s(>Ice- tion hy tlu- Maninis ot' Lome to di-ani/.e, witli llie assistance ot ^rr Fanciier (h' St. .Manri.'c, the Frencii Sect icii of the IJoyal Society ofCanada, and liis eh^ctiun as iliellist presidenl, ot tlio section, in May ISSJ. The Tr(tut<iirti(,iis oftliis h^arned association since jSsJ, t'ach year, contain an elahorate essay ol' Mr. LcM.nn,. dm some departiui'iit or otlier of ('ana(han" history. In lyST. he read, l>y special invitation. Iiefurc the Canadian cliih of New York, ii Tiienioir : .]f<nlaine ile CI,, tin plain. .'\f,i,l'iiiif,le la Tail I-. .][,llli-,lc V,'rrli,r,>s. Ihr C<iii't,lh,i, h,'i;,h,cs. An intimacy of man\- years standiim- and arcess had to his papers, itc. has fnrnisiied me witli accurate data ah. mt ti,,, historian of (^)neiiec. I recall to memory, no iiiiire jileasant episod.' in ids li:;e- rajy career than the surprise prepaicd lor him hv the rlitr of the (.ineix'c K«'"!i"y, wh.ise homes Mr. LcMoine had so liappily and so Lcraphicaiiy descrihed, when tlu-v pre-^eiited him, in KS8l', at the (iarrisoii cliih, diirini;' a chami'iaune limch. 11 Dominion FlaL,^ for the new tower of Spencer (iranue, with a snitalde address. rn_ May 1S.)4 — Mr. LeMuine was unanimon^iv ciiosen President of the foiu- sections of the Hoyal Society, the highest jxtsition in literature or scii'iice, upen to a Cana- dian. * no T//e yfoiilmil Star iifti, e:\fHli Man j^'.it. mmUt.nsil a^ JiiUtni'n : riiEsii)i-;.NT lkMdini:. * " Anions ('aiiiKliiiii \viiti>rs no one is tnon" favorahtv ktiowu than Mr. .1. Li'.Moiiif, Ihc nt'wly-i'lccic.l prcsidi'nl olllii' Ko'val Socii't v ui' Canaila. lie lii'loiijjs to one of llii' oldf-^i ('aiiitiliin I'luiiilu'^, l)"ii'iL; n (Icsi'i'iidant ol'.Iciui LoMoyae, who was ;i si'iiiiii'ur ot I hrei' |i,.i'<. Sic. Marie, la .Noi-ayo ami (ia^li ncaii. and a near rclalivc of ('liailcs IjcMoyiu', Huron of l,oni,MitMiil. lli> Hou^e at SpciiciT (iiantre, i> ji literary inan's paradise; \\<^\■^^ Mr. Le\loiiH> has .'lUcriiiiiu'd s.itne of the mo>t I'lninenl \vi iters and ,s<dio|ars of mir tine . I i.'aii Si unlev. Charles Kin^sley, Sala, liowells. Gilhert I'arker, I'roles-or Heiu'v Dniniinond, Ulis. lialloek, ,1 W. Heniionirli, (iolilwin Smith, >ieirv Hunt, ('lis (J. I). Koherts, (,.o. M. b'aiirhilil, K. Marrhand, .Iiid^re Uonthier, Win, ICirl)y, .Folni Iteade. .\lihe ("asurain. 1.. 11. I^'rerlielte, <). Or'-niaziis 1>. Cliaiiveaii. the liistoiiaiisCiarneau ;uh1 l-'erlaml have all |)artaken of t he hospital it ies of Speni'er ( ir.aiiLre ; ilie late I'lancis J'arkinan, was a frequent visitor, and in the preface in some of lii.-, works acknowledges the valual)li' aid rendered lilin h.v Mr. l.e.Moine. For over thirty years hardly a year has passed that we lime not to welcome some new |)rocliiel of'his pen in Kreneh or Kn^tlish. His hest known svorks are Ornitholoiiiedu < 'anada i* vols.) Les I'eeheries diM'anada, Maple Leaves, L'.Vllmm dii Tonriste, Chronieles of the .St. Lawrence, tiuidiee I'ast and I'leseiit, Monoirrapliies et i';s(|uisses, and I'ieliirescnic t-iiiehee, all w<irks ot' histoi ie.il v.iliie. In ad liiion t(» tliese. Mr, Le.Moiiie has coiilribiiteil nniiHM'ons articles lo tlie In 1887, our author found nioan.s to stoal many hours IVoni his researches on Canadian liistory, to write an attractive vohune on Canadian sports; as tl\ere yet was no such work in French, in Canada, ('liosxc ct J'tcke (illed in a lacuna, long felt and deplored among the votaries of gun and rod. In the Maple Leaves series i)uldislie(l in I87!i, Mr. LeMoine gives us in the Explorations of .fonathan Oldhuctc, extracts from his Diary of Travel, liighly instructive and occasionally brimful of quaint humor. The last series of these sketches, which appeared in 18'.t4, intituled : Canadian Historij, Literature, Ornil/ioloi/if, are hy far the most valuable series of the Maple Lecvci." From [The Land ?re live in\ magazines and the dally press. Imbued with a deep love for the history and traditions of his country, his writins^s aro rcplote wllli graphic narratives of incidents tiiat have occured duriui^ tlic old regime, as well as stories of Canadian life and cliarai'ter of more recent date. To tell tiie story of our |)ast is the <'hief delight ofliis life, and he tells it trutlifully, and impartially; he jars no feelings uf race and creed, for Mr. Le.Mf)ine's ideal is a Canada wliose iieoplo Khali be neither l'",nglish nor Krench, hut Canadian. In (M)nehision, we may say that lie Rcjyal Society of Canada ("ould not have solected one more deserving of the honor of that distinguished body than tlij historian of Quebec." le h 111 r<! lis of )U! >u, I'd ^> / .4 v.