Essay writing in Canada; weakness of attempts at fiction; Richardson's "Wacousta"; De Gaspé's "Anciens Canadiens"; Kirby's "Golden Dog"; Marmette's "F. de Bienville," among best works of this class; Professor De Mille and his works; successful efforts of Canadians abroad--Gilbert Parker, Sara Jeannette Duncan and L. Dougall; general remarks on literary progress during half a century; the literature of science in Canada eminently successful. VII.--P. 33. A short review of the origin and history of the Royal Society of Canada; its aim, the encouragement of the literature of learning and science, and of original ethnographical, archæological, historic and scientific investigation; desirous of stimulating broad literary criticism; associated with all other Canadian societies engaged in the same work; the wide circulation of its Transactions throughout the world; the need of a magazine of a high class in Canada. VIII.--P. 42. The intellectual standard of our legislative bodies; the literature of biography, law and theology; summary of general results of intellectual development; difficulties in the way of successful literary pursuits in Canada; good work sure of appreciative criticism by the best class of English periodicals like the "Contemporary," "Athenæum," "English Historical Magazine," "Academy," etc.; Sainte-Beuve's advice to cultivate a good style cited; some colonial conditions antagonistic to literary growth; the necessity of cultivating a higher ideal of literature in these modern times. IX.--P. 49. The condition of education in Canada; speed and superficiality among the defects of an otherwise admirable system; tendency to make all studies subordinate to a purely utilitarian spirit; the need of cultivating the "humanities," especially Greek; remarks on this point by Matthew Arnold and Goldwin Smith; the state of the press of Canada; the Canadian Pythia and Olympia. X.--P. 53. Libraries in Canada; development of art; absence of art galleries in the cities, and of large private collections of paintings; meritorious work of O'Brien, Reed, Peel, Pinhey, Forster and others; establishment of the Canadian Academy by the Princess Louise and the Marquess of Lorne; necessity for greater encouragement of native artists; success of Canadian artists at the World's Fair; architecture in Canada imitative and not creative; the White City at Chicago an illustration of the triumph of intellectual and artistic effort over the spirit of mere materialism; its effect probably the development of a higher culture and creative artistic genius on the continent. XI.--P. 58.