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Till on a day, as it befel 



A sage unsealed the mighty spell 



Of nature's treasure cave, — 

 And, changed to a hard engraven stone, 

 Lo! the frail leaf that, ages gone. 



With its fall scarce stirred the earth. 



And hath not the heart full many a dream. 

 That falls as that noiseless leaf on the stream. 



And as silently sinks to rest — 

 And the tide of life rolls over its sleep, 

 In those shadowy caves — the wondrous deep 



Of the fathomless human breast. 



But when S'hall those caverns yield their dead — 

 The dreams of the past — the thoughts long fled? 



Oh! not for the prying world: 

 But in that last dread day, when souls ' 



Must give to light their hidden scrolls, 



"Will their secrets be unfurled. 



And then on my heart will the memory 

 Be read engraven lastingly, 



Like the leaf on the marble bright 

 But halo'd around with purity. 

 That will not shrink from an angel's eye, 



In that blaze of perfect light. 



The Mayflower or Ladies Acadian News^paper appeared in 1851, 

 not less than five numbers being published. Of this periodical, Miss 

 Herbert was the editor, and the place of publication was at Halifax. 



The Mount Allison Academic Gazette was the official organ of the 

 Mount Allison (N.B.) institutions for about ten years, during which 

 time it was issued semi-annually, and took the place of the catalogues 

 usually published by educational institutions. 



No. 1 was dated December, 1853, and contained 6 pages, of closely 

 printed matter, of about quarto size, relating to the Academy and its 

 affairs. 



In 1862 the University was opened, this publication taking the 

 name of The Mount Allison Gazette, New Series of which there were but 

 two issues, namely, June, 1863, No. 1, and December, 1863, No. 2. 



The Eurhetorian Argosy appeared in 1878. Vol. No. 1, January to 

 June, contained six numbers. This was the College paper of the Mount 

 Allison Institutions, and in May, 1903, it will have completed its twenty- 

 ninth volume, being now known as The Argosy. 



The next magazine in the order of publication, of which I have 

 been able to find any record was The Provincial or Halifax Monthly 

 Magazine, which was printed by James Bowes & Son, and was ably 



