PROCEEDINGS FOR 1S99 CXVII 



I lay before you a copy of these " Transactions," and for supple- 

 mentary information as to our proceedings for the last year, the details 

 thereof may be found in the annual report hereunto annexed. 



The attention of our society has since been directed, among other 

 subjects, to a topic of paramount importance, also taken up with zeal 

 by other historical associations on our soil, that is to say, the preserva- 

 tion as an heritage for the Dominion of Canada, of a site, at its doors, 

 eminently historical, the Heights of Abraham, where the two heroic 

 leaders, Wolfe and Montcalm, met in deadly combat more that one 

 hundred years ago. 



Thanks to the energetic action of one of its most esteemed former 

 Presidents, Sir James McPherson LeMoine, it has been able to collect, 

 for publication in its future transactions the earnest protests of the press 

 of Canada and abroad, and the patriotic resolutions of cognate societies, 

 against the desecration of this famous battle field, which, it is feared, 

 might be lost to the public domain and be cut up into building lots. 



The Literary and Historical Society of Quebec feels it its duty as 

 such, to call also the attention of the Eoyal Society of Canada to what 

 might be named a national calamity and disgrace, and respectfully in- 

 vites its action and interference to assist in prefventing the perpetration 

 of a deed so hostile to the public feeling, not only in Canada, but also 

 in the British Empire at large. 



(Morning Chronicle, Januar}' 12th, 1899.) 



LITERARY AND HISTORICAL. 



Work of the Quebec Society Dueing Last Yeah. 



The members of the Literary and Historical Society held their 

 annual meeting yesterday morning. The President, Mr. P. B. Casgrain, 

 occupied the chair, and presented the following report of the council : 



The council, in conformity with the rules of the society, presents 

 its report for the past year. 



The stated meetings have been well attended. The lectures during 

 the year were of general interest and were received with much favour 

 by large audiences. They were given in the following order : — 



February 19th, by Professor Sharp. Subject: " George Eliot." 



April 12th, by Professor Gregor. Subject: "The New Canadian 

 Patriotism." 



November 22nd, by Professor de Kastnor. Sul)joct: "La Fusion 

 des Races." 



