Our Intellectual Strength and Weakness: A Short Historical and Critical Review of Literature, Art and Education in CanadaBourinot, John George
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Our Intellectual Strength and Weakness: A Short Historical and Critical Review of Literature, Art and Education in Canada
Bourinot, John George
Canada -- Intellectual life; Canadian literature -- History and criticism; French-Canadian literature -- History and criticism
"Bienville, François de," romance by M. Marmette, 27, 82.
Billings, Elkanah, geologist, 33, 84.
Biography, literature of, weak in Canada, 42.
Blake, Edward, mentioned, 17, 43.
Boucher, Pierre, his account of the customs and natural productions of
Nouvelle France, 6, 63.
Bouchette, Joseph, his works on the topography of Canada, 12, 67.
Bourassa, N., artist, 88.
Brown, J. H., poet, 76.
Bruenech, G., artist, 87.
Bunsen, Chevalier, his opinion on what constitutes the excellence of a
romance, 29.
Brymner, W., artist, 54, 88.
Campbell, Wilfred, his poems, 20;
quotations therefrom, 75.
Canada Life Assurance Building at Hamilton, its architecture, 90.
Canada, three eras of development, 4.
"Canadian Idylls," poems by W. Kirby, 82.
Canadian Literary and Scientific Societies, the oldest in Canada,
34, 84.
"Canadian Monthly," its usefulness, 40, 86.
Canadian Pacific RR., Station at Montreal, its architecture, 90.
"Canadiens de l'Ouest," by J. Tassé, 72.
"Carillon, le Drapeau de," poem by O. Crémazie, quoted, 68.
Carman, Bliss, his poems, 20.
Cartier, Sir George Etienne, statesman, 14.
Casgrain, Abbé, his historical works, 71;
his opinion of Crémazie, 20.
Catherwood, Mary Hartwell, writer of fiction, 28, 82.
Champlain, compared with Columbus, 5;
with Captain John Smith, 62;
his works, 6, 61.
"Chants Nouveaux," poems by B. Sulte, 73.
Charlevoix, his history of Nouvelle France, 6, 62;
his opinion of society in Quebec, 8.
Chauveau, P. J. O., his poems, etc., 17;
one of the founders of the Royal Society, 34, 67.
Chevrier, R., poet, 76.
Christie, Robert, his history of Lower Canada, 18, 69.
"Chief Factor, The," novel by Gilbert Parker, 28, 82.
Christ Church Cathedral at Fredericton, its architecture, 90.
Christ Church Cathedral at Montreal, its architecture, 90.
Classics, Study of;
Goldwin Smith on, 49, 86;
Matthew Arnold on, 50;
J. Russell Lowell on, 61;
should be encouraged in Canadian colleges, 49;
its results in French Canada, 65.
Clarke, Professor, mentioned, 10.
"Clàrsach nam Beann," Gaelic poems by E. McColl, 77.
Clercq, Père Chrestien le, his "Etablissement de la Foy," 6, 64.
"Coogee," poem by H. C. Kendall, the Australian poet, cited, 79.
"Cours d'Histoire du Canada," by Abbé Ferland, 18, 70.
Crawford, Isabella Valancy, poet, 76.
Crémazie, Octave, his poems, 17, 68.
Creux, Père du, his _Historia Canadensis_, 6, 63.
Criticism, necessity for a spirit of genuine, in Canada, 47;
reference to S. E. Dawson's essay on "The Princess," 40;
Sainte-Beuve quoted, 47.
Cuoq, Abbé, his works on the Algonquin language, contributed to Royal
Society, 37.
Davin, Nicholas Flood, poet, 75.
Dawson, Æneas, poet, 74.
Dawson, G. M., his contributions to Royal Society, 38.
Dawson, S. E., his criticism on "The Princess," 40, 86.
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