. Tourist travel via Grand Trunk Railway System : and connections, including Niagara Falls and Gorge, the Highlands of Ontario, comprising Georgian Bay, Muskoka Lakes ; St. Lawrence River, Montreal, Quebec, the Saguenay River, the Rangeley Lakes, White Mountains, and the Atlantic Sea-Coast. fiuestiun of education. The buildings are thoroughly modern,the teachers eftlcient, and the system the embodiment of tliebest suggestions. At this writing there are in Toronto 57 pulilicschools, with 5S0 rooms, accommodating 34,600 pupils. Theseparate schools carried on under public authority by the Ro-man
. Tourist travel via Grand Trunk Railway System : and connections, including Niagara Falls and Gorge, the Highlands of Ontario, comprising Georgian Bay, Muskoka Lakes ; St. Lawrence River, Montreal, Quebec, the Saguenay River, the Rangeley Lakes, White Mountains, and the Atlantic Sea-Coast. fiuestiun of education. The buildings are thoroughly modern,the teachers eftlcient, and the system the embodiment of tliebest suggestions. At this writing there are in Toronto 57 pulilicschools, with 5S0 rooms, accommodating 34,600 pupils. Theseparate schools carried on under public authority by the Ro-man Catholics are large and efficient institutions. There arethree collegiate institutes, a Normal School for the training ofteachers, and the great University of Toronto, the keystone ofthe educational arch. The beautiful and historic building ofthe University was destroyed b\- fire in Feliruary, 1890. but. through the of the Provinaial Government, theCity Council, and many liberal friends throughout the coun-try, it has been restored to its former greatness, and now thework is being carried on in a building even better adaptedto its needs than ever before. Among the other institutionsof learning in the city, maintained by the public, are theModel School and Upper Canada College, the latter an insti-tution of historic interest, and the alma inaltr of some of tlie most distinguished men Ontario has ever produced. Toronto isalso the seat of the Trinity University, McMaster University, VictoriaUniversity, as well as a number of great colleges afiiliated with theUniversity of Toronto. There are, besides, two Medical Schools, aCollege of Pharmacy, a Veterinary College, a School of PracticalScience, two great Colleges of Music, and many other institutions oflearning. The Public Library is in truth a public library, maintainedwholly and directly by public funds, and open freely to a
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