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in.atlu'iuatics. AU these <\rv now the centres of graduating departments 

 with their several curricula for the B.A. degree. 



The laboratories, seminary rooms and libraries in these several 

 departments, while not as large as those of some American universities, 

 will in some cases already compare favourably as to completeness of 

 equipment, and this completeness v>e hope soon to extend to all. It is 

 here that the unity of tlie university forces of the country becomes an 

 absolute necessity if we would hold our own Mith the advance of modern 

 science. 



The buildings of the university have liad a history of their own to 

 which we have already referred. Of the original plans prepared in Eng- 

 land in 1830 and very imposing in their style but one wing was Iniilt 

 and in 1850 the plans were abandoned as unsuited to the ideas then 

 introduced. Between 1853 and ISGO under the classic skill of Messrs. 

 Cumberland and Storm, there Avas erected the beautiful Norman struc- 

 ture regarded as the finest of its style on the continent. Though par- 

 tially destroyed by fire in 1890 its restoration was carried out with great 

 fidelity and success by Mr. Dick. Xext in order of time came the 

 School of Practical Science, proximus scd non secundus, the product of 

 an iron age of economy. The biological building may be regarded as the 

 first fruits of federation and was followed by the chemical laboratory, 

 both well arranged for their purpose, but giving evidence of a time when 

 the means were lacking for the expression of large ideas. The library 

 is in miniature a companion piece to the Norman central building, but 

 now needs to be doubled in size. The new medical building is an evi- 

 dence of what may be accomplished by a talented architect Avith limited 

 means, and in its internal arrangements are said to be most skilfully 

 adapted to its purposes. The new building for geology, mineralogy, 

 mining and applied chemistry is chaste, substantial and commodious 

 and the plans of the convocation hall and the physics building give 

 promise of useful and tasteful structures, and already the liberality of a 

 wealthy lady has promised a beautiful building for houseliold science. 

 The college buildings have each a history of their own. University Col- 

 lege is patiently waiting for worthy buildings adapted to a true college 

 life. Knox is a solid specimen of Scotch Gothic. Wycliffe has a touch 

 of the later English style now much favoured in educational buildings 

 in the Old Land. Victoria is a fine specimen of the Eomanesque intro- 

 duced so largely on this continent by Eichardson for municipal, educa- 

 tional and ecclesiastical buildings. It is next to the main building the 

 most costly of the university group and was Mr. Storm's last work. 

 From the park we turn westward to picturesque Trinity wuth its classic 

 spires, its beautiful proportions, its spacious park, and noble trees, the 



