THE

CANADIAN MONTHLY

AND

NATIONAL REVIEW.

VOLUME I.

JANUARY TO JUNE.

TORONTO:
ADAM, STEVENSON & CO.

1872.

Entered according to Act of the Parliament of Canada, in the year 1872, by AdaM, STEVENSON & CO.

in the Office of the Minister of Agriculture.

TORONTO : HƯNTER, Rose & Co.,

ADOLELA,

CONTENTS.

ARTICLES.

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448

538

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Page.

Introductory....

A Night of Terror in the Backwoods of Canada, by Mrs. M. E. Muchall....

138

Anne Hathaway; a Dialogue, by Prof. Daniel Wilson, LL.D., &c.

19

Books, by Alex. MacLachlan, Erin.....

421

Canadian Census, The, of 1871, by Arthur Harvey, F.S.S.

97

Canadian Commerce, The Growth of, by James Young, M. P......

387

Cavalry Charges at Sedan, The, by Lieut.-Col. G. T. Denison, jun.

47

Concering Old Age, by C. T. Campbell, M.D....

Curiosities of Canadian Literature—Washington and Jumonville, by W. J. Ander-

son, M.D. ...........

55

Dinah Blake's Revenge, by Mrs. J. V. Noel, London, Ont........ 201, 302, 393 and 497

Early Christian Art and Symbolism, by the Rev. W. H. Witherow, M.A......

119

Gen. Robt. E. Lee, A Visit to, by Lieut.-Col. G. T. Denison, jun..

231

Great Britain, Canada and the United States, Editorial.........

453

Great Lakes to the Sea, From the, by J. G. Bourinot.....

Historical Night in the Old Canadian Parliament, An, by Samuel J. Watson

International Copyright, by Alfred H. Dymond......

289

Immigration, by Thomas White, jun...

193

Late Session of the Parliament of Ontario, The, by a Bystander.....

318

Man's Place in Nature, by Prof. H. A. Nicholson, M.D., D.Sc........

35

Marguerite Kneller-Artist and Woman, by Miss Louisa Murray 28, 107, 239, 334, 432 & 519

Matthew Arnold, The Poetry of, by W. D. LeSueur, B.A..

219

Modern Dress, by Mrs. C. R. Corson....

127

My First Cariboo, by Hubert Humber.

509

My Tiger-Claw Bracelet, by W. H. F.

533

Nine Hours' Movement, The, by Henry Stephens.

423

Old Colonial Currencies, by Samuel E. Dawson ....

326

Our Commercial Relations with the United States, by J. McL..

214

Our Canadian Forests, by Capt. N. W. Beckwith .......

527

Our Pioneer Bishop-The Hon. and Right Rev. John Strachan, D.D.

406

Public Schools of Ontario, The, by the Rev. James Porter..

483

Recent Struggle in the Parliament of Ontario, The, by a Bystander.

143

Treaty of Washington, The, by Charles Lindsey

Do.
Legal Interpretation of, The, by James Beaty, jun.

354

Wilderness Missions, The Romance of, by Martin J. Griffin..

344

Woman's Rights Movement, The, by a Bystander.....

249

Yachting, by an Amateur...

440

Zolverein, Á North American, by Charles Lindsey .......

132

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27

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POETRY AND POETICAL TRANSLATIONS.

PAGE.

Alexis, by John Reade....

150

At the Chaudiere Falls, by Charles Sangster......

200

Bachelor's Wife, The, by Mrs. M. E. Muchall.

131

Bard, The, by Charles Sangster

438

Consolations of Science, The, (from Lucretius) by Goldwin Smith, M.A...

53

Canada, Past and Present, by F. A. Dixon..

507

Canada's Emblem, by W. B. Canavan......

218

Eloise, by Mrs. J. C. Yule..........

446

February, by J. A. Boyd, M. A...........

126

Forsaken, by L. M.............

403

Genius, by Mrs. S. Moodie.....

353

“ It is Peace," by a Bachelor of Arts...

325

January, by S. J. Watson..

Lament for May-Day, A, by Mrs. C. P. Traill

532

Let us Launch our Boat, by Miss Mary B. Smith.

431

Love in Death, (from Catullus.)....

71

Love-Thoughts by Lamp-light, by Martin J. Griffin

229

Marching Out.—On the Departure of the last British Troops from Quebec, by

York .....

18

Marching In.—On the occupation of the Citadel by the First Canadian Garrison,

by York........

