XSENITIT ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 
16. THE PARKMAN MEMORIAL. 
The honorary secretary has been requested to lay the following cir- 
cular before the Royal Society and all those whom its members may 
influence throughout Canada : 
“In the garden he created and by the shores of the lake he loved so 
well. both now destined to become a part of the public park system of 
his native city, his friends desire to raise a memorial to Francis Parkman, 
that the people of Boston, for all time, may be reminded that this man 
of high endeavour, heroic constancy and noble achievements, once lived 
among them. 
“That this memorial may be a proper one, and that it may represent 
the esteem in which Mr. Parkman was held by his contemporaries, this 
committee, chosen from among the number of his friends, asks the co- 
operation of all men and women who may desire to help it carry out this 
purpose. 
“ Subscriptions of any sums, however small, will be welcome. 
‘ MARTIN BRIMNER, 
“ LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, 
“ Henry L. HIGGINSON, - Committee.” 
“CHARLES §. SARGENT, 
“ Lorin F. DELAND, 
Subscriptions may be sent direct to the treasurer, Mr, L. Higginson, 
44 State street, Boston, or to the honorary secretary of the Royal Society, 
who will gladly in this way show his interest in a matter which every 
Canadian who can should promote. 
The council of the Royal Society feel that Canadians will not forget 
those men and women who have done them good service in their day and 
generation. Francis Parkman was not a Canadian by birth, but he was 
one in spirit and work. Literature, at all events, knows no geographical 
bounds. The names of Longfellow and Lowell look down on us from 
the walls of that national temple in which England has raised memorials 
of her own great poets, historians and heroes. 
17. THe DEcEASE oF MEMBERS. 
Since the society last met in this hall four deaths have occurred 
among its members, each of whom did good work in his day and gener- 
ation. Vicar-General Dawson had completed a life in which he had won 
the kindliest regards of all religious sects by the exhibition of those 
genial and generous qualities which won:on the sympathetic nature of all 
with whom he came in contact. The spirit of christian charity and 
liberality which was a striking feature of his character should commend 
itself much to us all, in a country where forbearance in matters of reli- 
