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
Lorne, Marquess of, establishes the Royal Society of Canada, 33;
and the Canadian Academy of Art, with the Princess Louise, 54.
Louise, H. R. H. the Princess, her labours in connection with Art in
Canada, 54.
Lowell, James Russell, his remarks on the measure of a nation's true
success, 1, 2;
on the study of the classics, 61.
Macdonald, Sir John A., statesman, 15.
Machar, Miss ("Fidelis"), one of her poems quoted, 60, 90.
Mackenzie, Hon. Alexander, statesman, 15.
Mackenzie, William Lyon, politician and agitator, 14.
Magazine, need of, in Canada, 40, 41;
the old "Canadian Monthly," 40.
Mair, Charles, poet, 20, 74.
Manly, C. M., artist, 54.
Marmette, J., works cited, 82.
Martin, E. May, artist, 88.
Martin, Mower, artist, 87.
"Masque of Minstrels," poems by the Lockhart Brothers, 74.
Mather, Cotton, his _Magnalia_, 7, 64.
Matthew, G. F., his contributions to the Royal Society, 39.
Matthews, H. M., artist, 87.
McCarthy, Hamilton, sculptor, 88.
McColl, Evan, his Gaelic poems, 77.
McGee, T. D'Arcy, statesman and author, 15.
McLachlan, Alexander, his poems, 17, 69.
Metropolitan Methodist Church at Toronto, its architecture, 90.
"Montcalm et Lévis," history by Abbé Casgrain, 20.
Montesquieu, his "Esprit des Lois," its high place in literature, 31.
Montreal, its Art Gallery, 53;
its architectural features, 57, 91.
Morin, Augustin Norbert, statesman, 14.
Muntz, Miss, artist, 54, 88.
Newspapers in Canada, previous to 1867, 9, 16, 66;
at present time, 51;
their character, 52.
Novel-writing in Canada, not generally successful, 27;
exceptions, "Golden Dog" by Kirby, 27;
"François de Bienville" by Marmette, 27;
"Les Anciens Canadiens" by De Gaspé, 27;
De Mille's works, 29;
Sara Jeannette Duncan, 29;
Gilbert Parker, 28;
L. Dougall, 29.
Notre Dame de Lourdes, in Montreal, decorated by N. Bourassa, 88.
O'Brien, L. R., artist, 54.
O'Brien, Most Rev. Dr., author, 74.
O'Doyle, L. O'Connor, orator, 15.
O'Hagan, T., poet, 74.
"Oiseaux de Neige, Les," poems by L. Fréchette, 72.
"Orion" and other poems, by Professor Roberts, 74.
Osgoode Hall in Toronto, its architecture, 90.
"Our Fathers," by Joseph Howe, mentioned, 77.
Papineau, Louis Joseph, statesman, 14.
Parkman, Francis, his vivid historical pictures of Canada, 4.
Parish Church of Notre Dame at Montreal, its architecture, 90.
Parliament and Departmental Buildings at Ottawa, their architecture,
90.
Parliamentary Library at Ottawa, its architecture, 90.
Patterson, A. D., artist, 54, 88.
Patterson, Dr., his contributions to Royal Society of Canada, 38.
Peel, Paul, artist, 88.
"Pine, Rose and Fleur-de-Lis," poems by S. Frances Harrison,
("Seranus"), 76.
Pinhey, John, artist, 54, 88.
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