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in a series of papers in the Mercury (Que.) in 1842, The Emigrant met with a most flattering reception. It was republished in many leading Can. papersin several Eng. journals, among which was the Emigration Gazette (Lon.)—and in pamphlet form in Eng. by the Agent for Emigration. The intention of the author to publish it in Can. becoming known, he received orders in advance of its appearance, and in a few weeks, for more than a thousand copies, and a large edition was soon exhausted. In 1843, a second edition issued from the press of Mr. Lovell-and was rapidly disposed of.

Encouraged by the success of the Memoranda, which chiefly consisted of extracts from the record of his own experience in Can. Mr. A. decided to publish that record in a more extended form-and submitted it for that purpose to Mr. John Murray who at once accepted it and undertook its publication as one of his series, intitled

The Home and Colonial Library", under the title of Philip Musgrave, or the Adventures of a Missionary in Canada. The success of this little book, was complete, beyond the most sanguine expectations of both author and publisher. The leading literary authorities of the mother country spoke of it in the highest terms of praise.-Its truthfulness, which the simplicity of the narrative-and the minuteness of its graphic details, were alone suffi cient to establish-the perspicuity of its descriptions-and the spirit of rational and earnest devotion which pervaded it were themes of praise in many of those periodicals whose praise is fame. And the private testimony to its usefulness-and to the gratification which it afforded to thousands of enquirers was not less complete, nor less pleasing to its author.

A more extended work, the nature of which is not fully known, but upon which Mr. A. spent his leisure. time for several years, was lost in manuscript, in the course of transmission to Messrs. Blackwood & Son for publication. In addition to these more arduous labors, he was a frequent contributor to the lighter periodical literature of this country, of tales in which his imagination loved to revert

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ABBOTT, Hon. J. J. C., B. C. L., Q. C. A Can. lawyer and legislator. Eldest son of the preceding. B. at St. Andrews, L. C., 12 March, 1821. Called to the Bar, L. C., 1847. Is Dean of the Faculty of Law Univ. McGill Coll. Has sat in the Leg. Assem. Can. since 1857. Was Solicitor Genl., L. C., from May 1862 to May 1863. Originated and carried through the legislature the Insolvent Act of 1864.

I. The Insolvent Act of 1864, with notes, together with the rules of practice and the tariff of fees for Lower Canada. Quebec, 1864.

"The reputation of the author, both in the Legislature and at the Bar in Lower Canada, is of itself sufficient to secure for his book a passport wherever his name is known."-U. C. Law Journ.

ABRAHAM, ROBERT, a Can. journ. Was a native of Cumberland, Eng. D. at Montreal 10 Nov. 1854. He was ed. for the medical profession, graduating in the Univ. of Edinburgh, but his literary tastes soon induced him to devote his talents to journalism. During many years he served on the provincial press of Eng., first in his native county, and afterwards as Ed. of a leading Liverpool journal. About 1843, he came to Can., where he became the prop. and ed. of the Gazette (Mont.) His connection with that journal continued until Dec. 1848, when he disposed of the paper to Mr. Ferres, and retired from its management. The principles which. guided his conduct of the Gazette may be gathered from the following extract from his valedictory upon retiring from that journal:

"Six years! It is a large gap in the life of man. But still it is not unworthily filled, if all those multitudinous beatings of the heart, and contractions of the voluntary muscles, and impulses of the brain, which go to the composition of an intellectual being, are compatible with the moral principle. That we may have been misled by passion; or by personal hostilities (and of these we believe no man has fewer) ;-or by excessive zeal for our friends or for our party,-we freely admit; and we would be more than man, or less, were we not incident to such weaknesses. But this we can say, that, amid all the exciting topics of exciting time, never did we impugn any man's private character,

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or invade his personal privacy; that we have asserted what we believe to be the true fundamental principles of the British Constitution, so far as applicable to this colony; that, on this side of the great waters, as on the eastern, we have stood, with the spirit and pertinacity of an Englishman, by those great Whig principles, the practical enunciation of which has saved England alike from monarchical and from mob despotism. The creed of our youth, imbibed from descent, and from early associates, has been that of our maturer age; and if we have failed it is neither from want of love of liberty, nor from want of due honour to the royalty and the institutions which are its best and most glorious guarantees."

