. Canada, an encyclopaedia of the country [microform] : the Canadian Dominion considered in its historic relations, its natural resources, its material progress and its national development. Agriculture; Canadian literature; Finance; Natural history; Natural resources; Agriculture; Littérature canadienne; Finances; Sciences naturelles; Ressources naturelles. CANADA: AN ' Commainler (iiftcrwarcls Admiral) Ijajficld, ; Lieutenant (afterwards General) Haddeicy, the Hon. W. Slicppard tiiid Mrs, Slieppard, tlie Hon. ("liief Justice Sevvcll, Dr. Kelley, ; Major Meiccr
. Canada, an encyclopaedia of the country [microform] : the Canadian Dominion considered in its historic relations, its natural resources, its material progress and its national development. Agriculture; Canadian literature; Finance; Natural history; Natural resources; Agriculture; Littérature canadienne; Finances; Sciences naturelles; Ressources naturelles. CANADA: AN ' Commainler (iiftcrwarcls Admiral) Ijajficld, ; Lieutenant (afterwards General) Haddeicy, the Hon. W. Slicppard tiiid Mrs, Slieppard, tlie Hon. ("liief Justice Sevvcll, Dr. Kelley, ; Major Meiccr, ; Mr. A. Stuart, Captain (afterwards Sir) Richard Honnycastle, the Hon. A. \V. Coch- rane, Lieutenant Ashe, , , and Mr. F. N. Hoxer, The of tliese members may, for the most part, be still read with protit, as, even where the advance of scientific discovery and invention has rendered their conclusions rather obsolete, their data are mostly of value, if for nothing else, as marking a stage in our progress. If in the contributionsâin which the officers of Her Majesty's Army and Navy evi- dently did their shareâthe purpose of the Society as implied in its name was sometimes forgotten, the memoirs or historical manuscripts made up for the amission. These are still among the most important documents of their kind bearing upon our history to the close of the War of 1812- 15.* A new class of contributors was addeil during the middle years of the Union rc-gime when literary subjects began to assume a certain prominence. Before the end of that regime we notice that Canadian literature had attracted attention through both French and English members. One of the ablest of these as a con- tribution was that of the Hon. Hector Fabre, for many years Canada's rei)icsentative at [hi- I'rench capital. It was written on the eve of Confederation and was of a piulosopbic tone of reflection and forecast in keeping with sucii a crisis. He spoiie of the influence on e
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