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 (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- 
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 three liels or seiirnories 
 
 La N 
 
 oraie, Ste 
 
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 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 
 
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 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 
 
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 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 
 
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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 
 
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 vini; alluded 
 
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 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 (. 
 
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 aiiaaieirne 
 
 In 187 
 
 selection of his best Canadian sketches, were pulilislied. 
 
 under the olil familiar na 
 
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 .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- 
 
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 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. * 
 
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 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." 
 
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 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 
 
 
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 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 
 
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 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. 
 
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 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*^" 
 
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