Either before or after this time he studied law and was admitted to practice as an advocate of L. C. For a brief period he did not write, and had no connection with the press. In 1849, however, he was induced to undertake the charge of the Transcript, of the same city, and continued its senior ed. up to the time of his death. He was also ed. of the L. C. Agricultural Journal for some time previous and up to that event. Mr. A. was a man, truly able and well educated; and had so prodigious a memory that no one, in his time, could be better entitled to be called, as he sometimes was, a walking Encyclopedia! From the notice of him in the Gazette to which we are indebted for much of the above, we learn that during the last year of his life his health and physical energies had been gradually, but perceptibly declining-though he retained his mental faculties up to the last. The same journal pays the following affectionate tribute to his character:

"As an English politician Mr. Abraham took his place in the Whig-radical school; but he-like the late lamented Lord Metcalfefound the democratic element so strong in this country that he held an English radical might, with perfect consistency, be a Canadian conservative. So, during the time of his connexion with this journal, it was the staunch advocate of liberal-conservative views,-liberal in according and securing to all men their reasonable, constitutional liberties.Conservative in so curbing innovation as to preserve intact the provincial connection with the mother country. Further we need not speak of his political career in this provinceit is before the people in his writings. On the merits of those writings, their elegant

epigrammatic style, the vast stores of useful and curious information which abounded in every thing he wrote, shining forth spontane ously from the overflowing treasury of his cultivated mind, we might say much, but time and space forbid us now. As a geologist and naturalist (particularly in his favourite branch of Natural History, Entomology) he had few equals in Canada-perhaps no supe rior on this continent. While by his writings he won the admiration of strangers as well as friends, in private life he was one of the most truly generous and kind-hearted-one of the most pure, honest, and sincere men whom it was ever our lot to know. Well may we look upon his loss to journalism as almost irreparable, and the large circle of friends who mourn his loss cannot hope to see his place in their affections again filled by such a man."

I. Some remarks upon the French tenure of Franc-alleu roturier" and its relation to the Fendal and other tenures. Montreal, 1849; pp. 81. 8vo.

II. Tracks of a Chelonian Reptile in the Lower Silurian formation at Beauharnois. B. A. Journ. 1851.

"With the Climactichnites at Perth, there occurs also the Protichnites of Owen, the first discovery of which at Beauharnois was made by the late Mr. Robert Abraham, then editor of the Montreal Gazette, in which he gave an interesting description of these curious footprints."―SIR W. E. LOGAN: Geo. of Can. ADAMS, J,

I. Sketches of the Tête de Boule Indians. Trans. Lit. & His. Soc. (Que.) vol. II.

ADAMS, LEVI, a Can. writer, supposed

to have been a native of the Eastern Townships, L, C. D. at Montreal, of cholera, 21 July, 1832. Was admitted as an advocate in 1827. While still a student at law contributed to the Canadian Review, (1826), "Jean Baptiste: a Poetic olio; most respectfully inscribed to Stephen Sewell, Esq." Two talesThe young Lieutenant, and The Wedding, from the same pen, appear in vol. IV of the Canadian Mag. (Mon.) Mr. A. was a resident of Henryville, L. C.