-.'icn^txtST'b OF SIR JAS. M. LeMOINE, F. R. S. C. Lcgondury L(ii(> nftlie Lower St. LawrLMice (I vol. iii-riil). 1Sr>2 Maple Loaves, (1st SeriesJ (1 vul. inSO) ist;,", (:2iul Series) (1 vol. iii-8t») 1S(14 (:!i-«l Series) (1 vol. in-S(i) i.s,;.", The Tourist's Note Book, (1 vol. iii-i)4)liy ('(jsiiiopolite... In7(» The Sword ot Brijrailier CJeneral Moiit;:oiuery, ( A memoir) (1 vol. in-G4) is7o Tritles from my Portfolio, (New Dominion Monthly) 1872 Maple Leaves, (4th Series) ],S7;5 (^uehec, Tast and j)resent ]s7G The Touri.st'8 Note Book, (second edition) 187G Chronicles of the St. Lawrence, (1 vol. in-.sii) iy78 IIistoric.il Notes on Qnehec and its Environs 1871) The Scot in New France, a Lecture hefore L. & H.Soc'ty 1880 Picturesque (Quebec, (1 vol. in-8(») ool jiages 1882 Historical ami Sjiorting n<ites on Environs of Quebec... 188'J ]\r(>aple Lea\es, (^th Series) E.Kplorations in Eastern Latitiules lS8'.t ^laple Leaves, (Gth Series)— History — Literature and Ornitliology, olK) j)ages JS'.i4 j-^i«i:>rc'ii. jyOrnithologie du Canada, (i' vol. in-80) 18('.0 Etude sur Sir Walter Scott, poete, romancier, historien.. 18G2 Navij;ateins Arctiques, — Franklin, — ]\rciure, — Kane, — McClintock 1862 Les Pecheries du Canada, (1. vol. in-o2) 1863 Mt'moiie de Mcrtcalm, V"Pg-ee, (1 vol. in-;}:*) 18<)r) L'Alhum Citnr.diei- 1870 L' Album ilu Touriste 1873 V, V V y / J / / im n/ — 10 — ConlYronce siir I'Ornitholo-jic, dcviint I'ltistitiit Cnnn- (lu-n, (^uclxc ^^'J^, N(,to.-« IIist(»ri';'H>8 siir li-s Kiicsdt! (^irlM'(; 18^) Tiil)lniux Sviini.ti(iu.' ilea ()is<'iuix dii Ciiim.la, s\ I'usage , , , '. 1S77 (U'S icolcs Monogniiihi.'s et Ks(iuissfs,.">00 luigi-s i>^b.) Cliiissoot IVdif, ;5(M) im-.'s 18^7 MEMOIllErt LVa DEVANT LA SOCIETE lloYALE l)U CANADA. 1. Nos Qnntri' Histurions MoiU'riics ; niltuiul, (Jiirnciui, Fei-luiul, Fail lull. 2. Lcs Archives <lu Canada. 3. Los Aboiigi'iios d'Aiiu'riini(>. 4. Los Pages Sumhros di' I'llistoire. 5. Lf Geiieial 6ir Frederick Ualdiiuaud, a QuC'bec, 1778- 1784. 6. The Last Decade of French Rule at Qneh(>c, 174i>-r)(». 7. rarallMe llistoriciue ontre le Coiutedo la Galissonni^re (1747-9) et le Conite Dullerin (1H72-81.) 8. Le Premier Gouverneiir Anglais do Quebec— James Murray. 10. Etude p:thiiographi(iiue dos Elements qui constituent la population de la Province de Ciu^bec. 11. Le Comte d'Elgin. 12. Materials for Canadian History. 13. Aspect Social et Militaire de Quebec— pendant I'insu- rection, 1837-8, d'apri-s mes souvenirs. / « « • » • • • « • • . « ' • • • • • • • •••«•- • .' • • • • • « • • • • ' » « « • • • ~ • • • > « t • • • • • mmt y HELD HY SIR JAS. M. LeMOINE, Past-President Royal Society of Canada. L'liistitut ('aiiiulifii, Qu(''l)ec 1*^'' Liti-raiy and Historical Society, O'lobcc li^OO La Socit't^' Historiqiie (le Monti .U 1800 Hi.-torical Society of Pennsylvania 1S"0 New Enjrland Historic— Genealogical Society IsTo State Historical Society of Wisconsin 1^~" institution Ethnograplii'iue de France lS8(t Massacluisetts Historical Society I'^^^O Si.cicte Americaine de France l'^"'" N'ew Hrunswick Historical Society I'^^iO Socidte Royale du Canada— French Section 1S82 Royal Society of Canada— English Section 18.S-J American Historical Association 1**^8- The Auduhon Society of New York 1S86 Paris, Society d'Histoire Diplomatique l^^' Institut Canadien of New York I'^'SS The Sijciety of Canadian Literature, Montreal 18'.Mi Natural History Society of Montreal 1H90 American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia 1890 International Ornithological Congress of Buda Pesth. Hungary • ^'^^^ New York (iencalogical and Biographical Society 18'.tl Trinity Historical Society, Dallas, Ta^as L"^''! Lincoln County Historical Society, Wiscasset, Maine... 1894 American Folk-Lore Society, Montreal l'S94 Quehec Studio Club 1*^" *syj.-4.'.Cr "'A'