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VII. — Fiom La Société littéraire et musicale de Montréal, through M. H. M. Ami. 



Nous sommes do ceux qui persévèrent. Des décès et des départs ont éclairci nos rangs sans 

 affaiblir notre courage. II est vrai que nous ti-ouvons à la fois plaisir et profit à nous réunir. 



Dix-huit travaux ont rempli les onze séances que nous avons tenues l'hiver dernier. Les volon- 

 taires de l'association ont traité les sujets suivants, au gré de leur préoccupations ou de leur fantaisie : 



1. Les illusions et le bonheur. 



2. La neige. 



3. A propos de la baie de New-Y'ork. 



4. Journal de voyage. 



5. Souvenir d'Alsace. 



6. L'espérance. 



7. La peinture de Millet. 



8. Séjour à Jérusalem pondant la semaine 



sainte. 



9. Une soirée chez Mme la comtesse X. 



10. Le problème du bonheur. 



11. L'atmosphère. 



12. Les classes riches. 



13. Le préjugé social. 



14. Roman d'un chiffonnier. 



15. La foi et la raison. 



16. Le nom et la chose. 



17. Un été dans les Adirondacks. 



18. Les œufs de Pâques. 



Des morceaux de musique et des chants exécutés par des amateurs de mérite, des récitations et 

 des conférences, ont ajouté au charme de nos réunions. 



Permettez-nous d'ajouter qu'un des vôtres, qui sait également sculpter en vers et peindre en prose, 

 a bien voulu nous lire six nouvelles inédites que bientôt le public applaudira comme nous. 



VIII. — From The Literary and Historical Society of Quebec, through Dr. Geo. Stewart. 



I have the honour, as delegate from the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec, to submit the 

 report of that society, extracted from that deiivei-ed at the annual general meeting, on 13th January 

 lust, by our able ex-president. Dr. George Stewart, F.R.G.S. 



During the year a course of lectui'es was held in the rooms of the t^ociety, and attracted very 

 good audiences. The president, Dr. Stewart, opened the course on the 27th January, with an addiess 

 on the life and writings of Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes. On the 10th March Mr. F. C. Wurtele, 

 librarian, read a paper on the English cathedral of Quebec. He was followed, on the 26th of March, 

 bj^ Mr. W. C. H. Wood, council secretary, who lectured on novels. Mr. Archibald Campbell, one of 

 the vice-presidents, read a paper on the 3 1st March on the " Royal William," the pioneer of ocean steam 

 navigation, and Mr. W. A. Ashe, F.R.A.S., corresponding secretary, closed the lecture season on the 

 17th April, with an account of a trip to Labrador, with notes on the projected Labrador railway. 



The council, on the recommendation of Archibald Campbell, Esq., loaned to the great naval 

 exhibition held in England in May the model of the " Royal William," the first steamer to cross the 

 Atlantic by steam alone. The " Royal William " was built in Quebec city, and the model was presented 

 to the society many j-ears ago. It attiacted much attention at the exhibition, and the honorary secre- 

 tary, Capt. Sir Alfred Jepbson, R.N., thanked the council for the privilege of placing so appropriate 

 and interesting a relic on view. 



Last year we published a volume of 'Transactions' covering the sessions of 1889 to 1891. 

 Separately were also published a copious index of the lectures, papers and historical documents pub- 

 lished by our society, with a list of the unpublished papers road before the society, from 1829 to 

 1891 — the work of our indefatigable librarian, Fred. C. Wurtele, Esq. — and "Journal of the Voy- 

 age of the Brunswick Auxiliaries from Wolfenbiittel to Quebec," by F. V. Melsheimoi', chaplain to the 

 Duke of Brunswick's Dragoon Regiment, Minden, 1776. The journal was presented to the society by 

 Wm. L. Stone, Esq., of Jersey City, N.J., author of the " Life and Times of Sir Wm. Johnson." For 