ADAMSON, Rev. WILLIAM AGAR, D. C. L. A clergym. of the Ch. of Eng. in Can. B. in Dublin, Irel., 21 Nov. 1800. His father was Jas. Adamson, Esq., eldest son of the Rev. Christopher Adamson of Ballinalack, Co. Wesmeath and St. Marks, Dublin; his mother the eldest daughter of Isaac Hutchinson, Esq., of

Violet Hill, Co. Wicklow. In July 1817, he entered Trinity Col., (Dub.), as a gentleman commoner and, in July 1821, graduated as A. B. In 1824, he was ordained and held the curacies of Lockeen and Parsonstown till 1826, when he was presented to the vicarage of Clonlea, Co. Clare. In 1833, he was promoted by the bish. to the vicarage of Ennis, the chief town of that county. In 1838, he was presented by the late Marquis of Normanby to the rectory of Kilcooly, Co. Tipperary. In 1840, having been appointed to the incumbency of Amherst Island, and chaplain to Lord Sydenham, the first Gov. Genl. of B. N. A., he came to Can., and at the union of the Provinces received the appointment of chaplain and librarian to the Legis. Council. Whilst the seat of government was at Montreal, Dr. A., who had received the degree of D. C. L. from McGill Univ. and also from the Univ. of Bishop's Coll. Lennoxville, held the office of assist. min. of Christ Ch. Cathedral, on resigning which to proceed to Toronto, he was presented by the inhabitants of Montreal of all religious denominations with two costly silver salvers, on which were one thousand dollars in gold. Since then, Dr. A. has been assist. min. of St. George's, (Tor..) and St. Paul's, Yorkville; secretary to the Ch. Soc. of Quebec, afternoon lecturer in the Cathedral of the same city, and now holds a like appointment in Christ's Church, Ottawa. In 1824, Dr. A. married Sarah, second daughter of John Walsh, Esq., of Walsh Park, Co. Tipperary, by whom he has had nine children. As a preacher, he is one of the most eloquent and moving pulpit orators in Am. He occupies a foremost position in the nascent literature of Can. From an early age he has been a constant contributor to the periodicals of Gt. Brit. and Irel., chiefly to the Dublin University Magazine and Blackwood, and has sent communications to almost every literary serial attempted in Can. It would be an arduous task to enumerate the titles or subjects of onetenth of these contributions.

I. The Fall of Man: a sermon. Irish Pulpit, 1836, pp. 7.

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II. A Sermon preached in St. George's

IV. The Order for Divine Service daily throughout the year: a sermon. Do. 1847, pp. 15, 8vo.

V. The Churching of Women. Do. 1848, pp. 43, 8vo.

VI. Human suffering and Heavenly sympathy: a sermon. Do. 1852, pp. 30.

VII. A sermon preached in the Cathedral, Quebec, on the day set apart for humiliation and fasting on account of war between Great Britain and Russia. Quebec, 1854, pp. 14, 8vo.

"It is marked by all the fervid eloquence that distinguishes the Reverend preacher, and does equal credit to his head and heart."Gazette (Mont.)

VIII. The decrease, restoration and preservation of Salmon in Canada. Can. Journ. 1857.

IX. Salmon Fishing in Canada. By a Resident. Edited by Colonel Sir J. E. Alexander, Kt., K. Č. L. S. London, 1860, pp. 350, 8vo.

"The book is pleasantly and cleverly written. The author is evidently, as all anglers should be, a true lover of nature, and some of his descriptions of Canadian scenery are given with considerable effect. "—Literary Gazette (Lon.)

"One of the most agreeable sporting works of the season."-Bell's Life in London. ADDERLEY, Rt. Hon. C. B. A mem. of the House of Commons, lately Under Secretary of State for the Colonies.

I. Letter to the Rt. Hon. Benj. D'Israeli on the present relation of England with the Colonies, with preface on Canadian affairs. London, 1862, 8vo.

"While I acknowledge that this brochure has been written with great skill and ingenuity, and in a spirit of commendable moderation, I regret to be compelled, by a sense of duty to the North American Provinces, and the Empire at large, to question the soundness of the conclusions at which you have arrived."-JOSEPH HOWE.

AKINS, THOMAS BEAMISH, D. C. L. A barrister of N. S. and Com. of Records for that province.

I. Prize Essay on the history of the settlement of Halifax, at the Mechanics

Institute, 18th April, 1839. Halifax, 1847, pp. 62.

