Benjamin West painted a great many pictures, some of which are known to all lovers of art. One of his most famous paintings is “The Death of Wolfe.” This picture was presented to Canada by the Duke of Westminster in 1918 in recognition of Canada’s services to the Empire during the War. Another famous West picture is “Christ Healing the Sick.” When this great picture was hung in the Royal Academy in London, there was hung, alongside of it, the tiny picture that Benjamin had made in his father’s garret with the first box of paints he ever had. The small painting was a landscape scene and as the people gazed upon it they found it very hard to realise that it was the work of an eight-year-old boy, who, until he received the presents from Mr. Pennington, had never even seen a picture. But no one begrudged him his fame. All seemed eager to hail this boy from the wilds of America as one of the most distinguished painters of his time. Transcriber’s Note: Words and phrases in italics are surrounded by underscores, _like this_. The following were changed: ‘kept’ to ‘keep’ ... to keep it in constant repair. ‘oration’ to ‘ovation’ ... received a tremendous ovation ... ‘Provest’ to ‘Provost’ ... Provost Smith, head of the college ...