THE LEGEND OF THE EARTH _Jean Rameau_.

THE EMIGRANT MOUNTAINEER _Chateaubriand_.

FROM "LIGHTS AND SHADES" _Hugo_.

VILLANELLE TO ROSETTE _Desportes_.

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MEMOIR OF MRS. SECORD


It is at all times an amiable and honourable sentiment that leads us to
enquire into the antecedents of those who, by the greatness of their
virtues have added value to the records of human history. Whether such
inquiry increases our estimation of such value or not, it must always be
instructive, and therefore inspiring. Under this impression I have
sought on every hand to learn all that could be gathered of the history
of one of Canada's purest patriots. As Dr. Ryerson aptly says in his