"There is an interesting little pamphlet, published by Mr. Akins, respecting the early settlement of Halifax, that is well worthy the perusal of those who feel interested in the early history of the town."-R. G. HALI

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II. A sketch of the rise and progress of the Church of England in the British North American Provinces. Do. 1819, pp. 151, 8vo.

III. A brief account of the origin, endowment and progress of the University of King's College, Windsor, N.S. Do. 1865, pp. 84, 8vo.

ALCOCK, Rev. THOMAS, A. M.

I. An account of the bombardment and seige of Quebec. Plymouth, 1763. French version, London, 1770.

ALDER, Rev. ROBERT. A Wesl. Meth Min.

I. The substance of a sermon delivered at Charlottetown, on the death of Her Majesty Queen Charlotte. Charlottetown, 1819, pp. 40, 8vo.

II. A defence of the proceedings of the extra district meeting of the Wesleyan Missionaries. St. John, 1824, pp. 64, 8vo.

III. The substance of a sermon delivered at Montreal, March 25, 1827, on the death of His Royal Highness the Duke of York. Montreal, 1827, pp. 28.

ALDRIDGE, Rev. MR.

I. A narrative of the Lord's Wonderful Dealings with John Marrant, a black, (now going to preach the Gospel in Nova Scotia). Born in New York, in North America. Taken down from his own relation, arranged, corrected, &c. London, 1785, pp. 38, 8vo. ALEXANDER, JAMES.

I. The Canadian Mercantile Test, a private and confidential document, issued by the compiler and proprietor to bankers and members of the Canada Trade Protection Society, on the express condition of its not being lent or contents exposed to non-subscribers, or any one unconnected with a subscriber's own business establishment. Toronto, 1859.

ALEXANDER, Col. Sir J. E., K. C. L. S., F.

R. G. S. A well known Brit. officer

and writer. B. in Stirling, Scot., 16 Oct. 1803. He explored for and surveyed a portion of the military road, leading from Quebec to Halifax.

I. Transatlantic Sketches, compris ing visits to the most interesting scenes in North and South America, and the West Indies. With Notes on Negro Slavery and Canadian Emigration: London, 1833, 2 vols. 8vo. ; Philadelphia, 1833, 8vo.

II. L'Acadie; or, seven years' explo rations in British America. London, 1849, 2 vols., pp. 345, pp. 326, 8vo.

"Sir James Alexander left England in the spring of 1841, having received an appointment in the Staff of the Commander of the Forces in Canada. His military duties and his love of field sports induced him to make excursions in every direction, besides which, he occasionally crossed the frontier to visit the United States. Thus he had the opportunity of seeing great variety of scene and society. We find him at one time in the wildest part of the lakes, paying a visit to the notorious pirate and smuggler, Bill Johnstone; at another time, housed in a comfortable hotel at New York, exchanging visits with the literary celebrities of that city. He is equally at home in the jovialities of a Canadian winter, and the rough sports of the backwoods. With equal alacrity he examines and relates the arrangements of edu cational establishments, and surveys the military positions made famous in the last American war. He is just what a soldier should be, incessantly attentive to his profession, but with active sympathy for others, and a judicious observer of what is passing before him."-Colonial Mag.

III. Salmon Fishing in Canada. By a Resident. Edited by Sir J. E. Alex ander. London, 1860, 8vo.

ALEXANDER, Sir WILLIAM, Kt., (Earl of Stirling.)

I. Copies and translations of the Royal Charters, etc., by which Nova Scotia and Canada were granted, in 1621, 1625 and 1628. London, 1831, fol.

Analytical statement of the case of Alexander, Earl of Stirling and Doran, his Official Dignities, peculiar Territorial Rights and Pri vileges in the British Colonies of Nova Scotia and Canada, with notes and observations. By Sir Thos. Banks. Do. 1832, pp. 132, 8vo.

Case of the Rt. Hon. Alexander, Earl of Stirling and Doran, respecting his title to Nova Scotia and other territorial possessions in North America (with Map.) By J. J. Burn. Do. 1833, 8vo.