105

My Lisette, by Mrs. M. E. Muchall

496

My Messenger Birds, by F. A. Dixon.......

317

My Rose, by Miss Mary B. Smith....

213

Mocking Bird, The, by Charles Sangster

46

Nevermore, by Alfred James

333

Obscured, by Miss Charlotte Grant..

518

One Woman's Valentine, by L. M........

137

Orphan, The, by Mrs. Moodie ...........

527

On a Humming Bird, by G. Neot........

117

Only, by Mrs. M. E. Muchall.......

343

Paolo and Francesca, by John Reade ........

62

Poet's Invitation to the Statesman, The, from Horace Od. III. 29, by Goldwin

Smith, M. A ...........

247

Sic est Vita, by Miss Charlotte Grant

299

To a Photograph, by E. W. Thomson...

a

536

To an Indian's Skull

, by Alexander Maclachlan ......

142

Two Cities, by J. C. Hamilton, M. A., LL.B...

34

Winter Song for the Sleigh, A, by Mrs. C. P. Traill..

238

Wisdom of the East, The, by Geo. Murray, B, A.........

392

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TRANSLATIONS AND SELECTIONS.

Canon's Daughter, The, from the French of Edmond About.....

362

Cavendish, Henry, from Prof. Scoffern's Stray Leaves of Science..

158

End of Bohemia, The, from the French of E. Caro.........

72

Helps, Mr. Arthur, as an Essayist, by the Rev. Canon Kingsley..

170

Hibernicisms in Philosophy, On, by His Grace, the Duke of Argyll.

164

House of Lords, The Present Position and Practice of the, by Lord Houghton.... 270

How I was Rusticated from Cambridge, from Temple Bar... ..

471

Last Tournament, The, a new Idyll of the King, by Alfred Tennyson, D.C.L....... 78

Letter From High Latitudes, A, by His Excellency, Lord Dufferin, K. P., &c.

550

PAGE.
Maurice, The Rev. Fred. Denison, by the Rev. Canon Kingsley, from Macmillan's

Magazine ......
Sword Point, The, from the German of Liebetreu......
Three Summer Stories, from the German of Theodor Storm, by Tine Hutchison :
No, I. In the Sunshine

152
2. Martha and her Clock......

264
3. In the Old Hall.

267

546
466

BOOK REVIEWS.

187
382
569
557
188

189

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Abbot & Seeley's English Lessons for English People .....
Beecher's Life of Jesus, the Christ.......
Blackie's Four Phrases of Morals....
Brougham's Autobiography..........
Buchanan's The Land of Lorne.....
Cassell's History of the War, Vol. I. .
Collins' Poor Miss Finch...........
Chambers' Autobiography and Memoir....
De Vere's Americanism, the English of the New World....
Forman ; Our Living Poets, an Essay in Criticism....
Forster's Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I ............
Freeman's Historical Essays....
Hargrave's Red River.....
Help's Thoughts upon Government..
Holland's Recollections of Past Life......
Huxley's Anatomy of the Vertebrated Animals.
Jacor's Cues From all Quarters.....
Jenkins' Lord Bantam, a Satire..
Journal of the Anthropological Society...
Kirke's First English Conquest of Canada..
Longfellow's Divine Tragedy......
Macaulay and Aytoun's Lays...
Macdonald's Wilfrid Cumbermede ......
Meline's Mary, Queen of Scots......
Magill's Women, or Chronicles of the Late War...
Moodie's Roughing it in the Bush...
- Modern Scepticism—the Christian Evidence Society Lectures.
Morley's Voltaire.

Pilgrim and the Shrine, The....
- Speaker's, Commentary. The, Vol. 1. The Pentateuch...
- Somerset, Duke of, Christian Theology and Modern Scepticism.

Talmage's, The Abominations of Modern Society.....
Thring's Thoughts on Life Science.......
Tyerman's, Life and Times of Wesley....
Vivian's, A Life Wasted.........
Yonge's, Three Centuries of English Literature........

477
564

87
278
179
176
479
561
282
563

92
188
284

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186
189
477
475

91
182
185
286
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183
381
287
565
379
188
477

LITERARY NOTES, Pages.....

93, 190, 288, 384, 480, 570

INDEX TO CONTRIBUTORS.

Anderson, W. J., Esq., M.D., Quebec
Beaty, James, jun., Esq., Toronto
Boyd, J. A., Esq., M.A. Toronto ...........